A. Report of the Committee on Gene Symbols (A.
Yoshimura and Y. Nagato) .............. 5
B. Research Notes
I. Database
- Recent advances in Oryzabase (Integrated Rice Database),
by Y. Yamazaki, A. Yoshimura, Y. Nagato and N. Kurata
........................................................... 7
II. Varietal differentiation and evolution
- Aroma in rice: effects of proline supplementation
and immobilization of callus cultures by, P. Suprasarma, G. Bharati,
T.R. Ganapathi and V.A. Bapat ...... 9
- Introgressions of Oryza grandiglumis chromatin
into rice affect plant height and grain length, by S.N. Ahn,
S.J. Kwon, J.P. Suh, K.H. Kang, H.J. Kim, H.G. Hwang and H.P.
Moon........................................................................................
12
- Development of introgression lines of weedy rice
in the background of Tongiltype Rice, by S.N. Ahn, J.P. Suh,
S. Oh, S.J. Lee, and H.S. Suh ...................... 14
- Microsatellite Assay of Rainfed Lowland Genotypes,
by S. Singh, C.H.M. Vijaykumar, W. Xu, P.G. Bagali,. S. Sarkarung,
R.K. Singh, O.N. Singh, V.P. Singh and Z. Li ....................................................................................................
15
- Molecular diversity of rainfed lowland rice genotypes
with varying sensitivity to drought and delayed planting, by S.
Singh, C.H.M. Vijaykumar, .S. Sarkarung, R.K. Singh, O.N. Singh, H.P.
Singh, V.P. Singh and Z. Li ...............................
18
- Cultivated rice interspecific hybridization for
japonica rice, by D. Tao, P. Xu, Y. Yang, J. Li, F. Hu and
J. Zhou ...........................................................................
22
- Inheritance of Japonica Upland Rice Restoration
Lines and Their Restoration Gene Mapping, by D. Tao, P. Xu, J.
Li, Y. Yang, F. Hu, J. Zhou, X.L. Tan and M. Jones ..............................................................................................................
23
- Studies on crossability between two cultivated rice
species Oryza sativa and O. glaberrima, by D. Tao,
F. Hu, Y. Yang, Y. Zhou, H. Chen ........................... 27
III. Genetics of morphological traits
- Mapping of the CROWN ROOTLESS1 gene, CRL1,
by CAPS analysis, by Y. Inukai, Y. Shibata, H. Kitano,
M. Ashikari and M. Matsuoka ....................... 29
- High resolution map of DWARF 50 (D50)
in rice, by K. Sato, M. Ashikari, K. Tamura, K. Mase, H. Kitano,
M. Matsuoka and Y. Katayama ...................... 31
- OVULELESS gene regulates the initial step
of ovule development in rice, by S.Yamaki and Y. Nagato
........................................................................................
33
- ADAXIAL SNOWY LEAF gene required for the
chloroplast development in adaxial mesophyll cells, by M.K. Obara,
E. Hayashida, H. Satoh and Y. Nagato....... 36
- Mapping of a gene for notched kernel found in
backcross progeny of Oryza sativa L. and Oryza glumaepatula
Steud., by Sobrizal and A. Yoshimura ........ 38
- Mapping of genes for slender kernel using Oryza
glumaepatula introgression lines in rice, by Sobrizal
and A. Yoshimura .......................................................
40
- ABERRANT PANICLE ORGANIZATION 1 gene regulates
the meristem organization in rice, by K. Ikeda, N. Nagasawa
and Y. Nagato .................................. 42
- Physical mapping of the GIANT EMBRYO gene
in a highly recombinogenic region of chromosome 7, by N. Nagasawa,
Y. Nagato and H. Sakai ................ 45
- Root length specific SCAR marker in Rice (Oryza
sativa L.), by N. Sharma, H.E. Shashidhar and S. Hittalmani
...................................................................
47
IV. Genetics of physiological traits and others
- Characterization of OsSUT2 cDNA expressed before
flowering stage of rice, by B. Ngampanya, T. Takeda, Y. Sonoda,
J. Narangajavana, A. Ikeda and J. Yamaguchi ...........................................................................................................
49
- One simple and rapid spectrophotometric method
for screening of lipoxygenase-3-null in rice embryos, by W.B.
Shen, T. Zhou, Y.H. Wang, W.W. Yu, T.Q. Zheng, H.Q. Zhai and J.M.
Wan ......................................................................
52
- Comparative mapping of quantitative trait loci
controlling the cooking and eating quality of rice (Oryza Sativa
L.) in two years, by Z.F. Li, J.M. Wan, J.F. Xia, W.Y. Wang
and M. Yano.....................................................................................
54
- Detection and analysis of QTLs for ferrous iron
toxicity tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.), by J. L.
