Plants (Mar 2023)

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

  • 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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12061363
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 6
p. 1363

Abstract

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Bacterial blight (BB) is a devastating disease of rice in the tropics of Indian sub-continent, where the presence of Xoo 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 (Xa21 + xa13 + xa5) 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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