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Marker‐assisted introgression of QTLs for yield under moisture stress into elite varieties of rice ( Oryza sativa )
Author(s) -
Bhukya Jeevula N.,
Bollineni Swarajyalakshmi N.,
Kadambari Gopalakrishna,
Bommisetty Reddiyamini,
Gudikati Eswar R.,
Darsha Withanawasam M.,
Issa Keerthi,
Akkareddy Srividhya,
Eslavath Suresh N.,
Dokuparthi Ajay K.,
Eragam Aparna,
Moode Vinodkumar N.,
Pottepalem Rameshbabu,
Chintala Srilakshmi,
Narrareddy Eswarareddy P.,
Tanti Bahbhen,
Nimai Mandal P.,
Muniraju Pallavi,
Janaki Yeswanth V.,
Vemireddy Lakshminarayana R.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
plant breeding
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.583
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1439-0523
pISSN - 0179-9541
DOI - 10.1111/pbr.12865
Subject(s) - backcrossing , introgression , oryza sativa , quantitative trait locus , biology , moisture stress , moisture , hybrid , agronomy , yield (engineering) , horticulture , genetics , gene , chemistry , materials science , metallurgy , organic chemistry
Rice production is severely constrained by the moisture stress. The present study was undertaken to transfer two important QTLs viz ., ( qDTY2.2 and qDTY4.1 ), which controls yield under moisture stress (DTY) into two elite varieties, that is, MTU1010 and NLR34449 through marker‐assisted breeding. Foreground and background selections of backcross generations, that is, BC 1 F 1 , BC 2 F 1 and BC 2 F 2 identified several promising introgression lines (ILs) with two QTLs and single QTLs with an appreciable level of recovery of recipient parent genome. In ILs, the recovery of MTU1010 genome content was estimated to be 83%–93% while the recovery of NLR34449 was 84%–92%. The two‐QTL ILs of MTU1010 and NLR34449 backgrounds ( qDTY2.2 and qDTY4.1 ) have shown substantial yield advantage (32 to 84%) over the single‐QTL ILs (either qDTY2.2 or qDTY4.1 ) under moisture stress conditions. Among all, two ILs, MBC‐124 and NBC‐127 are the best high yielding lines under moisture stress conditions. These outyielded ILs have the potential to be released as varieties in rainfed ecosystem and also can be used as donors in the existing breeding programme in rice.