Genetics and Genomics of Rice by Takeshi Itoh Ph.D., Baltazar A. Antonio Ph.D. (auth.), Qifa

By Takeshi Itoh Ph.D., Baltazar A. Antonio Ph.D. (auth.), Qifa Zhang, Rod A. Wing (eds.)

This e-book offers a finished assurance of the advances in genetics and genomics examine on rice. The chapters characteristic the most recent advancements in rice study and canopy such themes because the instruments and assets for the practical research of rice genes, the id of worthwhile genes for rice development, the current figuring out of rice improvement and organic techniques, and the applying of this current figuring out in the direction of rice development. the quantity additionally includes a point of view on synthesis and clients, laying the basis for destiny advances in rice genetics and genomics.

Written through gurus within the box, Genetics and Genomics of Rice will function a useful reference for rice researchers for years to come.

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Multani DS, Jena KK, Brar DS, delos Reyes BC, Angeles ER, Khush GS (1994) Development of monosomic alien addition lines and introgression of genes from Oryza australiensis Domin. to cultivated rice O. sativa L. Theor Appl Genet 88:102–109 50. Multani DS, Khush GS, Delos Reyes BG, Brar DS (2003) Alien genes introgression and development of monosomic alien additional lines from Oryza latifolia Desv. to rice. Theor Appl Genet 107:395–405 51. Nguyen BD, Brar DS, Bui BC, Nguyen TV, Pham LN, Nguyen HT (2003) Identification and mapping of the QTL for aluminum tolerance introgressed from new source, Oryza rufipogon Griff.

The genes introgressed from O. minuta seem to have a wide spectrum of resistance, and also the number of genes introgressed could be more than one. Similarly, BPH resistance from O. minuta has been transferred to rice [11]. These lines have shown a wide spectrum for resistance to BPH in the Philippines and Korea. Rahman et al. [54] conducted genetic analysis of BPH resistance using an F2 population derived from a cross between an introgression line, “IR71033-121-15,” from O. ” Two major QTLs have been designated as Bph20(t) on chromosome 4 and Bph21(t) on chromosome 12.

Second-generation sequencing technology enabled the generation of rice genome sequences from diverse accessions. 8 million small indels (1–5 bp) being identified [14]. In another study, 66 rice accessions from three taxa (22 each from O. sativa ssp. indica, O. sativa ssp. japonica, and O. rufipogon) were sampled for whole-genome sequencing and SNP identification [15]. The genome-wide data from various sampling and sequencing strategies provide insights into rice diversity and genomic variation.

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