Marker-Assisted Improvement for Durable Bacterial Blight Resistance in Aromatic Rice Cultivar HUR 917 Popular in Eastern Parts of India

Overview

Journal Plants (Basel)

Date 2023 Mar 29

PMID 36987051

Authors

Manish Kumar

Ravi Pratap Singh

Debarchana Jena

Vineeta Singh

Diptibala Rout

Panduranga Bhagwan Arsode

Madhu Choudhary

Prakash Singh

Suman Chahar

Sanghamitra Samantaray

Arup Kumar Mukherjee

Chander Mohan

Abhishek Bohra

Goutam Das

Sumana Balo

Onkar Nath Singh

Ramlakhan Verma

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Abstract

Bacterial blight (BB) is a devastating disease of rice in the tropics of Indian sub-continent, where the presence of races with varying levels of genetic diversity and virulence renders disease management extremely challenging. In this context, marker-assisted improvement of plant resistance has been proven as one of the most promising approaches for the development of sustainable rice cultivars. The present study demonstrates the marker-assisted introgression of the three BB resistant genes () into the background of HUR 917, a popular aromatic short grain (ASG) rice cultivar in India. The performance of the resulting improved products (near isogenic lines (NILs), HR 23-5-37-83-5, HR 23-5-37-121-10, HR 23-5-37-121-14, HR 23-65-6-191-13, HR 23-65-6-237-2, HR 23-65-6-258-10 and HR 23-65-6-258-21) establishes the utility of marker-assisted selection (MAS) approach for accelerated trait introgression in rice. The MAS-bred lines carrying three introgressed genes showed broad spectrum BB resistance (lesion length, LL of 1.06 ± 1.35 cm to 4.61 ± 0.87 cm). Besides, these improved lines showed the complete product profile of recurrent parent HUR 917 along with the enhanced level of durable BB resistance. The improved introgression lines with durable BB resistance would contribute to sustainable rice production in India, particularly in the Indo-Gangetic plane that has substantial acreage under HUR 917.

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