Abstract
Phosphorus (P) is one of the essential macronutrients for rice. In this study, we used 120 rice backcross recombinant inbred lines (BRILs) derived from a cross indica cv. Changhui 891 and japonica cv. 02428. To elucidate the genetic control of P deficiency tolerance in rice, we have used high quality SNPs bin markers to identify some important loci underlying phosphorus deficiency. The bin map was generated which includes 3057 bins covering distance of 1266.5 cM with an average of 0.41 cM between markers. Based on this map, 50 loci, including four novel loci, qSL-3, qRL-11, qSDW-1, qRDW-1 with phenotypic variance 23.26%, 12.06%, 9.89% associated with P deficiency-related seedling traits were identified. No significant QTLs was found for root length under P+, shoot fresh weight P− and root length, shoot fresh weight for P+, P− and their ratio respectively. Root fresh weight, and root dry weight were strongly correlated to each other, and QTLs for these variables were located on the same chromosome 1 at the same region. Notably, 3 pleiotropic regions is the pioneer of our study, and these regions would facilitate map-based cloning to expedite the MAS selection for developing low phosphorous tolerant varieties. This study not only improves our knowledge about molecular processes associated with P deficiency, but also provides useful information to understand the genetic architecture of low phosphorous tolerance.
Highlights
Phosphorus (P) is an essential macro-element for the plant growth and development
Root dry weight were strongly correlated to each other, and QTLs for these variables were located on the same chromosome 1 at the same region
Estimates of broad sense heritability were found higher for all six traits, shoot length (SL) (96.71%), root length (RL) (82.64%), shoot fresh weight (SFW) (96.08%), root fresh weight (RFW) (87.97%), shoot dry weight (SDW) (87.32%) and root dry weight (RDW) (63.81%)
Summary
Phosphorus (P) is an essential macro-element for the plant growth and development It is associated with biological components and soil chemicals that make it important in growing plants (Richardson et al 2009). It endorses plant growth from root development, early flowering, and seed ripening. About half of the agricultural land in Asian, African, and South American countries are facing phosphorus deficiency (Lynch 2011) It engenders a series of physiological and molecular processes that led to severe yield losses (Dobermann 2000; Ismail et al 2007). It is the secondary cause of the low soil pH which forces restrictions in root development, even though there are high concentrations of iron aluminum (Ismail et al 2007)
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