RGN 11
Table of Contents
Cover p.0
A. Report of the Coordinating Committee of Rice Genetics Cooperative
(by M. E. Takahashi and K.J.Lampe), p.7
B. Report of the Committee on Gene Symbolization, Nomenclature and
Linkage Groups
(by T. Kinoshita), p.8
I. Registration of new gene symbols, p.8
II. List of newly registered gene symbols (1987-1994), p.12
III. Current linkage maps, p.15
IV. Reports from coordinators
1) Gene symbols for blast resistance, newly revised (by T.Kinoshita,
T. Inukai and K. Toriyama), p.16
2) Current status of studies of rice organelle genes (by N.Tsutsumi,
M. Nakazono, T. Wakasugi, M. Sugiura, K. Kadowaki and A.
Hirai), p.18
C. Report of the Committee on Genetic Stocks (by N. Iwata), p.23
I. Marker gene stocks maintained in IRRI (by G. S. Khush), p.24
II. Isogenic lines for semidwarf genes in Nati. Agric. Res. Center,
Japan (by R. Ikeda), p.31
III. Isogenic lines for agronomic characters in Natl. Inst.Agrobiol
Resources, Japan (by M. Yokoo), p.31
IV. List of marker gene stocks maintained in Hokkaido University (by
T. Kinoshita and I. Takamure), p.32
D. Report of the Committee on Genetic Engineering (Molecular analysis of
rice genes) (by Ray Wu), p.59
I. Available genes for producing insect-resistant transgenic rice
plants, p.59
II. Available genes for producing fungal disease-resistant transgenic
rice plants, p.60
III. Time assessment and economic evaluation of the rice biotechnology
program , p.61
E . Research Notes (51 papers, titles and authors)
F . Mailing List (Supplement, compiled by A. Hirai and H.I. Oka)
Address changes and correction, p.188
New members, p.189
Reconfirmation of members in Korea (by M. H. Heu), p.190
Editors' Note (by H.I. Oka and G. S. Khush), p.192
E. Research Notes, List of Contents
I. Oryza species, evolution and varietal differentiation
1. Is Yunnan a rice diversity center in isozyme variation? by X.L. Sun,
H. W. Cal and X. K. Wang, p.65
2. Studies on esterase isozymes in relation to origin and differentiation
of cultivated rice, by H. W. Cal and X. K. Wang, p.67
3. Character variations of Korean weedy rice,by H.S. Suh and W.G. Ha, p.69
4. Classification of weed-rice strains based on isozyme variation, by H.S.
Suh and H.Morishima, p.72
5. Genetic structure of natural populations of Oryza glumaepatula
distributed in the Amazon basin, by M. Akimoto, M. Ohara, Y.
Shimamoto and H. Morishima, p.74
6. Identification of Oryza punctata chromosomes transferred to monosomic
alien addition lines of O. sativa by fluorescence in situ hybridization
, by H. Yasui, K.I. Nonomura and N. Iwata, p.76
7. Development of intergeneric hybrid between O. sativa and Porteresia
coarctata, by K. K. Jena, p.78
II. Genic analysis and linkage
8. Detection of a new semi-dwarfing gene, sd-8(t), by K.H. Tsai, p.80
9. Four esterase loci newly detected, by H.W. Cai and X.K. Wang, p.83
10. New isozyme loci for malate dehydrogenese, by H.W. Cai, X.L. Sun
and X. K. Wang, p.86
11. A new allele of Amp-4 in a traditional rice cultivar, by S.S. Malik and
G. S. Khush, p.88
12. Genic analysis for a small grain mutant induced from cultivar Kitaake,
by I. Takamure and T. Kinoshita, p.89
13. A new brittle culm mutant in rice, by K. Singh, D.S. Multani and G.
S. Khush, p.91
14. Genetic analysis of a dominant dwarf line, KL908, by L.H. Zhu and
G. X. Lai, p.92
15. Chromosomal location of fertility-restoring gene Rf-2, by C. Shinjyo
and S. Sato, p.93
16. Inheritance of fertility restoration for cytoplasmic male sterility
in rice, by L. S. Teng and Z. T. Shen, p.95
17. A deficiency in chromosome 4 of rice, by Z.X. Wang, Y. Sukekiyo, A.
Yoshimura and N. Iwata, p.98
III. Effect and expression of genes
18. Pleiotropic effects of dwarfing genes on grain quality and chemical
composition, by M. C. Hong, I. Takamure and T. Kinoshita, p.100
19. Susceptibility of brown sheath rot of rice correlated to sensitivity
to bacterial toxin, by H. Batoka, J.M. Kinet, H. Maraite and J.
Bouharmont, p.102
20. Effect of alminium on NADkinase activity in 5 rice genotypes with
different A1 tolerances, by V.S. Jan V, P. Balanant, E. Schonne and
J. Bouharmont, p.104
21. Distorted segregation of Acp-1 for acid phosphatase in a wide cross of
rice, by E. S. Rha, F. S. Thseng and S. T. Wu, p.106
IV. RFLP analysis and mapping
22. DNA markers tightly linked to genes Ph, alk and Rc, by S.Y. Lin, Y.
Nagamura, N. Kurata, M. Yano, Y. Minobe and T. Sasaki, p.108
23. Linkage analysis of rice lactate dehydrogenase gene, by T. Li, T.
Takano, Y. Nagamura and G. Takeda, p.109
24. Preliminary study on genetic diversity of indica rice varieties grown
in China, by J.Y. Zhuang, H.R. Qian, J. Lu, H.X. Lin and K.L. Zheng,
p.111
25. Somaclonal variation facilitating integration of classical and RFLP
markers on chromosome 4 of rice, by J.Y. Zhuang, C.D. Yang, H.R.
