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A new blast resistance gene identified in the Indian native rice cultivar Aus373 through allelism and linkage tests
Author(s) -
Pan Jian,
Hong Wang,
Tanisaka
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
plant pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.928
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-3059
pISSN - 0032-0862
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3059.1999.00337.x
Subject(s) - biology , locus (genetics) , allele , cultivar , genetics , gene , pyricularia , plant disease resistance , magnaporthe grisea , genetic linkage , botany , oryza sativa
Blast, caused by Pyricularia grisea , is a major constraint on rice production. To widen genetic diversity for disease resistance, the Indian native rice cultivar Aus373 was screened by F 2 segregation analyses to investigate the genetic basis of its high resistance. Aus373 was crossed with a series of Japanese differential cultivars (JDCs) and the Chinese susceptible cultivar Lijiangxintuanheigu (LTH). The resistance ratios of subsequent F 2 progenies were used to determine the number of blast‐resistance loci present as well as allelic relationships with known loci. Resistance of Aus373 was governed by dominant alleles at two loci, one at the Pi‐k locus and the second apparently at a new locus linked to an isozyme gene Amp‐1 with a recombination fraction of 37.9 ± 3.0% on chromosome 2. This putative new locus and allele were designated Pi16 (t).