Wan, H. Q. Zhai, J. M.Wan and H. Ikehashi ....................
56
- Transcript level of rice alternative oxidase-1a
gene increases by treatment with sodium azide, an inhibitor of cytochrome
c oxidase, by H. Saika, N. Tsutsumi, A. Hirai and M. Nakazono
................................................................................
59
- Mapping and expression of rice GAMYB,
by M. Kaneko, M. Ashikari and M. Matsuoka.............................................................................................................
60
- High-resolution mapping of glup3 gene accumulating
high amount of glutelin precursor, by T. Kumamaru, Y. Uemura,
Y. Takemoto, M. Ogawa and H. Satoh ....................................................................................................................
62
- Mapping of esp1 gene for cystein-poor (CysP)
prolamin decreased mutant in rice, by T. Ushijima, T. Kumamaru,
M. Ogawa and H. Satoh ........................ 64
- Genetic diversity of prolamin polypeptides in
Myanmar local rice cultivars, by Pa Pa Aung, T. Kumamaru
and H. Satoh .........................................................
65
- Genetic variation of granule-bound starch synthase
(GBSS) level in Myanmar local rice cultivars, by Pa Pa Aung,
A. Nishi, T. Kumamaru and H. Satoh ..... 67
- Diversity of granule-bound starch synthase (GBSS)
level in Bangladesh rice cultivars, by M.S. Jahan, T. Kumamaru,
A. Hamid and H. Satoh .................. 69
- Variation in amylopectin fine structure of Bangladesh
rice cultivars, by M.S. Jahan, A. Nishi, A. Hamid and H.
Satoh ...........................................................
72
- Sh3, a gene for seed shattering, commonly
found in wild rices, by Y.S. Nagai, Sobrizal, P.L. Sanchez, T.
Kurakazu, K. Doi and A. Yoshimura .................... 74
- A seed shattering gene, Sh3, and its inhibitor
gene found in an African cultivated rice, Oryza glaberrima Steud.,
by Y.S. Nagai, K. Doi and A. Yoshimura ........ 76
- Identification and mapping of seed shattering
genes using introgression lines from wild rice species, by P.L.
Sanchez, T. Kurakazu, C. Hirata, Sobrizal and A. Yoshimura
................................................................................................
78
- Mapping of pollen semi-sterility gene, S28(t),
on rice chromosome 4, by Sobrizal, Y. Matsuzaki and A.
Yoshimura ........................................................................
80
- Antinecrotic substances improved regeneration frequency
of transgenic rice, by M. Dey, H. Jiang and R. Wu
..............................................................................
82
- Genetic structure of a segregating CSR10 x Taraori
Basmati F3 population for salinity tolerance, by A.
Kaushik, N. Sani, S. Jan, R.K. Singh and R. Jan...... 85
V. Genetics of disease and insect resistance
- Detection and analysis of QTLs for resistance
to brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stal), in rice (Oryza
sativa L.), using backcross inbred lines, by C.C. Su, H.Q.
Zhai, X.N. Cheng and J.M. Wan ..............................................................
88
- Detection of QTLs associated with antibiosis to
green rice leafhopper, Nephotettix cincticeps Uhler, in four
Indica rice varieties, by D. Fujita, A. Yoshimura and H.
Yasui ...............................................................................................................
90
- Genetic dissection of blast resistances at different
growth stages in rice (Oryza sativa L.), by Z.-M. Rao,
J.-L. Wu, J.-Y. Zhuang, R.-Y. Cha, Y.-Y. Fan, H. Leung and K.-L.
Zhengh ....................................................................................
92
- Mapping of bacterial blight resistance gene xa8
using microsatellite markers, by K. Singh, Y. Vikal, S. Singh,
H. Leung, H.S. Dhaliwal and G.S. Khush ........ 94
VI. Gene and genome structure
- Construction of molecular linkage map between
Oryza sativa and O. rufipogon, using microsatellite markers,
by T. Ishii, S. Takamatsu, H. Ito, N. Ikeda, T. Isemura and O.
Kamijima ...................................................................................
97
- Linkage relationships among Rc, slg
and rfs loci on rice chromosome 7, by K. Ichitani, Y.
Okumoto, M. Teraishi, T. Nakazaki, H. Yamagata and T. Tanisaka
..............................................................................................................................
100
- Development of a new experimental line carrying
a mutable slender glume gene, slg, in rice, by K. Ichitani,
Y. Okumoto, M. Teraishi, T. Nakazaki, H. Yamagata and T. Tanisaka
...................................................................................................
101
- Microsatellite diversity for chromosome number
8 in Basmati rice, by N. Jain, N. Saini, P. Rana, S. Jain
and R.K. Jain ...........................................................
103
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