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Development of gene-tagged molecular markers for starch synthesis-related genes in rice

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Improving grain quality is an important goal in breeding new elite rice varieties, requiring effective tools for the identification of target genotypes. Molecular marker-aided selection (MAS), combined with conventional breeding approaches, enables us to precisely identify the individual genotypes that are associated with different grain quality features, which can dramatically improve the breeding efficiency. However, to date, the number of molecular markers used in MAS for grain quality improvement is still somewhat limited. In this study, based on our previous study that rice grain quality is strongly associated with starch synthesis in the endosperm, we developed 51 gene-tagged molecular markers according to sequence variations in 18 starch synthesis-related genes from 16 typical rice cultivars. These markers can discriminate the different alleles among rice germplasms. These novel markers will provide effective tools in improving grain quality via the breeding new elite rice varieties.

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  1. Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    ZhiXi Tian, GuiFu Liu, YongHong Wang, QiaoQuan Liu, ShuZhu Tang & JiaYang Li

  2. Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics, Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou, China

    ChangJie Yan, Song Yan, HuiLan Xie, Fang Wang, JieFen Xu & MingHong Gu

  3. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Agricultural College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China

    ChangJie Yan, Song Yan, HuiLan Xie, Fang Wang, JieFen Xu & MingHong Gu

  4. China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, 310006, China

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Tian, Z., Yan, C., Qian, Q. et al. Development of gene-tagged molecular markers for starch synthesis-related genes in rice. Chin. Sci. Bull. 55, 3768–3777 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-010-4124-1

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