Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center : Germplasm Evaluation and Enhancement

Germplasm Evaluation and Enhancement

Current Personnel

WenGui Yan, WenGui.Yan@ars.usda.gov, Geneticist

Tiffany Sookaserm Tiffany.Sookaserm@ars.usda.gov, Biological Science Technician

Tyler Teske Tyler.Teske@ars.usda.gov, Biological Science Technician

Wei Zhou, Ph.D. wzhou.yan@gmail.com, Post-Doctoral Scientist

Haizheng Xiong heixiazi2006@sina.com Ph.D. Candidate

Acknowledgement of the direct contributors to this program.

Germplasm Regeneration and Evaluation

Dr. WenGui Yan harvesting rice plants with hand sickle.

Re-grow germplasm periodically to maintain viable seeds of more than 18,000 accessions http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/stats/genusgeo.pl?Oryza in the USDA rice world collection for public use, and more than 33,000 accessions in the Genetic Stocks Oryza Collection (GSOR) http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/docs.htm?docid=8318 and evaluate 32 characteristics http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/desc_form.pl?75 to enrich the genebank in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) http://www.ars-grin.gov/.

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Genetic Characterization of Global Rice Germplasm

1. Genetic characterization of global rice germplasm for sustainable agriculture. 2012. Book Chapter http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/genetic-characterization-of-global-rice-germplasm-for-sustainable-agriculture in Book http://www.intechopen.com/books/food-production-approaches-challenges-and-tasks

2. Using minimum DNA marker loci for accurate population classification in rice. 2012. Mol Breed 29:413-425 http://www.springerlink.com/content/m21j710857227598/fulltext.pdf

3. Analysis of genetic structure in the USDA rice mini-core collection using the SQUAMOSA promoter-binding-like gene family. 2012. Rice Genom Genet 3(1):1-7 http://sophiapublisher.com/sys-ojs/biopublisher/core/files/journals/10/articles/277/public/277-968-1-PB.pdf

4. Analysis on genetic diversity of phenotypic traits in rice (Oryza sativa) core collection and its comprehensive assessment. 2012. Acta Agro Sin 38(5):829-839 http://www.cnki.net/kcms/detail/11.1809.S.20120305.1041.018.html (goes to a Chinese web site).

5. Genetic variation and association mapping of silica concentration in rice hulls using a germplasm collection. 2011. Genetica 139:1383-1398 http://www.springerlink.com/content/q8p00117l738543l/fulltext.pdf

6. Genetic structure associated with diversity and geographic distribution in the USDA rice world collection. 2010. Natural Sci 2:247-291 http://www.scirp.org/journal/NS/

7. Geographic description of genetic diversity and relationships in the USDA rice world collection. 2010. Crop Sci 50:2406-2417 https://www.crops.org/publications/cs/tocs/50/6/2406

8. Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of genetic differentiation and diversity in the USDA rice mini-core collection. 2010. Genetica 138:1221-1230 http://www.springerlink.com/content/l388103035101rk5/fulltext.pdf

9. Genetic diversity associated with conservation of endangered Dongxiang wild rice (Oryza rufipogon). 2010. Genet Reso Crop Evol 57:597-609 http://www.springerlink.com/content/ytk596810510k3gt/fulltext.pdf

10. Genetic assessment of a mini-core developed from the USDA rice genebank. 2009. Crop Sci 49:1336-1346 https://www.crops.org/publications/cs/tocs/49/4

11. Development and evaluation of a core subset of the USDA rice germplasm collection. 2007. Crop Sci 47:869-878 https://www.crops.org/publications/cs/tocs/47/2

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Genetic Improvement of Grain Yield and Hybrid Rice

1. DNA methylation affected by male sterile cytoplasm in rice (Oryza sativa L.) - 2013 Mol Breed 31:719-727, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11032-012-9829-1

2.  Unraveling the complex trait of harvest index with association mapping in rice (Oryza sativa L.) – 2012 PLoS ONE 7(1):e29350 http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0029350

3.  Mapping QTLs for improving grain yield using the USDA rice mini-core collection - 2011 Planta 234:347-361, http://www.springerlink.com/content/222511730571037h/fulltext.pdf

4.   Association mapping of stigma and spikelet characteristics in rice (Oryza sativa L.) – 2009 Mol Breed 24:277-292 http://www.springerlink.com/content/73p330q2u87474v5/fulltext.pdf

5.  QTL analysis for resistance to preharvest sprouting in rice – 2008 Plant Breed 127:268-273 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0523.2007.01450.x/pdf

6.  Association mapping of yield and its components in rice cultivars - 2007 Mol Breed 19:341-356 http://springerlink.com/content/u5x373181g1w7218/fulltext.pdf

7.  Production and heterosis analysis of rice (Oryza sativa L.) autotetraploid hybrids – 2007 Crop Sci 47:2356-2363 https://www.crops.org/publications/cs/tocs/47/6

8.  Cytogenetic studies on two F1 hybrids of autotetraploid rice varieties showing extremely high level of heterosis – 2007 Plant Sys Evo 267:205-213 http://www.springerlink.com/content/d88554v0u5126r25/fulltext.pdf

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Straighthead Disease - Germplasm and DNA Markers for Breeding

Picture showing rice panicles affected by straighthead disorder.

