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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2009, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (14): 32-36.

Special Issue: 生物技术

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Developing Restorer Lines with Intermediate Amylose Content by Molecular Marker- Assisted Selection in Rice

Hou Liheng,, Xia Mingyuan, Qi Huaxiong , Yuan Qianhua, Yin Desuo   

  • Received:2009-02-17 Revised:2009-04-07 Online:2009-07-20 Published:2009-07-20

Abstract: To breed new hybrid rice with intermediate level amylose content (AC), a new rice variety with intermediate AC, HC086, was used as the donor parent of Wx gene, crossed with 4 restorers (R898, R476, R838, R6547) to raise their AC, combining the marker-assisted selection (MAS) of PCR-AccI testing technology. Analysis of genotypes and AC of improved lines revealed that the AC of new lines with new Wx gene were elevated from10.6-14.4% to 18.0-21.4% , and the F1 hybrids derived from new lines crossing to Guangzhan63S and Y58S reached to the intermediate AC level with no obvious change in main traits.