Hu Jinlong, Zhang Yu, Wang Ruizhi, Wang Xiaoyu, Feng Zhiming, Xiong Qiangqiang, Zhou Nianbing, Zhou Yong, Wei Haiyan, Zhang Hongcheng, Zhu Jinyan
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Abstract
Rice blast, caused by Magnaporthe oryzae (M. oryzae), is one of the most serious diseases worldwide. Developing blast-resistant rice varieties is an effective strategy to control the spread of rice blast and reduce the reliance on chemical pesticides. In this study, 477 sequenced rice germplasms from 48 countries were inoculated and assessed at the booting stage. We found that 23 germplasms exhibited high panicle blast resistance against M. oryzae. Genome-wide association analysis (GWAS) identified 43 quantitative trait loci (QTLs) significantly associated (P < 1.0 × 10−4) with resistance to rice panicle blast. These QTL intervals encompass four genes (OsAKT1, OsRACK1A, Bsr-k1 and Pi25/Pid3) previously reported to contribute to rice blast resistance. We selected QTLs with -Log10 (P-value) greater than 6.0 or those detected in two-year replicates, amounting to 12 QTLs, for further candidate gene analysis. Three blast resistance candidate genes (Os06g0316800, Os06g0320000, Pi25/Pid3) were identified based on significant single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) distributions within annotated gene sequences across these 12 QTLs and the differential expression levels among blast-resistant varieties after 72 h of inoculation. Os06g0316800 encodes a glycine-rich protein, OsGrp6, an important component of plant cell walls involved in cellular stress responses and signaling. Os06g0320000 encodes a protein with unknown function (DUF953), part of the thioredoxin-like family, which is crucial for maintaining reactive oxygen species (ROS) homeostasis in vivo, named as OsTrxl1. Lastly, Pi25/Pid3 encodes a disease resistance protein, underscoring its potential importance in plant biology. By analyzing the haplotypes of these three genes, we identified favorable haplotypes for blast resistance, providing valuable genetic resources for future rice blast resistance breeding programs.
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Molecular Breeding is an international journal publishing papers on applications of plant molecular biology, i.e., research most likely leading to practical applications. The practical applications might relate to the Developing as well as the industrialised World and have demonstrable benefits for the seed industry, farmers, processing industry, the environment and the consumer.
All papers published should contribute to the understanding and progress of modern plant breeding, encompassing the scientific disciplines of molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, physiology, pathology, plant breeding, and ecology among others.
Molecular Breeding welcomes the following categories of papers: full papers, short communications, papers describing novel methods and review papers. All submission will be subject to peer review ensuring the highest possible scientific quality standards.
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Molecular Breeding will consider manuscripts describing contemporary methods of molecular genetics and genomic analysis, structural and functional genomics in crops, proteomics and metabolic profiling, abiotic stress and field evaluation of transgenic crops containing particular traits. Manuscripts on marker assisted breeding are also of major interest, in particular novel approaches and new results of marker assisted breeding, QTL cloning, integration of conventional and marker assisted breeding, and QTL studies in crop plants.