Oryza australiensis: Phillips, J. & Yang, L.

Abstract The source-sink relationship is key to overall crop performance. Detailed understanding of the factors that determine source-sink dynamics is imperative for the balance of biomass and grain yield in crop plants. We investigated the differences in the source-sink relationship between a cultivated rice Oryza sativa cv. Nipponbare and a wild rice Oryza australiensis that show striking differences in biomass and grain yield. Oryza australiensis, accumulating higher biomass, not only showed higher photosynthesis per unit leaf area but also exported more sucrose from leaves than Nipponbare. However, grain features and sugar levels suggested limited sucrose mobilization to the grains in the wild rice due to vasculature and sucrose transporter functions. Low cell wall invertase activity and high sucrose synthase cleavage activity followed by higher expression of cellulose synthase genes in Oryza australiensis stem utilized photosynthates preferentially for the synthesis of structural carbohydrates, resulting in high biomass. In contrast, the source-sink relationship favored high grain yield in Nipponbare via accumulation of transitory starch in the stem, due to higher expression of starch biosynthetic genes, which is mobilized to panicles at the grain filling stage. Thus, vascular features, sucrose transport, and functions of sugar metabolic enzymes explained the differences in the source-sink relationship between Nipponbare and Oryza australiensis.

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Cloning and characterization of repetitive DNA sequences from genomes of Oryza minuta and Oryza australiensis

Genome ◽

10.1139/g91-123 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 34 (5) ◽

pp. 790-798 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

H. Aswidinnoor ◽

R. J. Nelson ◽

J. F. Dallas ◽

C. L. McIntyre ◽

H. Leung ◽

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Keyword(s):

Repetitive Dna ◽

Dna Sequences ◽

Genomic Dna ◽

Repetitive Sequences ◽

Rice Genome ◽

Repetitive Dna Sequences ◽

Cross Hybridization ◽

Oryza Minuta ◽

Wild Rice Species ◽

Oryza Australiensis

The value of genome-specific repetitive DNA sequences for use as molecular markers in studying genome differentiation was investigated. Five repetitive DNA sequences from wild species of rice were cloned. Four of the clones, pOm1, pOm4, pOmA536, and pOmPB10, were isolated from Oryza minuta accession 101141 (BBCC genomes), and one clone, pOa237, was isolated from Oryza australiensis accession 100882 (EE genome). Southern blot hybridization to different rice genomes showed strong hybridization of all five clones to O. minuta genomic DNA and no cross hybridization to genomic DNA from Oryza sativa (AA genome). The pOm1 and pOmA536 sequences showed cross hybridization only to all of the wild rice species containing the C genome. However, the pOm4, pOmPB10, and pOa237 sequences showed cross hybridization to O. australiensis genomic DNA in addition to showing hybridization to the O. minuta genomic DNA.Key words: rice, genome-specific repetitive sequences, Oryza.

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