Qian, C. Z. Zhao and K. L. Zheng, p.114
26. Integration of conventional and RFLP linkage maps in rice, III.
chromosomes 5, 7, 8 and 12, by O. Ideta, A. Yoshimura, M. Ashikari
and N. Iwata, p.116
27. Regional location of RFLP linkage groups on pachytene chromosomes
1, 3, 4, 9 and 12, by K.I. Nonomura, A. Yoshimura and N. Iwata, p.117
28. Conversion of RFLP markers to sequence tagged sites for chromosome
1 of rice, by C.P. Villareal, A.P. Resurreccion, V. Constantino, J.M.
Robeniol and J. Bennett, p.120
29. Identification and internal mapping of seedling vigor QTL's in rice, by
E. D. Redofia and D. J. Mackill, p.124
30. Fine-mapping of major genes for blast resistance in rice, by T.V.
Mew, A.S. Parco, S. Hittalmani, T. Inukai, R. Nelson, R.S. Zeigler
and N. Huang, p.126
31. Identification of RAPD marker linked to the gene controlling gall
midge resistance against all biotypes in China, by S.K. Katiyar, Y.
Tan, Y. Zhang, B. Huang, Y. Xu, L. Zhao, N. Huang, G.S. Khush
and J. Bennett, p.128
32. Restriction fragment length polymorphic markers associated with rice
varietal ability to stimulate N`2` fixation in rhizosphere, by P. Wu, G.
Zhang, J. K. Ladha, S. McCouch and N. Huang, p.131
33. Development of an RFLP map from a doubled haploid population in
rice, by N. Huang, S. McCouch, T. Mew, p.134
34. Restriction fragment length polymorphism and linkage analysis in rice
alpha-amylase gene family, by A. Parco, G. Magpantay, G. Second,
R. Rodrigues and N. Huang, p.137
35. Abundance of PCR-based RFLP for marker-aided selection in rice, by
B. Ghareyazie, N. Huang, G. Second, J. Bennett and G.S. Khush, p.140
36. Molecular mapping of a bacterial blight resistance gene on chromosome
8 in rice, by G. Zhang, E.R. Angeles, M.L.P. Abenes, G.S.
Khush and N. Huang, p.142
37. Indentitication of blast resistance gene, Pi-2(t) in rice plants by
flanking DNA markers, by S. Hittaimani, M. Foolad, T. Mew, R.
Rodrigues and N. Huang, p.144
38. Molecular analysis of introgressed chromosome segments in a set of
near-isogenic lines of rice for fertility-restoring genes, by G.
Zhang, Y. Lu and N. Huang, p.147
39. Assignment of RFLP linkage groups to rice chromosomes using
primary trisomics, by Z.H. Yu, G.S. Khush and S.D. Tanksley, p.149
V. DNA sequence analysis and related studies
40. Screening of Mutator-related sequence in rice, by R. Ishikawa, D.
Lisch and M. Freeling, p.155
41. Analysis of 5s rRNA genes in wild rice, by H.K. Wu and M.C. Chung,
p.157
42. New 57 kDa glutelin genes on chromosome 9 in rice, by H. Satoh, T.
Kumamaru, A. Yoshimura and M. Ogawa, p.158
43. Identification of a rice BB genome type-specific repetitive DNA
sequence, by T. Wu and Ray Wu, p.161
44. Identification of a rice CCDD genome type-specific repetitive DNA
sequence, by T. Wu and Ray Wu, p.164
45. Characterization of rice repetitive sequences, OsG340 and OsG756 by
PFGE, by Y. Wang and Ray Wu, p.167
46. Expression of a maize ribosome-inactivating protein gene in transgenic
rice, by J. K. Kim, D. Xu, X. Duan, Y. S. Hwang and Ray Wu,
p.171
47. Polymorphism of prolamin polypeptides in rice cultivars from Bang-
ladesh, Nepal and Bhutan, a preliminary study, by S. Minakuchi, H.
Satoh and T. Konishi, p.175
VI. Technical notes
48. Screening of powerful RFLP probes for subspecies differentiation, by
H. R. Qian, J. Y. Zhuang, H. X. Lin, J. Lu and K. L. Zheng, p.177
49. Chromosome 4 specific DNA library of rice by microdissection
technique, by K. I. Nonomura, N. Matsumoto, A. Yoshimura, N.
Niikawa and N. Iwata, p.180
50. High frequency plant regeneration from somatic embryos of Indica
rice, by P. Suprasanna, T. T. Ganapathi and P. S. Rao, p.183
51. Plant regeneration from cryo-preserved callus of wild rice, O.
meyeriana, by X. H. Ying, L. H. Shu and C. Y. Zheng, p.184
Appendix: Comparison between PCR-based RFLP and Southern-based RFLP as DNA
markers for germplasm classification in rice, by B. Ghareyazie, N. Huang, G.
Second, J. Bennett and G. S. Khush (RGN 10, p. 129-132). One figure is
presented as supplement, p.187