Progress in Rice Root System Research

doi:10.11983/CBB15011

Abstract

Abstract: Rice is one of the most important staple food crops in the world and occupies an important position in maintaining sustainable food supply in China. Root is an indispensable organ of rice plants and has a direct impact on many important traits aboveground, including grain yield and quality, stress tolerance and adaptation to change environmental conditions. In recent years, with the development and wide application of new research tools and map-based cloning techniques, progress has been made in understanding the root system of rice and the identification and functional characterization of genes or ones that control it. In this paper, we summarize some recent advances in root research metho- dology, understanding the association of traits of roots and aboveground organs as well as quantitative trait loci analyses or map-based cloning of genes associated with root traits. We also briefly discuss some challenges and future directions in rice root research.

Key words: Oryza sativa, root, root system research method, correlation of traits, map-based cloning

Yongshu Liang, Junjie Zhou, Wenbin Nan, Dongdong Duan, Hanma Zhang. Progress in Rice Root System Research[J]. Chinese Bulletin of Botany, 2016, 51(1): 98-106.

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基因	基因功能	染色体分布	参考文献
IRT1	吸收Fe²⁺	Chr.3	Naimatullah et al., 2002
Rrl3	根尖分生区	Chr.3	Inukai et al., 2003
Srt5	短根	Chr.5	Yao et al., 2004
OsPTF1	吸收磷元素	Chr.6	Yi et al., 2005
SKC1	吸收Na⁺/K⁺	Chr.1	Ren et al., 2005
ARL1	不定根形成	Chr.3	Liu et al., 2005
OsGNA1	短根	Chr.9	Jiang et al., 2005
Lsi1	吸收硅离子	Chr.2	Ma et al., 2006
WOX11	冠根	Chr.3	Zhao et al., 2009
DEP1	吸收氮/直立型密穗	Chr.9	Huang et al., 2009; Sun et al., 2014

基因	基因功能	染色体分布	参考文献
IRT1	吸收Fe²⁺	Chr.3	Naimatullah et al., 2002
Rrl3	根尖分生区	Chr.3	Inukai et al., 2003
Srt5	短根	Chr.5	Yao et al., 2004
OsPTF1	吸收磷元素	Chr.6	Yi et al., 2005
SKC1	吸收Na⁺/K⁺	Chr.1	Ren et al., 2005
ARL1	不定根形成	Chr.3	Liu et al., 2005
OsGNA1	短根	Chr.9	Jiang et al., 2005
Lsi1	吸收硅离子	Chr.2	Ma et al., 2006
WOX11	冠根	Chr.3	Zhao et al., 2009
DEP1	吸收氮/直立型密穗	Chr.9	Huang et al., 2009; Sun et al., 2014

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