简介：TounderstandthewildOryzagenomeeffectonphotosynthesisanditsrelationtototaldrymatteraccumulationinanelitericevariety,asetof40stableintrogressionlines(ILs)BC3F8derivedfromacrossofOryzasativa(KMR3)×Oryzarufipogon(WR120)weregrownunderwellwateredconditions.Leafgasexchangemeasurementsandleafchlorophyllestimateswereconductedatthefloweringstage.Theresultsrevealedsignificantvariationsinnetphotosyntheticrate(Pn),transpirationrate(E),transpirationefficiency(Pn/E)andcarboxylationefficiency(Pn/Ci).PnshowedsignificantpositivecorrelationwithE,stomatalconductance(gs),Pn/Ciandtotalcanopydrymatter.SpecificleafareaandleafthicknesswerenotsignificantlycorrelatedwithPn.Thirty-sevenoutof40ILsshowedhigherPnthanKMR3[11.28μmol/(m2·s)],and20ILsshowedhigherPnthanWR120[15.08μmol/(m2·s)].ThelineIL194showedthehighestPn[21.62μmol/(m2·s)]withincreasedtotalcanopydrymatterfollowedbylinesIL381,IL106,IL363-12,IL198,IL86-18andIL50,whichexhibitedPnabove18.0μmol/(m2·s).TheILswithenhancedPnareapotentialsourcefordevelopingricevarietiesandhybridswithhigherbiomassandyield.

简介：Thepromoterregionofadroughtandabscisicacid(ABA)induciblegene,osr40c1,wasisolatedfromasalt-tolerantindicaricevarietyPokkali,whichis670bpupstreamoftheputativetranslationstartcodon.Insilicopromoteranalysisofresultedsequenceshowedthatatleast15typesofputativemotifsweredistributedwithinthesequence,includingtwotypesofcommonpromoterelements,TATAandCAATboxes.Additionally,severalputativecis-acingregulatoryelementswhichmaybeinvolvedinregulationofosr40c1expressionunderdifferentconditionswerefoundinthe5′-upstreamregionofosr40c1.TheseareABA-responsiveelement,light-responsiveelements(ATCT-motif,BoxI,G-box,GT1-motif,Gap-boxandSp1),myeloblastosisoncogeneresponseelement(CCAAT-box),auxinresponsiveelement(TGA-element),gibberellin-responsiveelement(GARE-motif)andfungal-elicitorresponsiveelements(BoxEandBox-W1).Aputativeregulatoryelement,requiredforendosperm-specificpatternofgeneexpressiondesignatedasSkn-1motif,wasalsodetectedinthePokkaliosr40c1promoterregion.Inconclusion,thebioinformaticanalysisofosr40c1promoterregionisolatedfromindicaricevarietyPokkaliledtotheidentificationofseveralimportantstress-responsivecisactingregulatoryelements,andtherefore,theisolatedpromotersequencecouldbeemployedinricegenetictransformationtomediateexpressionofabioticstressinducedgenes.