QTL analysis of single-segment substitution lines dissected from a rice CSSL-Z668 and fine-mapping of qGL3.4 for grain length
摘要
Chromosomal segment substitution lines (CSSLs) serve as ideal materials for creating natural variation, mapping quantitative trait loci (QTL), and enabling breeding by design. In this study, Z668, a CSSL developed in the Nipponbare background with eight substituted segments from the indica restorer line R225 (average length 3.63 Mb), exhibited significant dwarfism compared to Nipponbare. Additionally, it showed a 39.9% increase in grain length, a 31.9% increase in the length-to-width ratio, and a 25.9% increase in 1000-grain weight, while grain width decreased by 3.3%. Then, seven QTL associated with grain size were identified in a F2 population from Nipponbare/Z668. Subsequently, 5 single-segment substitution lines (S1–S5) were developed, and within them were 13 QTL associated with grain size. Genetic analysis and fine-mapping confined qGL3.4, a locus controlling grain length with incomplete dominant inheritance, to a 300 kb interval between RM6266 and SSR3 on chromosome 3. Further substitution mapping with six additional single-segment substitution lines (SSSLs) (S6–S12) narrowed qGL3.4 down to a 700 kb region within the largest substitution interval. Within this region, gene prediction and DNA sequencing revealed five genes with sequence differences between Nipponbare and Z668. Based on qRT-PCR expression analysis, candidate gene 1 (LOC_Os03g42710) and candidate gene 3 (LOC_Os03g42790) were prioritized as candidate genes for qGL3.4.