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QTL for rice grain quality based on a DH population derived from parents with similar apparent amylose content

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A doubled haploid (DH)population consisting of 135 lines, derived from an indica (IR64) and a japonica (Azucena) rice with a similar apparent amylose content (AAC), was used to investigate the genetic factors affecting cooking and eating quality of rice. AAC,gelatinization temperature (GT), gel consistency (GC) and six starch pasting viscosity parameters were measured for quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis using 193 molecular markers mapped on the DH population. A total of 17 QTLs were detected for the 9 traits, with at least one QTL and as many as 3 QTLs for each individual trait. No QTL for the measured parameters was found at the wx locus,possibly because of the similar AAC between the parents. Several QTLs with important effects on the variations in the measured parameters were detected in the present study which have not been found in earlier reports based on populations derived from parents with different AAC and wxgene alleles. Two interesting loci could be deduced from the present study according to the marker order compared with other genetic linkage maps. A QTL flanked by Amy2A and RG433 on the end of the long arm of chromosome 6, identified for GT, set back and consistency viscosity, might cover the gene encoding starch branching enzyme I. Similarly, a QTL flanked by RG139 and RZ58on chromosome 2, detected for hot paste viscosity and breakdown viscosity, might cover the gene encoding starch branching enzyme III. Generally, traits significantly correlated with each other shared identical QTL, but it was not true in some cases. The fine molecular mechanisms underlying these traits await further elucidation for the improvement of eating and cooking quality of rice.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hua Jia Chi Campus, Hangzhou, 310029, P.R. China

    J.S. Bao, H.R. Cui & Q.Y. Shu

  2. College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hua Jia Chi Campus, Hangzhou, 310029, P.R. China

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Bao, J., Wu, Y., Hu, B. et al. QTL for rice grain quality based on a DH population derived from parents with similar apparent amylose content. Euphytica 128, 317–324 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021262926145

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