Abstract
BackgroundTaichung Native 1 (TN1), a variety of rice (Oryza sativa L.) developed in Taiwan, has played a key role in the green revolution of this major staple crop because of its semi-dwarf characteristics. Due to its susceptibility, it has been used as a susceptibility indicator in rice insect and pathogen resistance studies worldwide. While within-variety differences have been reported for agronomic traits in other rice varieties, no study has addressed the within-variety consistency of pathogen and insect susceptibility of TN1, which would influence the result interpretation of plant-pest interaction studies. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the genomic consistency and to assess a range of agronomic and insect susceptibility traits in three representative accessions of TN1 in Taiwan.ResultsAmong these three accessions, two were identical across 43,325 genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) while the third one differed at four SNPs. Of the three accessions of TN1, there were minor differences in seed length, seed breadth, length/width ratio, number of leaves and tillers, and number of unfilled seeds. Besides, there was no effect on relative growth rate of Cnaphalocrocis medinalis larvae fed on the three accession sources. Furthermore, there is no different on plant susceptibility among these three accessions against C. medinalis and Nilaparvata lugens.ConclusionOur study indicates that it is appropriate to use TN1 in Taiwan to test for rice insect susceptibility as it yields consistent results.
Highlights
Taichung Native 1 (TN1), a variety of rice (Oryza sativa L.) developed in Taiwan, has played a key role in the green revolution of this major staple crop because of its semi-dwarf characteristics
Plant materials TN1 seed was obtained from the National Plant Genetic Resources Center (NPGRC), Taichung District Agricultural Research and Extension Station, Council of Insect rearing A C. medinalis colony, which had been collected from a rice field near Taichung, Taiwan, was obtained from TDARES, and was reared on corn seedlings (“White pearl”, Known-You Seed Co., Taiwan) in insect cages (BugDorm-4, MegaView, Taiwan) following the modified corn seedling rearing method described by Shono and Hirano (1989)
Genotype‐source genomics We identified 44,142 SNPs across four rice accessions: Qingliu, TN1-NPGRC, TN1-TDARES, and TN1-National Taiwan University (NTU) were sequenced four, six, five, and six times, respectively
Summary
Taichung Native 1 (TN1), a variety of rice (Oryza sativa L.) developed in Taiwan, has played a key role in the green revolution of this major staple crop because of its semi-dwarf characteristics. The planting area of TN1 subsequently declined quickly due to its poor grain quality and susceptibility to disease and insects (Huang et al 1972). These features transformed it into a standard susceptibility check variety for disease and insect resistance studies worldwide.
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