Cross-Fertilization for Enhancing Tocotrienol Biosynthesis in Rice Plants and QTL Analysis of Their F2 Progenies

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• 作者：Phumon Sookwong ; Kazumasa Murata ; Kiyotaka Nakagawa ; Akira Shibata ; Toshiyuki Kimura ; Masayuki Yamaguchi ; Yoichiro Kojima ; Teruo Miyazawa
• 刊名：Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：June 10, 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：57
• 期：11
• 页码：4620-4625
• 全文大小：768K
• 年卷期：v.57,no.11(June 10, 2009)
• ISSN：1520-5118

文摘

As rice bran tocotrienol (T3) has been known to have a wide range of physiological functions (e.g., antiangiogenesis), we aimed at developing a T3-rich rice variety for nutraceutical purposes. T3 content in more than 250 kinds of rice bran samples were investigated, and Milyang23 was found as the best variety rich in T3. The variety was therefore chosen for cross-fertilization with Koshihikari. Among obtained F₂ progenies, some of them became improved in T3 content (up to 2-fold of reference Koshihikari). QTL analysis of the F₂ progenies revealed five putative loci corresponding to T3 biosynthesis, in which the main loci were located near a marker RM3827 on chromosome 6. The results show that cross-breeding is effective in improving rice bran T3 and provides more genetic understanding on T3 biosynthesis in rice plants.