Straighthead is a physiological disorder of rice that causes in-complete development of panicles and floral sterility.

1. Development of genetic markers linked to straighthead resistance through fine mapping in rice - 2012 PLoS ONE 7(12):e52540 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052540

2. Genetic diversity and relatedness of rice cultivars resistant to straighthead disorder – 2010 Plant Breed 129:304-312 http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/122515825/PDFSTART

3. Association mapping of straighthead disorder induced by arsenic in Oryza sativa – 2009 Plant Breed 128:551-558 http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/122419958/PDFSTART

4. Soil and plant minerals associated with rice straighthead disorder induced by arsenic – 2008 Agron J 100:1655-1661 https://www.agronomy.org/publications/aj/tocs/100/6#h1-RICE

5. Differential response of rice (Oryza sativa L.) germplasm to straighthead induced by arsenic – 2005 Crop Sci 45:1223-1228 https://www.crops.org/publications/cs/tocs/45/4#h1-CROP ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT & QUALITY

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Limited Arsenic Content in Rice Grain

1. Response of rice genotype to straighthead disease as influenced by arsenic level and water management practices in soil. 2013 Sci Total Envir 442:432-436 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969712012235

2. Water management impacts on arsenic speciation and iron-reducing bacteria in contrasting rice-rhizosphere compartments – 2011 Envir Sci & Tec 45:8328-8335 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es2012403

3. Microbial communities in rice rhizosphere altered by intermittent and continuous flooding in fields with long-term arsenic application – 2011 Soil Bol & Biochem 43:1220-1228 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038071711000836

4. Arsenic accumulation in rice grain as affected by cultivars and water management practices – 2011 Environmental Eng Sci 28(8):591-596 http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/ees.2010.0481

5. Total grain-arsenic and arsenic-species concentrations in diverse rice cultivars under flooded conditions – 2010 Crop Sci 50:2065-2075 https://www.crops.org/publications/cs/tocs/50/5/2065#h1-CROP ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT & QUALITY

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Disease Resistance and Crop Protection

1. Allelic analysis of sheath blight resistance with association mapping in rice. 2012. PLoS ONE 7(3): e32703 http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0032703

2. Searching for germplasm resistance to sheath blight from the USDA rice core collection. 2011. Crop Sci 51:1507-1517 https://www.crops.org/publications/cs/tocs/51/4/1507#h2-CROP BREEDING & GENETICS

3. Characterization of Pi-ta blast resistance gene in an international rice core collection. 2010. Plant Breed 129:491-501 http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/122595781/PDFSTART

4. Identifying novel resistance genes in newly introduced blast resistance rice germplasm. 2006. Crop Sci 46:1870-1878 https://www.crops.org/publications/cs/tocs/46/5#h1-PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES

5. Red rice (Oryza sativa L.) plant types affect growth, coloration, and flowering characteristics of first and second generation crosses with rice. 2006. Weed Tech 20 (4): 838-851 http://wssa.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-pdf&doi=10.1614%2FWT-05-066.1

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Rice Breeding and Nutritional Improvement

1. A putative gene sbe3-rs for resistant starch mutated from SBE3 for starch branching enzyme in rice (Oryza sativa L.). 2012. PLoS ONE 7(8): e43026 http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0043026

2. Weed suppression potential of ‘Rondo’ and other indica germplasm lines. 2012. Weed Tech 26:517-524 http://dx.doi.org/10.1614/WT-D-11-00141.1

3. Short and erect rice (ser) mutant from ‘Khao Dawk Mali 105’ improves plant architecture. 2012. Plant Breed 131:282-285 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0523.2011.01943.x/pdf

4. 'Rondo’, a long-grain Indica rice with resistances to multiple diseases. 2010. J Plant Registration 4:131-136 https://www.crops.org/publications/jpr/tocs/4/2

5. A natural mutation in rc reverts white-rice-pericarp to red and results in a new, dominant, wild-type allele: Rc-g. 2008. Theor Appl Genet 117 (4):575-580 http://www.springerlink.com/content/k1187866q53432u9/fulltext.pdf

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Last Modified: 05/10/2013