Detection of quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with resistance to whitebacked planthopper (Sogatella furcifera) in rice (Oryza sativa)

摘要

Whitebacked planthopper (WBPH) is an important insect pest of rice. In this study, we report quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with resistance to WBPH using a doubled-haploid (DH) mapping population derived from the cross IR64/Azucena. We evaluated a set of 91 DH lines using various screening tests which measure seedling resistance, antibiosis and tolerance to WBPH. QTL analysis involving a RFLP map of 175 markers detected a significant QTL on chromosome 7 (RG511-RG477) associated with seedling resistance to WBPH. In addition, QTL analysis involving available defence related candidate genes as markers on a sub set of 60 DH lines showed significant association of genomic regions on chromosome 1 (W1-pMRF1), 2 (XLRfrI7-RG157) and 7 (RG711-CDO418) with resistance to WBPH. Several suggestive QTL were detected on chromosomes 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 and 11 showing the possibility of their association with resistance to WBPH. The phenotypic contribution of the QTL ranged from 8.4% to 32.1%. Some of the WBPH resistance QTL detected in this study showed similar map positions with the QTL reported for resistance to brown planthopper (BPH) in the same mapping population. These results would be useful for attempts to trace the genes associated with resistance to planthoppers in rice.