Vol. 2

Rice Genetics Newsletter, Vol. 2
Table of Contents

Dedication ............... i

Errata for RGN Vol. 1 ...........iii


A. Report of International Rice Genetics Symposium
Foreword (by M.S. Swaminathan)................. 1
Program of Scientific Sessions................. 2
Poster Presentations ............... 5
B. Announcement

1. Establishment of Rice Genetics Cooperative (RGC) ............... 8
2. Covenant and By-laws of Rice Genetics Cooperative ............... 10
3. Appointment of Committee Members of Rice Genetics Cooperative ............... 12
C. Chromosome Numbering System and Linkage Maps ............... 15
D. 　 List of Genes and Genetic Stocks
1. Report of the Committee on Gene Symbolization, Nomenclature and Linkage Groups (by T. Kinoshita)............... 17
a.  List of gene symbols (Supplement) ............... 17
b.  List of marker genes belonging to the linkage groups (Supplement) ............... 19
2. Report of the Committee on Genetic Stocks (by T. Omura) ............... 19
a.  List of marker genes (Supplement) ............... 21
b.  Diploid lines with marker genes obtained by anther culture ............... 24
c.  List of genetic stocks of wild-rice species preserved in Japan ............... 26
E. List of Publications (Supplement to RGN Vol.1)
I. Gene analysis (Compiled by T. Kinoshita) ............... 29
II. Contributions on rice genetics (Compiled by F. Kikuchi and A. Yosimura) ............... 31
F. Research Notes
I. Evolution
  1. Eurasian versus Gondwanian origin of the genus Oryza, by Second, G. ................ 44
  2. Genome analysis of Oryza officinalis complex, by Jena, K.K. and G.S. Khush ............... 44
  3. Isozymes of glutamic oxalo-acetic transaminase (GOT) in Oryza species with different genomes, by Wang, X.M., M.J. Zhou and Y.C. Cao ............... 45

II. Varietal diversities and reproductive barriers

  1. A statistical evaluation of the classification of rice cultivars into hsien and keng subspecies, by Cheng, K.S. ............... 46
  2. A new insight into Asian cultivated rice classification from isozyme studies, by Glaszmann, J.C. ............... 48
  3. An altitudinal cline of isozyme variation found in land-race populations of Nepalese rice, by Sano, R., T. Konishi and H. Morishima ............... 51
  4. Complementary recessive genes controlling hybrid breakdown found in a varietal cross of rice, by Okuno, K. ............... 52
  5. Cytoplasm substitution between an Indica strain of Oryza sativa and O. glaberrima, by Sano, Y. ............... 54

III. Karyotype and linkage groups

  1. Karyotype analysis of cultivar IR 36, by Wu, H. K., M. C. Chung and M. H. Chen ............... 54
  2. Location of a floury endosperm gene in the second linkage group, by Maekawa, M. ............... 57
  3. Location of Ef-1 for earliness on Nishimura's seventh chromosome, by Sato, S., I. Sakamoto and S. Nakasone ............... 59
  4. Analysis of five isozyme genes and chromosomal location of Amp-1, by Sano, R. and P. Barbier ............... 60
  5. Multiple marker stocks available at the LSU Rice Research Station, by Nowick, E.M. ............... 62

IV. Gene action

  1. A modifier gene for peroxidase isozyme in rice, by Pai, C. ............... 63
  2. A trans-acting regulatory gene controlling the Wx gene expression and its temperature responses, by Sano, Y., M. Maekawa and H. Kikuchi ............... 65
  3. Environmental control of gene expression in endosperm mutants of rice, by Okuno, K. ............... 65
  4. Effect of amylose content on endosperm appearance of hybrid seeds in rice, by Kumar, Ish and G.S. Khush ............... 67
  5. Character expressions of various dwarfing genes at haploid level, by Kinoshita, T., K. Mori and B. C. Cao ............... 68

