Vol. 17


Rice Genetics Newsletter, Vol. 17
Table of Contents


A. Report of the Coordinating Committee of the Rice Genetics Cooperative (T. Kinoshita) ............... 5

B. Report of the Committee on Gene Symbolization, Nomenclature and Linkage Groups Registration of new gene symbols (Y. Nagato and A. Yoshimura) ............... 6

C. Report of the Committee on Genetic Engineering Stages in developing superior transgenic rice plants (R. Wu) ............... 8

D. Research Notes

I. Varietal differentiation and evolution
  1. Geographical variation of the gene, (Lox3(t)), causing lipoxygenase-3 deficiency in Asian rice varieties, by Y. Suzuki, K. Ise and T. Nagamine ............... 13

II. Genetics of Morphological Traits
  1. Tagging of an elongated-uppermost-internode gene eui2 using microsatellite markers, by S.L. Yang, H.L. Ma, Q.P. Xue, B. Wang and R.C. Yang ............... 14

  2. Dwarfism and reduced responses to gibberellic acid in transgenic rice plants expressing the Arabidopsis GAI gene, and the dominant negative allele gai, by X. Fu, D.E. Richards, N.P. Harberd and P. Christou ............... 15

  3. High resolution map of dwarf mutant gene, dwarf 11 of rice, by S.B. Tanabe, M. Ashikari, M. Yano, A. Yoshimura, M. Matsuoka, H. Kitano, T. Asahi and Y. Iwasaki ............... 18

  4. A stamenless 1 rice mutant, transforms stamens partially into pistils, by W.M. Wang and L.H. Zhu ............... 20

  5. The tiller development affected by d17 (tillering dwarf) in relation to the yield stability, by K. Onishi, I. Takamure and H. Nakashima ............... 22

  6. High resolution mapping of a rice gene affecting shoot organization, SHO1, by M. Mukohhata, M. Ashikari, M. Miwa, T. Sasaki, Y. Nagato, H. Kitano and M.Matsuoka ............... 24

  7. SHOOTLESS 2 gene is required for both initiation and maintenance of shoot apical meristem in rice, by N. Satoh and Y. Nagato ............... 26

  8. ADL genes are required for genetic control of adaxial-abaxial pattern formation in rice leaves, by E. Hayashida, H. Satoh and Y. Nagato ............... 28

  9. ABERRANT PANICLE ORGANIZATION 1 gene regulates meristem identity in reproductive phase, by K. Ikeda, N. Nagasawa and Y. Nagato ............... 31

  10. A heterochronic gene associated with juvenile-adult phase change in rice, by K. Asai, N. Satoh, H. Sasaki, H. Satoh and Y. Nagato ............... 34

III. Genetics of physiological traits and others

  1. Alcohol dehydrogenase isozyme in rice (Oryza sativa complex), by H.S. Suh, L.J. Chen and D.S. Lee ............... 37

  2. Identification of Ldh isozyme locus in rice (Oryza sativa complex), by L.J. Chen, D.S. Lee and H.S. Suh ............... 39

  3. Genetic mapping of a rice photoperiod sensitivity gene Enhancer-Se1, by L. Monna, Y. Sano and M. Yano ............... 40

  4. Repeating backcrosses for induced earliness gene, Ef1-x, by S.H. Chang, M.S. Chang, N.T. Hu and K.H. Tsai ............... 42

  5. ef1 like plants produced from crosses between Ef1 lines, by K.H. Tsai ............... 45

  6. Linkage analysis of late heading genes using Oryza glumaepatula introgression lines, by P.L. Sanchez, Sobrizal, K. Ikeda, H. Yasui and A. Yoshimura ............... 46

  7. Comparison of QTL detection for yield traits using F2 and recombinant inbred lines in rice, by J.Y. Zhuang, Y.Y. Fan, J.L. Wu, Y.W. Xia and K.L. Zheng ............... 49

  8. Non-segregation of albino character in rice plant heterozygous for variegated albino, by M. Maekawa, T. Rikiishi, T. Matsuura, S. Utsugi and K. Noda ............... 51

  9. A candidate for C (Chromogen for anthocyanin) gene, by I. Mikami, A. Takahashi, Khin-Thidar and Y. Sano ............... 54

  10. Mapping major and minor QTL for rice CMS-WA fertility restoration, by J.Y. Zhuang, Y.Y. Fan, J.L. Wu, Y.W. Xia and K.L. Zheng ............... 56

  11. Identification of a gene for male gamete abortion in backcross progeny of
    Oryza sativa and Oryza glumaepatula    , by Sobrial, Y. Matsuzaki, P.L. Sanchez, K. Ikeda and A. Yoshimura ............... 59

  12. Mapping of F1 pollen semi-sterility gene found in backcross progeny of Oryza
    sativa     L. and Oryza glumaepatula Steud    , by Sobrizal, Y. Matsuzaki, P.L. Sanchez, K. Ikeda and A. Yoshimura ............... 61

