Vol. 23


Rice Genetics Newsletter, Vol. 23
Table of Contents


Members and Committees of the Rice Genetics Cooperative ............... 4

Instruction to Authors About On Line Submission ............... 5

Research Notes

I. Database and Resource

  1. Establishment of the Genetic Stocks..Oryza Collection (GSOR) in the United States, by J. N. Rutger ............... 8

II. Varietal Differentiation and Evolution

  1. A novel gene responsible for hybrid breakdown found in a cross between japonica and indica cultivars in rice, by K. Matsubara, S. Ito, Y. Nonoue, T. Ando and M. Yano ............... 11

  2. Segregation distortions of pyl gene on chromosome 3 observed in F2s of the crosses between WRC lines and T-65 pyl-stb, by H. Nishimura and M. Maekawa ............... 14

  3. Mapping of S33(t) and S34(t) for Pollen Sterility in Hybrids between a Weedy Strain and a Japonica Variety in Rice, by W. Jing, L. L. Liu, L. Jiang and J. M. Wan ............... 16

  4. Fine mapping of S-31 for hybrid sterility gene in rice (Oryza sativa L.), by Z. G. Zhao, L. Jiang, L. L. Liu, C. Y. Yu, W. W. Zhang, K. Xie and J. M. Wan ............... 20

  5. Characterization of genetic diversity in hybrid rice parential lines using EST-derived and non-EST SSR markers, by I. Jaikishen, M. S. Ramesha, P. Rajendrakumar, K. S. Rao, C. N. Neeraja, S. M. Balachandran, B. C. Viraktamath, K. Sujatha and R. M. Sundaram ............... 24

  6. Using cpDNA and SSR combinations to identify seed purity of rice sporophytic cytoplasmic male sterile lines, by X. Sang, Z. Yang, B. Zhong, L. Hou, D. Li, Y. Pei, G. He ............... 29

  7. Mapping of a pair of reproductive barrier loci observed in a cross between Nipponbare and Kasalath, by Y. Mizuta, Y. Harushima and N. Kurata ............... 33

  8. Identification of a new allele of F1 pollen sterility gene, S21, detected from the hybrid between Oryza sative and O. rufipogon, by Y. Miyazaki, K. Doi, H. Yasui and A. Yoshimura ............... 36

  9. QTL analysis of F1 pollen sterility observed in hybrids between Oryza sativa and O. rufipogon, by Y. Miyazaki, H. NagayamaA, K. Doi and A. Yoshimura ............... 39

III. Genetics of Morphological and Yield Traits

  1. Mapping of the SWORD SHAPE DWARF1 gene, SSD1 in rice, by K. Asano, M. Ashikari, A. Miyao, H. Hirochika, H. Kitano and M. Matsuoka ............... 42

  2. Mapping of Small and Round Seed 1 gene in rice, by S. Tanabe, K. Mieda, M. Ashikari, H. Kitano and Y. Iwasaki ............... 44

  3. A dominant gene conferring hairiness of leaf in new plant type crosses of rice, by C. Bharadwaj, R. Mishra, C. T. Satyavathi, S. K. Rao, D. K. Mishra, P. Kulkarni and M. P. Janoria ............... 48

  4. Genotypes of Heading Date of Middle Indica Rice in the Mid-lower Region of the Yangtze River, by J. F. Xu, L. Jiang, L. L. Liu, L. G. Luo and J. M. Wan ............... 50

  5. Insight into genes underlying yield enhancing QTLs from O. rufipogon, by C. S. Reddy, A. P. Babu, B. P. M. Swamy and N. Sarla ............... 53

  6. Mapping of Small and Round Seed 3 gene in rice, by S. Tanabe, S. Kurinami, M. ASHIKARI, H. Kitano and Y. Iwasaki ............... 56

  7. Inheritance of flag leaf width in rice (Oryza sativa), by C. Bharadwaj, R. Mishra, C. T. Satyavathi, S. K. Rao, D. K. Mishra, U. Kumar, S. Jha and M. P. Janoria ............... 59

IV. Genetics of Physiological Traits and Others

  1. Molecular mapping of QTLs associated with whole plant Water Use Efficiency (WUE), by S. Nadaradjan, S. M. Impa, S. G. Parsi, M. S. Sheshshayee, M. Udayakumar and T. G. Prasad ............... 62

  2. Functional categorization of salt stress-responsive genes of rice leaf using DNA microarray, by D. W. Kim, J. Shibato, G. K. Agrawal, H. Iwahashi, D. H. Kim, I. S. Shim and R. Rakwal ............... 67

  3. Identification of markers for mean transpiration rate and oxygen isotope enrichment ((δ18O) in recombinant inbred lines of Rice, by S. M. Impa, S. Nadaradjan, M. S. Sheshshayee, T. G. Prasad, M. Udayakumar and S. Hittalmani ............... 71

  4. QTL to Genes: Detection of Drought Stress Responsive Genes in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Root-QTL introgressed genotype, by P. J. Hiremath, G. S. A. Selvi and S. Hittalmani ............... 75

V. Genetics of Disease and Insect Resistance

  1. Molecular mapping of resistance to tungro virus in rice cultivars Vikramarya and Utri Rajapan, by C. N. Neeraja, D. Krishnaveni, K. Saivishnupriya, G. S. V. Pradad and K. Muralidharan ............... 80

  2. Molecular characterization of resistance to Rice yellow mottie virus in Bekarosaka, an indica variety from Madagascar, by L. Albar, M. Rakotomalala, D. Fargette, A. Ghesquiere ............... 84

  3. QTL mapping for rice stripe resistance in IR24, an indica rice cultivar, by Y. X. Zhang, L.L.Liu, D. Z. Sun, L. Jiang, Y. Y. Shen, B. X. Wang, H.Q. Zhai and J. M. Wan ............... 89

VI. Gene, Genome Structure/Function and Methods

  1. A protocol for isolation of DNA suitable for rapid seed and grain purity assessments in rice, by P. Rajendrakumar, K. Sujatha, K. S. Rao, P. Natarajkumar, B. C. Viraktamath, S. M. Balachandran, A. K. Biswal and R. M. Sundaram ............... 92

  2. OsNAM and OsCUC3 are expressed specifically in organ boundaries, by K. Hibara and Y. Nagato ............... 96

  3. Identification of rice genes whose expression levels are up-regulated in autotetraploids, by N. Kishimoto, F. Fujii, Y. Sato, K. Takeuchi, K. Toyoshima, K. Shimbo, Z. Shimatani, Y. Nagata, A. Hashimoto, M. Ishikawa, J. Yazaki, S. Honda, K. Suzuki, K. Kojima, K. Yamamoto, K. Sakata, T. Sasaki and S. Kikuchi ............... 98

  4. Errutum: Replacement of Table 1B in Vol. 22 No.25 p86-89, by Kishimoto et al., This replacement is related to the results of the article of this volume, No.26 ............... 104


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