Introgression of qPE9-1 allele,conferring the panicle erectness,leads to the decrease of grain yield per plant in japonica rice(Oryza sativa L.)  

作　　者：Xiuhua Yi Zujian Zhang Shengyuan Zeng Chunyan Tian Juncheng Peng Min Li Yue Lu Qingcai Meng Minghong Gu Changjie Yan 

机构地区：[1]Jiangsu Key laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics, Ministry of Education, Agricultural College of Yangzhou University, 12# East Wenhui Rd., Jiangsu 225009, China

出　　处：《Journal of Genetics and Genomics》2011年第5期217-223,共7页遗传学报（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology(Grant No.2006AA10Z118);National Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.30771323 and 30871501);the Jiangsu Province Government of China(Grant No.08KJA210002)

摘　　要：Panicle architecture is closely related to yield formation. The qPE9-1 gene has been proved to be widely used in high-yield rice cultivar developments, conferring erect panicle character in japonica rice. Recently, qPE9-1 has been successfully cloned; however, the genetic effect on grain yield per plant of the erect panicle allele qPE9-1 is controversial yet. In the present study, a drooping panicle parent Nongken 57, carrying qpe9-1 allele, was used as recurrent parent to successively backcross to a typical erect panicle line from the double haploid （DH） population （Wuyunjing 8/Nongken 57）, which was previously shown to carry qPE9-1 allele. Thus a pair of near-isogenic lines （NILs） was developed. The comparison of agronomic traits between the NILs showed that, when qpe9-1 was replaced by qPE9-1, the panicle architecture was changed from drooping to erect; moreover, the panicle length, plant height, 1000-grain weight and the tillers were significantly decreased, consequently resulting in the dramatic decrease of grain yield per plant by 30%. Therefore, we concluded that the qPE9-1 was a major factor controlling panicle architecture, and qPE9-1 had pleiotropic nature, with negative effects on grain yield per plant. This result strongly suggests that the erect panicle allele qPEg-1 should be used together with other favorable genes in the high-yield breeding practice. In addition, the effect of qPE9-1 on eating and cooking quality was also discussed in the present study.Panicle architecture is closely related to yield formation. The qPE9-1 gene has been proved to be widely used in high-yield rice cultivar developments, conferring erect panicle character in japonica rice. Recently, qPE9-1 has been successfully cloned; however, the genetic effect on grain yield per plant of the erect panicle allele qPE9-1 is controversial yet. In the present study, a drooping panicle parent Nongken 57, carrying qpe9-1 allele, was used as recurrent parent to successively backcross to a typical erect panicle line from the double haploid （DH） population （Wuyunjing 8/Nongken 57）, which was previously shown to carry qPE9-1 allele. Thus a pair of near-isogenic lines （NILs） was developed. The comparison of agronomic traits between the NILs showed that, when qpe9-1 was replaced by qPE9-1, the panicle architecture was changed from drooping to erect; moreover, the panicle length, plant height, 1000-grain weight and the tillers were significantly decreased, consequently resulting in the dramatic decrease of grain yield per plant by 30%. Therefore, we concluded that the qPE9-1 was a major factor controlling panicle architecture, and qPE9-1 had pleiotropic nature, with negative effects on grain yield per plant. This result strongly suggests that the erect panicle allele qPEg-1 should be used together with other favorable genes in the high-yield breeding practice. In addition, the effect of qPE9-1 on eating and cooking quality was also discussed in the present study.

关 键 词：Rice Erect panicle Genetic analysis qPE9-1 

分 类 号：S513[农业科学—作物学] Q347[生物学—遗传学]