Rice Genetics Newsletter, Vol. 15
Table of Contents

Dedication .............................. 7

A. Report of the Coordinating Committee of the Rice Genetics Cooperative (T. Kinoshita) .......... 11
B.

Report of the Committee on Gene Symbolization, Nomenclature and Linkage Groups

I. New gene symbols registered (Y. Nagato and A. Yoshimura) ............... 13
II. Report from coordinator
Linkage mapping using mutant genes in rice (T. Kinoshita) ............... 13
@ Table 1. List of the mutant genes assigned to the respective linkage groups
@ Table 2. List of the linkage relations in the respective linkage groups
@ References
C.

D. Research Notes

I. Varietal differentiation and evolution

  1. Isozyme classification of Taiwan and Yunnan rice Germplasm of China, by S. X. Tang and G. S. Khush ............... 77
  2. Comparison between phenotype variation and isozyme diversity within and between AA genome wild rice species, by M. Akimoto, Y. Shimamoto and H. Morishima ............... 78
  3. Six different plastid subtypes were found in O. sativa - O. rufipogon complex, by I. Nakamura, H. Urairong, N. Kameya, V. Fukuta, S. Chitrakon and Y.I. Sato ............... 80

II. Cytogenetics

  1. Characterization of parental genomes in a hybrid between Oryza sativa L.and O. officinalis Wall ex Watt, through fluorescence in situ hybridization, by M. Asghar, D.S. Brar, J.E. Hernandez, N. Ohmido and G.S. Khush ............... 83
  2. Characterization of parental chromosomes in anther culture derived plant from
    Oryza sativa L. x O. australiensis Domin through genomic in situ hybridization, by F.M. Abbasi, D.S. Brar, A.L. Carpena, K. Fukui and F.M. Abbasi, D.S. Brar, A.L. Carpena, K. Fukui and G.S. Khush ............... 84
  3. Molecular cytogenetic analysis of Oryza sativa L. x O. brachyantha A. Chev. et Roehr. derivatives, by F.M. Abbasi, D.S. Brar, A.L. Carpena and G.S. Khush ............... 86
III. Genetics of morphological traits
  1. Genetic analysis of induced rice developmental mutants showing radicleless and crown rootless, by Y. Inukai, A. Yamauchi, H. Satoh, Y. Nagato and H. Kitano ............... 88
  2. A mutation associated with phyllotaxy and leaf blade-sheath boundary in rice, by J.-I. Itoh and Y. Nagato ................ 90
  3. A multiple radicle 1 mutation affects the number of radicles and the vegetative growth in rice, by T. Kinae, H. Satoh, H. Kitano and Y. Nagato  ............... 93
  4. Developmental timing of phenotypic expression in a mutant with twisted leaf blade, by Y. Itoh, I. Takamure and Y. Shibata ............... 96
  5. New gene for extra glume character in rice, by A.C. Sanchez and G.S. Khush ............... 98
  6. A gene for collarless phenotype in rice, by A.C. Sanchez and G.S. Khush ............... 99
IV. Genetics of disease resistance and other physiological traits
  1. Genetic variation in tissue culture response of some elite indica varieties, by K.B.R.S. Visarada and N.P. Sarma ............... 100
  2. Effects of genes controlling plant height in near-isogenic lines of Indica and Japonica cultivars, by K.H. Tsai ............... 103
  3. Genetic differences among Japanese varieties in relation to Fl hybrid sterility in the crosses with a Nepalese variety, Gamadi, by M. Maekawa, T. Rikiishi, T. Matsuura and K. Noda ............... 105
  4. A gene for variegated albino linked to ig on chromosome 4, by M. Maekawa, T. Rikiishi, T. Matsuura and K. Noda ............... 107
  5. A new gene for virescence character in rice, by A.C. Sanchez and G.S. Khush ............... 109
  6. Study on genetic effects for lysine traits of indica rice in different environment, by C. Shi, J. Zhu, Y. Yu, X. Yang and J. Wu ............... 110
  7. Isolation of a rice mutant insensitive to cool temperatures in relation to amylose content, by V. Suzuki, V. Sano and H.-Y. Hirano ............... 113
  8. Starch degradation during gibberellin-induced leaf sheath growth in rice, by C. Matsukura and J.Yamaguchi ............... 114
  9. A new tester line for the genetic analysis of heading-time in rice, by Y. Okumoto, K. Ichitani and T. Tanisaka ............... 117
  10. Discovery and preliminary study on photoperiod and temperature sensitive female sterility in rice, by X.D. Liu and Y.G. Lu ............... 119
  11. A mutant for variable egg number in rice, by Y.G. Lu and X.D. Liu ............... 121
  12. Aroma synthesis in call and callus cultures of rice, by P. Suprasanna, T.R Ganapathi, N.K. Ramaswamy, K.K. Surendranathan and P.S. Rao ............... 123
  13. Rapid identification of resistance gene analogs linked to two blast resistance genes in rice, by J.Y. Zhuang, J.L. Wu, R.Y. Chai,Y.Y. Fan, M.Z. Jin, H Lleung and K.L. Zheng ............... 125
  14. Genetic markers associated with field resistance to leaf and neck blast across locations in rice (Oryza sativa L.), by Prashanth G. Bagali, Shailaja Hittalmani, Srinivasachary, K. Shadakshari and H.E. Shashidhar ............... 128
  15. Effectiveness of different Xa genes against Xanthomonas oryzae pv. Oryzae population causing bacterial blight of rice in Punjab (India), by R.K. Goel, L.Kaur and R.G.Saim ............... 131
  16. A RAPD marker for the gene conferring resistance to Indian biotype of BPH, by K.K. Jena, L.C. Pasalu, K.Krishniah and G.S. Khush ............... 133
  17. Identification of overlapping BAC clones carrying the xal3 locus in rice, by A.C. Sanchez, L. hag, D. Yang, D.S. Brar, F. Ausubel, G.S. Khush, M.Yano, T. Sasaki, N. Huang and Z. Li ............... 135
  18. Identification and tagging a new gene for resistance to bacterial blight (Xanthomonas oryzae pv. Oryzae) from 0. rufipogon., by Q. Zhang, S.C. Lin, B.Y. Zhao, C.L. Wang, W.C. Yang, Y.I. Zhou, D.Y. Li, C.B. Chen and L.H.Zhu ............... 138
  19. Genetic analysis of ARC5984 for gall midge resistance - a reconsideration, by Arvind Kumar, M.N. Shrivastava and R.K. Sahu ............... 142

