《Mapping of QTLs for Germination Characteristics under Nonstress and Drought Stress in Rice》.pdfVIP

Rice Science, 2013, 20(6): 391−399  Copyright © 2013, China National Rice Research Institute Published by Elsevier BV. All rights reserved DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6308(13)60150-X Mapping of QTLs for Germination Characteristics under Non-stress and Drought Stress in Rice 1 1 2 1 Zahra MARDANI , Babak RABIEI , Hossein SABOURI , Atefeh SABOURI 1 ( Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht 41635-1314, Iran; 2Department of Plant Production, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Gonbad Kavous University, Gonbad 4971799151, Iran) Abstract: Identification of genetic factors controlling traits associated with seed germination under drought stress conditions, leads to identification and development of drought tolerant varieties. Present study by using a population of F2:4 derived from a cross between a drought tolerant variety, Gharib (indica) and a drought sensitive variety, Sepidroud (indica), is to identify and compare QTLs associated with germination traits under drought stress and non-stress conditions. Through QTL analysis, using composite interval mapping, regarding traits such as germination rate (GR), germination percentage (GP), radicle length (RL), plumule length (PL), coleorhiza length (COL) and coleoptile length (CL), totally 13 QTLs were detected under pole drought stress (-8 MPa poly ethylene glycol 6000) and 9 QTLs under non-stress conditions. Of the QTLs identified under non-stress conditions, QTLs associated with COL (qCOL-5) and GR (qGR-1) explained 21.28% and 19.73% of the total phenotypic variations, respectively. Under drought stress conditions, QTLs