摘要
Mercury(Hg)isoneofthemosttoxicheavymetalstolivingorganismsanditsconspicuouseffectistheinhibitionofrootgrowth.However,littleisknownaboutthemoleculargeneticbasisforrootgrowthunderexcessHg2+stress.Tomapquantitativetraitloci(QTLs)inriceforHg2+tolerance,apopulationof120recombinantinbredlinesderivedfromacrossbetweentwojaponicacultivarsYuefuandIRAT109wasgrownin0.5mmol/LCaCl2solution.Relativerootlength(RRL),percentageoftheseminalrootlengthin+HgCl2to-HgCl2,wasusedforassessingHg2+tolerance.Inadose-responseexperiment,YuefuhadahigherRRLthanIRAT109andshowedthemostsignificantdifferenceattheHg2+concentrationof1.5μmol/L.ThreeputativeQTLsforRRLweredetectedonchromosomes1,2and5,andtotallyexplainedabout35.7%ofthephenotypicvarianceinHg2+tolerance.TheidentifiedQTLsforRRLmightbeusefulforimprovingHg2+toleranceofricebymolecularmarker-assistedselection.
出版日期
2013年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)