Rice Genetics Newsletter, Vol. 15

Table of Contents 

Edited by Y.Sano and G.S Khush

Office Bearers
Address of Office Bearers
Notice

Dedication        p.7
 

A.Report of the Coordinating Committee of the Rice Genetics Cooperative
    (T. Kinoshita)                                                                         p.11

B.Report of the Committee on Gene Symbolization, Nomenclature and 
    Linkage Groups

 
  I. 
New gene symbols registered (V. Nagato and A. Yoshimura) 
p.13 
   II. 
 

Report from coordinator Linkage mapping using mutant genes in rice
(T. Kinoshita)                                                                             p.13

 
 

Table 1. List of the mutant genes assigned to the respective linkage groups

Table 2. List of the linkage relations in the respective linkage groups

References
 

C. 
p.75 
D. 
Research Notes (List of contents on the next page) 
p.77 
 
Condolence p.187
Business Correspondence p.189
Advices to Contributors of Research Notes
 
Research Notes, List of Contents
 
I.
Varietal differentiation and evolution
1. 
S.X. Tang and G S. Khush 
p.77 
2. 
 

Comparison between phenotype variation and isozyme diversity within and between AA genome wild rice species, by M, Akimoto, Y. Shimamoto and H. Morishima                                           p.78

3. 
 

Six different plastid subtypes were found in 0. sativa -0. rufipogon complex, by I. Nakamura, H. Urairong, N. Kameya, V. Fukuta,S. Chitrakon and Y.I. Sato                                                p.80

 

II. Cytogenetics


 
4. 
and 0. officinalis Wall ex Watt, through fluorescence in situ hybridization
by M. Asghar, D.S. Brar, J.E. Hernandez, N. Ohmido and G.S. Khush    p.83
 


5.   Characterization of parental chromosomes in anther culture derived plant from
Oryza sativa L. x 0. australiensis Domin through genomic in situ hybridization, 

by F.M. Abbasi, D.S. Brar, A.L. Carpena, K. Fukui and G.S. Khush p.84

 
6. 
et Roehr. derivatives, by F.M. Abbasi, D.S. Brar, A.L. Carpena and G.S.
  Khush 
p.86 

 
III. Genetics of morphological traits

 
 7. 
and crown rootless, by Y. Inukai, A. Yamauchi, H. Satoh, Y. Nagato and H.
   Kitano 
p.88 
8. 
by J.-I. Itoh and Y. Nagato 
p.90 
9. 
 growth in rice, by T. Kinae, H. Satoh, H. Kitano and V. Nagato 
p.93 
10. 
blade, by Y. Itoh, I. Takamure and Y. Shibata 
p.96 
11. 
 
New gene for extra glume character in rice, by A.C. Sanchez and GS. Khush p.98 
 
12. 
A gene for collarless phenotype in rice, by A.C. Sanchez and G.S. Khush p.99
 

IV. Genetics of disease resistance and other physiological traits

13. 
 
Genetic variation in tissue culture response of some elite indica varieties
by K.B.R.S. Visarada and N.P. Sarma                                      p.100 
14. 
Japonica cultivars, by K.H. Tsai       p.103

 
15. 
ity in the crosses with a Nepalese variety, Gamadi, by M. Maekawa, T. Rikiishi,
        T. Matsuura and K. Noda  p.105

 
16. 
       T. Rikiishi, T. Matsuura and K. Noda              p.107

 
17. 
A new gene for virescence character in rice, by A.C. Sanchez and G.S. Khush p.109

 
18. 
environments, by C. Shi, J. Zhu, Y. Yu, X. Yang and J. Wu 
p.110 
 
19. 
  to amylose content, by V. Suzuki, V. Sano and H.-Y. Hirano 
p.113 
20. 
 
Starch degradation during gibberellin-induced leaf sheath growth in rice , by C. Matsukura and J.Yamaguchi           p.114
 
21. 
by Y.Okumoto, K. Ichitani and T. Tanisaka 
p.117 
 
22. 
sensitive  female sterility in rice, by X.D. Liu and Y.G. Lu 
p.119 
 
23. 
 
A mutant for variable egg number in rice, by Y.G. Lu and X.D. Liu 
 
p.121 
 
24. 
by P. Suprasanna, T.R Ganapathi, N.K. Ramaswamy, K.K. Surendranathan and P.S. Rao 
p.123 
 
25. 
two blast resistance genes in rice, by J.Y. Zhuang, J.L. Wu,  . 
R.Y. Chai,Y.Y. Fan, M.Z. Jin, H Lleung and K.L. Zheng 
p.125 
26. 
, by Prashanth G. Bagali, Shailaja Hittalmani, Srinivasachary, K. Shadakshari and H.E. Shashidhar    p.128
27. 
 

