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Originally published as Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print on June 21, 2005.
Genetics, Vol. 171, 695-704, October 2005, Copyright © 2005
doi:10.1534/genetics.105.043612
Phenotypic Selection for Dormancy Introduced a Set of Adaptive Haplotypes From Weedy Into Cultivated Rice
Xing-You Gu*,1,
Shahryar F. Kianian* and
Michael E. Foley
* Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58105 and
Biosciences Research Laboratory, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Fargo, North Dakota 58105-5674
1 Corresponding author: Biosciences Research Laboratory, 1605 Albrecht Blvd., North Dakota State University, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Fargo, ND 58105-5674.
E-mail: gux{at}fargo.ars.usda.gov
Association of seed dormancy with shattering, awn, and black hull and red pericarp colors enhances survival of wild and weedy species, but challenges the use of dormancy genes in breeding varieties resistant to preharvest sprouting. A phenotypic selection and recurrent backcrossing technique was used to introduce dormancy genes from a wild-like weedy rice to a breeding line to determine their effects and linkage with the other traits. Five generations of phenotypic selection alone for low germination extremes simultaneously retained dormancy alleles at five independent QTL, including qSD12 (R2 > 50%), as determined by genome-wide scanning for their main and/or epistatic effects in two BC4F2 populations. Four dormancy loci with moderate to small effects colocated with QTL/genes for one to three of the associated traits. Multilocus response to the selection suggests that these dormancy genes are cumulative in effect, as well as networked by epistases, and that the network may have played a "sheltering" role in maintaining intact adaptive haplotypes during the evolution of weeds. Tight linkage may prevent the dormancy genes from being used in breeding programs. The major effect of qSD12 makes it an ideal target for map-based cloning and the best candidate for imparting resistance to preharvest sprouting.
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