RICE GENETICS NEWSLETTER, VOL. 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Note to Members................................................... Cover
Dedication................................................................ i
Foreword (T. Matsuo)...................................................... iv
Message (M. S. Swaminathan)............................................... vi
A. Notice and announcement
1. The aim and scope of the Rice Genetics Newsletter..................... 1
2. Announcement: The International Rice Genetics Symposium............... 1
3. Proposal for rules of gene symbolization.............................. 2
4. List of gene symbols recommended for rice............................. 4
B. Current linkage maps................................................... 16
C. Lists of genetic stocks................................................ 28
1. Genes for coloration.................................................. 29
2. Chlorophyl aberration................................................. 31
3. Dwarfness............................................................. 32
4. Spikelet or grain..................................................... 34
5. Panicle............................................................... 36
6. Leaf and culm......................................................... 37
7. Heading time.......................................................... 38
8. Sterility............................................................. 39
9. Gametophyte genes..................................................... 41
10. Cytoplasmic male sterility........................................... 41
11. Fungal and bacterial disease resistance.............................. 42
12. Virus disease resistance............................................. 44
13. Insect resistance.................................................... 44
14. Isozymes............................................................. 45
List of primary trisomics............................................... 48
List of translocation lines............................................. 49
List of isogenic lines.................................................. 53
D. List of publications
1. Papers on genic analysis.............................................. 58
2. Publications on rice genetics, 1981-1984
(not including papers on genic analysis)................................. 78
E. Research notes (list of contents below)................................ 92
F. Mailing list........................................................... 141
E. RESEARCH NOTES
I. General genetics
1. Rutger, J. N. - Induced semidwarf mutants.............................. 92
2. Kikuchi, F. and H. Ikehashi - Semidwarfing genes of high-yielding
rice varieties in Japan............................................... 93
3. Chang, T. T., C. Zufio, A. Marchiano-Romena and G. C. Loresto -
Semidwarfing genes in rice germplasm collection....................... 94
4. Kiyosawa, S. - Establishment of differential varieties for
pathogenicity test of rice blast fungus............................... 95
5. Yamada, T. - Multiple alleles for resistance to bacterial leaf
blight in rice........................................................ 97
6. Sur, S. C. and G. S. Khush - Chromosomal location of Xa4 gene.......... 98
7. Ikeda, R. and C. Kaneda - Genic analysis of resistance to brown
planthoppers.......................................................... 99
8. Yamagata, H. - Heading-time genes of rice, El, E2 and E3............... 100
II. Sterility and varietal differentiation
9. Young, J. B. and S. S. Virmani - Inheritance of fertility
restoration in a rice cross........................................... 102
10. Raj, K. G. and E. A. Siddiq - Genetics of fertility restoration
and biochemical basis of male sterility-fertility restoration system
in rice............................................................... 103
11. Chaudharry, R. C. and V. N. Sahai - A probable new male sterile
line with cytoplasm from a boro rice of Uttar Pradesh, India.......... 104
12. Maekawa, M. - Geographical distribution of the genes for black
hull coloration....................................................... 104
13. Sato, Y. I., S. Matsuura and K. Hayashi - The genetic basis of
hybrid chlorosis found in a cross between two Japanese native
cultivars............................................................. 106
III. New genes and mutants
14. Sethi, M. and J. K. Roy - Inheritance
of two anatomical characteristics..................................... 108
15. Jodon, N. E. - A "fish-hook" mutation in rice......................... 108
16. Takeda, K. - A big-grain gene, Lk-f, found in a Japanese local
variety Fusayoshi and its character expression........................ 108
17. Kinoshita, T. - Interitance of reduced-culm-number type and its
character expression.................................................. 109
18. Thakur, R. - Linkage relationship of long palea in rice............... 110
19. Khush, G. S. and A. L. Librojo - Allelic relationships of Hg and
Lh.................................................................... 110
20. Khush, G. S. and A. L. Librojo - New mutations at old loci............ 111
21. Khush, G. S. and A. L. Librojo - Search for new g loci
unfruitful............................................................ 111
22. Okuno, K. and M. Yano - Mutant genes controlling starch
synthesis in rice..................................................... 112
23. Satoh, H., M. Yano and T. Omura - Endosperm mutants of rice
induced by N-methyl-N-nitrosourea treatment of fertilized egg cells...
113
IV. Regulation of gene action
24. Sano, Y. - Differential regulation of waxy gene expression in
rice.................................................................. 115
25. Tsai, K. H. - Unusual segregation patterns found at the m-Ef
locus................................................................. 115
V. Isoenzymes
26. Morishima, H. and R. Sano - Genic analysis for
isozymes in rice...................................................... 117
27. Nakagahra, M. - Geographical distribution of esterase genotypes
of rice in Asia....................................................... 118
VI. Chromosomes
28. Rao, G. M. - Chromosome pairing in a haploid
rice.................................................................. 121
29. Jena, K. K. and R. N. Misra - Chiasma studies in genus Oyyza.......... 121
VII. Linkage groups, trisomics and translocations
30. Sato, S. - Trial construction of cytological map in rice.............. 123
31. Wu, H. K., H. C. Liou and M. C. Chung - Cytological
identification of extra chromosomes in trisomics and location of the
brittle-culm (bc) gene................................................ 124
32. Khush, G. S., R. J. Singh, S. C. Sur and A. L. Librojo - Use of
primary trisomics of rice for associating linkage groups with
respective chromosomes................................................ 124
33. Iwata, N. and T. Omura - Establishment of a complete trisomic
series from a Japonica rice variety................................... 125
34. Iwata, N., H. Satoh and T. Omura - The relationships between
chromosomes identified cytologically and linkage groups............... 128
VIII. Technical notes
35. Jena, K. K. and G. S. Khush - Embryo rescue of interspecific
hybrids and its scope in rice improvement............................. 133
36. Kumar, I. and T. H. Singh - A rapid method for identifying
different dwarfing genes in rice...................................... 134
37. Chaudhary, R. C., D. P. Mishra and V. N. Sahai - High recovery
of useful hybrid mutants in a lowland variety of rice................. 135
38. Wu, H. K. - An improved technique for staining rice pachytene
chromosomes........................................................... 136
39. Chen, C. C. - Utilization of microspore-derived plants for genic
analysis.............................................................. 137
40. Boyet, Ch., M. Jay and G. Second - Flabonoids as biochemical
markers in the genus Oryza............................................ 138
41. Mon, K. - Callus induction and growth from different Oryza
species............................................................... 139