Effectiveness of different Xa genes against Xanthomonas oryzae pv. Oryzae population causing bacterial blight of rice in Punjab (India), by R.K. Goel, L.KaurandR.G.Saim                                p.131

28. 
 

A RAPD marker for the gene conferring resistance to Indian biotype of BPH,by K.K. Jena, L.C. Pasalu, K.Krishniah and G.S. Khush                  p.133

29. 
 

Identification of overlapping BAC clones carrying the xal3 locus in rice,by A.C. Sanchez, L. hag, D. Yang, D.S. Brar, F. Ausubel, G.S. Khush, M.Yano, T. Sasaki, N. Huang and Z. Li                p.135

30. 
 
 

Identification and tagging a new gene for resistance to bacterial blight (Xanthomonas oryzae pv. Oryzae) from 0. rufipogon., by Q. Zhang, S.C. Lin, B.Y. Zhao, C.L. Wang, W.C. Yang, Y.I. Zhou, D.Y. Li, 
C.B. Chen and L.H.Zhu                                                   p.138

31. Genetic analysis of ARC5984 for gall midge resistance - a reconsideration,
      by Arvind Kumar, M.N. Shrivastava and R.K. Sahu                         p.142

 
V. Molecular mapping and QTL analysis

 
32. 
cross between wild and cultivated rice strains
      by H.W. Cai and H. Morishima                                                     p.144

 
33. 
Japonica rice and African rice, by K. Dol, K. Taguchi and A. Yoshimura p.146
34. 
 
RFLP mapping of a gene for heading date in an African rice
by K. Doi and A. Yoshimura p.148
35. 
36. 
 

Mapping of hybrid sterility gene S17 of rice (Oryza sativa L.) by isozyme and RFLP markers, by J. Wan, H. Ikehashi, M. Sakai, H. Horisue and T.Imbe  p.151

37. 
 

A major gene, Tal and QTLs affecting tiller and leaf angles in rice
by Zhikang Li,Andrew H. Paterson, Shannon R.M. Pinson and G.S. Khush   p.154

38. 
 

PCR-based DNA markers for the WA-CMS fertility restoring gene Rf-3 in rice, by Nguyen, Thi Lang, G. Zhang, G. Magpantay, S.S. Virinani, N.  Huang, D.S. Brar, G.S. Khush and Z.K. Li    p.156


 
VI. Gene and genome structure
39. 
 
Construction of the BAC contig encompassing the dl locus, by T. Yamaguchi, S. Kawasald,Y. Nagato and LL-Y. Hirano    p.158
40. 
 
Chromosomal location of the OsNAC genes
by K. Kikuchi, K.T. Yoshida, Y. Nagato and IL-V. Hirano p.160
41. 
 
Copy number of RMu elements in Japanese lowland rice landrace, by Y.Miyashita, R. Ishikawa, M. Senda, S. Akada, T. Harada and M. Niizeki p.162 

 
42. 
 
Behavior of transposable elements in Akihikari and its parental strains
by R, Ishikawa, T. Konno, M. Senda, S. Akada, T. Harada and M. Niizeki p.163 
 
43. 
 
Comparison of RGA and RFLP markers for determining the genetic relationship in rice
by J.Y. Zhuang, J.L. Wu, Y.Y. Fan, H. Leung and K.L Zheng p.165
 
44. 
 
Organization of the 260 kb region in the vicinity of the waxy locus of rice, by H. Nagano, S. Kawasaki, Y. Kishima and Y. Sano   p.167
45. 
 
Frequency and distribution of intragenic recombination at the wx locus in rice by T. Inukai, A. Sako, Khin-Thidar and Y. Sano p.169
VII. Gene expression and function

 
46. 
       M. Niizeki, C. Matsukura, S. Tabata, R. Ishikawa, T. Harada, M.Senda
      and S.Akada 
p.171 
47. 
 
Abscisic acid does not affect sugar-repression of rice a-amylase gene, RAmy3D,by K. Toyofuku and J.Yamaguchi              p.173
48. 
49. 
 
Production and analysis of cor47 gene-containing transgenic rice plants, by W. Cheng and R. Wu              p.178
50. 
 

Transgene integration in rice transformants derived from independent transformation events via particlebombardment, by X.L. Wang, S.M. Zhou, D.N. Huang, R. Xue, Z.H. Hau and Z.Y. Gao   p.181

 

51. 

 
 

VIII. Technical Note

Screening for overlapping bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) 
clones by PCR analysis with arbitrary primers (AP-PCR),
by Jichen Xu, Jessica   Domingo, Daichang Yang, 
Junjian Ni and Ning Huang                                                 p.184