  13. A new gene for F1 pollen sterility in Japonica/Indica cross of rice, by T. Kubo, M. Eguchi and A. Yoshimura ............... 63

  14. Embryogenic culture: a major factor that determines the Agrobacterium-mediated transformation efficiency in Basmati rice, by R.K. Jain, J.S. Rohilla, S. Bhutai, S. Jain, V.K. Chowdhury and R. Wu ............... 64

  15. Production and characterization of doubled haploids from anther culture of the F1s of Oryza sativa L. x O. glaberrima Steud, by E.C. Enriquez, D.S. Brar, T.L. Rosario, M. Jones and G.S. Khush ............... 67

  16. Improving the salt tolerance of proline-accumulated rice by suppressing Na+ absorption, by Y. Igarashi and Y. Yoshiba ............... 69

IV. Genetics of disease and insect resistances

  1. Genetic analysis of resistance to bacterial blight, Xanthomonas oryzae pv. Oryzae, in rice, by K.S. Lee and G.S. Khush ............... 72

  2. Inheritance of resistance to race 6 of bacterial blight in rice, by K.S. Lee, E.R. Angeles and G.S. Khush ............... 73

  3. Construction of a BAC contig containing Xa4 locus on Chromosome 11, by W.M. Wang, W.X. Zhai, G.H. Jiang, X.W. Chen, X.B. Li and L.H. Zhu ............... 74

  4. The relationship between browning reaction and bacterial blight resistance gene Xa3 in rice, by H. Kaku and T. Ogawa ............... 76

  5. The additive effect of bacterial blight resistance genes Xa1 and Xa4 in rice, by H. Kaku ............... 78

  6. Genetic and biochemical analysis of a disease lesion mimic mutant in rice var. 'Basmati 370', by Sanjay J. Jambhulkar, K.N. Suseelan, D.C. Joshua and R.K. Mitra ............... 80

  7. A new gene for gall midge resistance in rice accession Jhitpiti, by Arvind Kumar, S. Bhandarkar, D.J. Pophlay and M.N. Shrivastava ............... 83

  8. Bph9, a dominant brown planthopper resistance gene, is located on the long arm of rice chromosome 12, by K. Murata, M. Fujiwara, H. Murai, S. Takumi, N. Mori and C. Nakamura ............... 84

  9. Mapping of QTLs affecting egg mortality of whitebacked planthopper, Sogatella furcifera Horvath in rice, Oryza sativa L., by M. Yamasaki, A. Yoshimura and H. Yasui ............... 87

    V. Gene and genome structure

  10. Characterization of rice ammonium transporters, OsAMT1;1 and OsAMT1;2, by Y. Sonoda, A. Ikeda and J. Yamaguchi ............... 89

  11. The expression of a gene encoding Ca2+-binding motif, EF-hand, is induced by sugars in rice embryos, by S. Otsuki, C. Matsukura and J. Yamaguchi ............... 92

  12. Alcoholic fermentation genes are regulated by Ca2+-dependent hypoxic signaling in rice, by H. Tsuji, M. Nakazono, N. Tsutsumi and A. Hirai ............... 94

  13. Expression of nuclear-encoded genes for cytochrome c oxidase in rice, by K. Ohtsu, M. Nakazono, N. Tsutsumi and A. Hirai ............... 97

  14. The gene for mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2a) from rice is highly transcribed under anaerobic conditions, by N. Megro, H. Tsuji, M. Nakazono, N. Tsutsumi and A. Hirai ............... 99

  15. Isolation and structural analysis of the YABBY gene family in rice, by K. Harada, T. Yamaguchi and H.-Y. Hirano ............... 101

  16. DNA sequences homologous to rice tungro bacilliform virus (RTBV) present in the rice genome, by H. Nagano, A. Oka, Y. Kishima and Y. Sano ............... 103

  17. Elucidation of the relative contribution of the two alternative pathways for polyamine biogenesis in plants suggests a key role for the putrescine pool in controlling flux to the higher polyamines, by Teresa Capell, Olivia Lepri, Ludovic Bassie, Pham Trung-Nghia, Pham Thu-hang, Gehan Safwat and Paul Christou ............... 105

  18. Somatic and germinal transposition of a maize transposable element Ds in
    rice    , by Y. Ito, M. Eiguchi and N. Kurata ............... 110

  19. Amplification and analysis of T-DNA flanking sequences in transgenic rice lines, by J. Fang, W.X. Zhai, W.M. Wang and L.H. Zhu ............... 112

  20. Hierarchical structure of transgenic loci in cereals, by A Kohli, E. Stoger, R.M. Twyman, X. Fu, E. Wegel and P. Christou ............... 115

  21. Tagged Transcriptome Display (TTD): using Ac elements to identify transcribed sequences in indica rice, by A. Kohli, J. Xiong, R. Greco, P. Christou and A. Pereira ............... 119

  22. Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of an elite indica rice maintainer line IR68899B with a reconstructed T-DNA carrying multiple genes, by N. Baisakh, K. Datta, H. Rashid, N. Oliva and S.K. Datta ............... 122


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