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- Title
Evaluation of virus resistance and agronomic performance of rice cultivar ASD 16 after transfer of transgene against Rice tungro bacilliform virus by backcross breeding.
- Authors
Valarmathi, P.; Kumar, G.; Robin, S.; Manonmani, S.; Dasgupta, I.; Rabindran, R.
- Abstract
Severe losses of rice yield in south and southeast Asia are caused by Rice tungro disease (RTD) induced by mixed infection of Rice tungro bacilliform virus (RTBV) and Rice tungro spherical virus (RTSV). In order to develop transgene-based resistance against RTBV, one of its genes, ORF IV, was used to generate transgenic resistance based on RNA-interference in the easily transformed rice variety Pusa Basmati-1, and the transgene was subsequently introgressed to rice variety ASD 16, a variety popular in southern India, using transgene marker-assisted selection. Here, we report the evaluation of BCF and BCF generation rice plants for resistance to RTBV as well as for agronomic traits under glasshouse conditions. The BCF and BCF generation rice plants tested showed variable levels of resistance, which was manifested by an average of twofold amelioration in height reduction, 1.5-fold decrease in the reduction in chlorophyll content, and 100- to 10,000-fold reduction in the titers of RTBV, but no reduction of RTSV titers, in three backcrossed lines when compared with the ASD 16 parent. Agronomic traits of some of the backcrossed lines recorded substantial improvements when compared with the ASD 16 parental line after inoculation by RTBV and RTSV. This work represents an important step in transferring RTD resistance to a susceptible popular rice variety, hence enhancing its yield in areas threatened by the disease.
- Subjects
RICE tungro spherical virus; PLANT resistance to viruses; TRANSGENE expression; WAIKAVIRUSES; GENE expression
- Publication
Virus Genes, 2016, Vol 52, Issue 4, p521
- ISSN
0920-8569
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11262-016-1318-x