V. Genetics of physiological traits and stress tolerance

  1. Inheritance of a root-growth inhibiting mutant in rice, by Futsuhara, Y. and H. Kitano ............... 70
  2. Gene for the "naked-grain rice", by Hsieh, R.　M., C. Pai and H. K. Wu ............... 71
  3. Naked seed rice (NSR) is allelic to op and lhs, by Khush, G. S. and A. L. Librojo ............... 71
  4. Genetic control of apiculus hair length, by Sato, Y. I. ............... 72
  5. Effects of a glabrousness gene, gl-1, on agronomic traits, by Takeda, K. ............... 74
  6. Transformation of rice stamens to extra glumes and its inheritance, by Zaman, F. U., E. A. Siddiq, V. P. Singh and A. R. Sadananda ............... 75
  7. Classification of induced genetic male sterile mutants based on histological observations of microsporogenesis, by Tamaru, N. and T. Kinoshita ............... 76

VI. Genetics of physiological traits

  1. Further observations on the Ef-1 gene for early heading, by Tsai, K. H. ............... 77
  2. Inheritance of tolerance to two herbisides, benthiocarb and molinate, by Kinoshita, T. and T. Kumagai ............... 78

VII. Resistances to diseases and insect pests

  1. Genes for resistance to Philippine isolates of the rice blast pathogen, by Mackill, D.J., J.M. Bonman, H.S. Suh and R. Srilingam ............... 80
  2. Inheritance of resistance to gall midge in rice, by Sastry, M. V. S., U. Prasada Rao, M. B. Kalode and M. Sain ............... 82

VIII. Genetics of quantitative traits

  1. Genetic analysis of chlorophyll content at flowering stage in rice, by Kaushik, R. P. and K. D. Sharma ............... 82
  2. Genetics of stigma exsertion in rice, by Li, T. and Y. W. Chen ............... 84

IX. Mutagenesis

  1. Induction of cytoplasmic male sterility in rice, by Sarma, N. P. ............... 85
  2. Selection of streptomycin-resistant cell lines in rice, by Mikami, T. and T. Kinoshita ............... 87
  3. Hydroxy-L-proline resistant mutants in rice, by Hasegawa, H., S. Mori, M. Inoue and M. Murakami ............... 88
  4. Characterisation of callus-cell lines of rice resistant to hydroxy-L-proline, by Mori, S., H. Hasegawa, K. Nakamura, M. Nakanishi and M. Murakami ............... 89

X. Tissue and cell culture

  1. Plant regeneration from calli for in vitro selection in rice, by Bouharmont, J. and A. Dekeyser ............... 91
  2. Response of young panicles of rice at various ploidy levels to in vitro culture, by Shu, L. H. ............... 92
  3. Isolation and culture of protoplasts from the common wild rice, by Shu, L. H., W. Yang and Z. Xu ............... 93
  4. Regeneration of rice plants from protoplasts, by Yamada, Y., Z. Q. Yang and D. T.Tang ............... 94
  5. An experiment on test-tube fertilization in rice, by SZhang, T. B. ............... 95

XI. Molecular genetics

  1. Plasmid-like small circular DNA molecules in rice mitochondria, by Li, M. H., L. F. Yang and Y. X. Cai ............... 96
  2. Comparative analysis of mitochondrial total proteins in cytoplasmic male-sterility systems of rice, by Ma, Y. L., Y. R. Ying, Y. Yu and Y. X. Cai ............... 97
  3. Analysis of mitochondrial DNA in cytoplasmic male sterile rice, by Nawa, S., Y. Sano and T. Fujii ............... 98

XII. Technical note

  1. Varietal differences in photosynthetic capacity of rice leaves measured by oxygen polarographic method, by Nagamine, T................ 99
  2. Identification of primary trisomics of rice through isoenzyme variation, by Sadananda, A. R. and E. A. Siddiq ............... 100
  3. An improved technique for rice karyotype study, by Quy, T. D. and P. Phai ............... 102

　
G. Mailing List ............... 104
Editors' Note(by H.I. Oka and G.S. Khush) ............... 122

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