A Recessive Mutation in Rice Conferring Non-Race-Specific Resistance to Bacterial Blight and Blast.

Autor: Madamba, Ma., Sugiyama, Nobuko, Bordeos, Alicia, Mauleon, Ramil, Satoh, Kouji, Baraoidan, Marietta, Kikuchi, Shoshi, Shimamoto, Ko, Leung, Hei
Zdroj: Rice (19398425); Sep2009, Vol. 2 Issue 2/3, p104-114, 11p
Abstrakt: To understand the basis of broad-spectrum disease resistance in rice, we isolated a gamma-ray-induced IR64 mutant G978 that showed enhanced resistance to blast and bacterial blight. The resistance is quantitative and non-race specific against the bacterial and fungal pathogens. The mutation is inherited as a single recessive gene, designated as Bsdr1 and causes shorter stature relative to the wild type; however, it does not show lesion mimics phenotype under the conditions tested. The mutation was mapped as a quantitative trait locus to a 3.8-Mb region on chromosome 12. By comparing the gene expression profiles of the mutant and wild type, we identified a candidate gene encoding a U-box domain-containing protein. The disrupted gene showed a loss of expression in the mutant and co-segregated with mutant phenotype. The mutant provides a useful tool for investigating the important genes responsible for non-race specific resistance to two distinct diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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