V. Molecular mapping and QTL analysis

  1. Mapping QTLs for heading behavior using RI population derived from a cross between wild and cultivated rice strains, by H.W. Cai and H. Morishima ............... 144
  2. A new locus affecting high F1 pollen sterility found in backcross progenies of Japonica rice and African rice, by K. Doi, K. Taguchi and A. Yoshimura ............... 146
  3. RFLP mapping of a gene for heading date in an African rice, by K. Doi and A. Yoshimura ............... 148
  4. Linkage analysis of a gene controlling F2 sterility in Japonica/lndica backcrossed progenies of rice, by T. Kubo and A. Yoshimura ............... 149
  5. Mapping of hybrid sterility gene S17 of rice (Oryza sativa L.) by isozyme and RFLP markers, by J. Wan, H. Ikehashi, M. Sakai, H. Horisue and T. Imbe ............... 151
  6. A major gene, Tal and QTLs affecting tiller and leaf angles in rice, by Zhikang Li,Andrew H. Paterson, Shannon R.M. Pinson and G.S. Khush ............... 154
  7. PCR-based DNA markers for the WA-CMS fertility restoring gene Rf-3 in rice, by Nguyen, Thi Lang, G. Zhang, G. Magpantay, S.S. Virinani, N. Huang, D.S. Brar, G.S. Khush and Z.K. Li ............... 156

VI. Gene and genome structure

  1. Construction of the BAC contig encompassing the dl locus, by T. Yamaguchi, S. Kawasald,Y. Nagato and LL-Y. Hirano ............... 158
  2. Chromosomal location of the OsNAC genes, by K. Kikuchi, K.T. Yoshida, Y. Nagato and IL-V. Hirano ............... 160
  3. Copy number of RMu elements in Japanese lowland rice landrace, by Y.Miyashita, R. Ishikawa, M. Senda, S. Akada, T. Harada and M. Niizeki ............... 162
  4. Behavior of transposable elements in Akihikari and its parental strains, by R. Ishikawa, T. Konno, M. Senda, S. Akada, T. Harada and M. Niizeki............... 163
  5. Comparison of RGA and RFLP markers for determining the genetic relationship in rice, by J.Y. Zhuang, J.L. Wu, Y.Y. Fan, H. Leung and K.L Zheng ............... 165
  6. Organization of the 260 kb region in the vicinity of the waxy locus of rice, by H. Nagano, S. Kawasaki, Y. Kishima and Y. Sano ............... 167
  7. Frequency and distribution of intragenic recombination at the wx locus in rice by T. Inukai, A. Sako, Khin-Thidar and Y. Sano ............... 169

VII. Gene expression and function

  1. Meiosis-specific gene RiUMIS expressed in rice cultured cells, by J. Shimazu,  M. Niizeki, C. Matsukura, S. Tabata, R. Ishikawa, T. Harada, M.Senda and S. Akada ............... 171
  2. Abscisic acid does not affect sugar-repression of rice a-amylase gene, RAmy3D, by K. Toyofuku and J. Yamaguchi ............... 173
  3. Coexistence of the plastidial sigma factor SigA and bacterial RNA polymerase activity in partially purifiedchloroplast soluble protein fraction, by Y. Tsunoyama, V Tozawa and K. Wakasa ............... 176
  4. Production and analysis of cor47 gene-containing transgenic rice plants, by W. Cheng and R. Wu ............... 178
  5. Transgene integration in rice transformants derived from independent transformation events via particlebombardment, by X.L. Wang, S.M. Zhou, D.N. Huang, R. Xue, Z.H. Hau and Z.Y. Gao ............... 181

VIII. Technical Note

  1. Screening for overlapping bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) by PCR analysis with arbitrary primers (AP-PCR), by Jichen Xu, Jessic Domingo, Daichang Yang, Junjian Ni and Ning Huang ............... 184

Condolence ............... 187