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JOURNAL OF GENETICS
Volume 92, Issue 3, Pages 433-443Publisher
INDIAN ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1007/s12041-013-0285-4
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rice; salinity tolerance; reproductive stage; quantitative trait loci; grain yield
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Salinity tolerance in rice is critical at reproductive stage because it ultimately determines grain yield. An F-2 mapping population derived from a Sadri/FL478 cross was exposed to saline field conditions (6-8 dS m(-1)) after the active tittering stage to identify reproductive stage specific QTLs for salinity tolerance. Genetic linkage map was constructed using 123 microsatellite markers on 232 F2 progenies. Totally 35 QTLs for 11 traits under salinity stress were detected with LOD > 3, out of which 28 QTLs that explained from 5.9 to 30.0% phenotypic variation were found to be significant based on permutation test. Three major QTL clusters were found on chromosomes 2 (RM423-RM174), 4 (RM551-RM518) and 6 (RM20224-RM528) for multiple traits under salinity stress. Both parental lines contributed additively for QTLs identified for the yield components. A majority of the QTLs detected in our study are reported for the first time for reproductive stage salinity stress. Fine-mapping of selected putative QTLs will be the next step to facilitate marker-assisted backcrossing and to detect useful genes for salinity tolerance at the reproductive stage in rice.
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