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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
A novel allele of the P-starvation tolerance gene OsPSTOL1 from African rice (Oryza glaberrima Steud) and its distribution in the genus Oryza
Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Volume 127, No. 6, Year 2014
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Key message: We have developed allele-specific markers for molecular breeding to transfer the PSTOL1 gene from Kasalath to African mega-varieties, including NERICAs, to improve their tolerance to P-deficient soil. The deficiency of phosphorus (P) in soil is a major problem in Sub-Saharan Africa due to general nutrient depletion and the presence of P-fixing soils. Developing rice cultivars with enhanced P efficiency would, therefore, represent a sustainable strategy to improve the livelihood of resource-poor farmers. Recently the Pup1 locus, a major QTL for tolerance to P deficiency in soil, was successfully narrowed-down to a major gene, the protein kinase OsPSTOL1 (P-starvation tolerance), which was found to be generally absent from modern irrigated rice varieties. Our target is to improve the tolerance of African mega-varieties to P deficiency through marker-assisted introgression of PSTOL1. As a first step, we have determined the Pup1 haplotype and surveyed the presence or absence of PSTOL1 and other genes of the Pup1 locus in African mega-varieties, NERICAs (New Rice for Africa) and their Oryza glaberrima parents. Here, we report the presence of a novel PSTOL1 allele in upland NERICAs that was inherited from the O. glaberrima parent CG14. This allele showed a 35 base-pair substitution when aligned to the Kasalath allele, but maintained a fully conserved kinase domain, and is present in most O. glaberrima accessions evaluated. In-silico and marker analysis indicated that many other genes of the Kasalath Pup1 locus were missing in the O. glaberrima genome, including the dirigent-like gene OsPupK20-2, which was shown to be downstream of PSTOL1. We have developed several allele-specific markers for the use for molecular breeding to transfer the PSTOL1 gene from Kasalath to African mega-varieties, including NERICAs. © 2014 The Author(s).
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Authors & Co-Authors
Pariasca-Tanaka, Juan
Japan, Tsukuba
Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
Chin, Joong Hyoun
Philippines, Makati
International Rice Research Institute
Dramé, Khady Nani
Cote D'ivoire, Abidjan
Africarice
Dalid, Cheryl
Philippines, Makati
International Rice Research Institute
Heuer, Sigrid
Australia, Adelaide
Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics
Wissuwa, Matthias
Japan, Tsukuba
Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
Statistics
Citations: 6
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 4
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Doi:
10.1007/s00122-014-2306-y
ISSN:
00405752
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics