Identification of a candidate gene responsible for early morning flowering trait in rice

Research Project

Project/Area Number	15K18625
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Science in genetics and breeding
Research Institution	The University of Tokyo
Principal Investigator	Sasaki Kazuhiro 東京大学, 大学院農学生命科学研究科(農学部), 助教 (70513688)
Project Period (FY)	2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywords	イネ / 早朝開花性 / ＱＴＬ / QTL / ファインマッピング / 高温障害回避
Outline of Final Research Achievements	In rice, heat stress at flowering seriously affects spikelet fertility and cause yield reduction. The shift in flowering of time to cooler early morning was proposed to be effective in heat escape at flowering. In this study, I aimed to identify a candidate gene responsible for early morning flowering (EMF) trait. DNA markers were developed for marker assisted selection of new EMF line. Moreover, candidate genes were succeeded to select.