Development of a wide population of chromosome single-segment substitution lines in the genetic background of an elite cultivar of rice (Oryza sativaL.)

Authors:
  • FHFeng-Hua He
    Feng-Hua He
  • RZRui-Zhen Zeng
    Rui-Zhen Zeng
  • ZZZe-Min Zhang
    Ze-Min Zhang
  • XDXiao-Hua Ding
    Xiao-Hua Ding
  • WLWen-Tao Li
    Wen-Tao Li
  • GZGui-Quan Zhang
    Gui-Quan Zhang
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Abstract
Naturally occurring allelic variations underlying complex traits are useful resources for the functional analysis of plant genes. To facilitate the genetic analysis of complex traits and the use of marker-assisted breeding in rice, we developed a wide population consisting of 217 chromosome single-segment substitution lines (SSSLs) using Oryza sativa L. 'Hua-Jing-Xian74' (HJX74), an elite Indica cultivar, as recipient, and 6 other accessions, including 2 Indica and 4 Japonica, as donors. Each SSSL contains a single substituted chromosome segment derived from 1 of the 6 donors in the genetic background of HJX74. The total size of the substituted segments in the SSSL population was 4695.0 cM, which was 3.1 times that of rice genome. To evaluate the potential application of these SSSLs for quantitative trait loci detection, phenotypic variations of the quantitative traits of days to heading and grain length in the population consisting of 210 SSSLs were observed under natural environmental conditions. The results demonstrated that there was a wide range of phenotypic variation in the traits in the SSSL population. These genetic materials will be powerful tools to dissect complex traits into a set of monogenic loci and to assign phenotypic values to different alleles at the locus of interest.Key words: rice, mapping population, single segment substitution lines, marker-assisted selection, quantitative trait loci.

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