Abstract: 【Objective】Excavation of new salt resistance sites in rice bud stage can provide theoretical basis for further
gene function analysis and live production of saline soil.【Method】The QTL localization analysis of 169 RIL populations
derived from ‘Longdao133’ and ‘Caidao’ was conducted by using a high-density genetic linkage map containing 1 107 highquality polymorphism Bin markers. Nine traits, including the coleoptile length, radicle number and radicle length under control
condition, the coleoptile length, radicle number and radicle length under 0.5% NaCl treatment, and the relative coleoptile
length, the relative radicle number and the relative radicle length, were analyzed for QTL localization analysis.【Result】The
high-density genetic linkage map covered 2 957.35 cM of the rice genome, and the average distance between markers was 2.67
cM. The twelve chromosomes contained an average number of markers of 92.25. Descriptive statistical analysis showed that
the salt tolerance of parental ‘Longdao133’ was significantly higher than that of ‘Caidao’, and the trait phenotypic values of the
parents were between the extreme values of the RIL population, and the population showed superaffinity separation. Salt stress
severely inhibited the coleoptile length, radicle number and radicle length of the RIL population, and different lines were greatly
affected by stress; all traits basically conformed to the normal distribution and had the genetic characteristics of quantitative
traits. Linkage analysis identified 19 QTLs that ranged from 2.58% to 14.83%, and identified cloned salt tolerance genes in two
QTLs intervals, including DST in the qRTCL3 interval and OsMSRA4.1 in the qRRN10 interval. Moreover, it was found that,
the qTCL10 controlling the coleoptile length, qRCL10 controlling the relative radicle length and qRRL10 controlling the relative
radicle length under salt stress were located within the same QTL interval. Furthermore, qTRL7, which controlled the coleoptile
length, and qRRL7, which controlled relative radicle length under salt stress, were located within the same QTL interval.
Analysis results of qRT-PCR of 25 candidate genes within the 2 colocalization intervals showed that LOC_Os07g44210, LOC_
Os07g44240, LOC_Os07g44250, LOC_Os07g44350, LOC_Os10g42940 and LOC_Os10g43060 were significantly upregulated in ‘Caidao’ or ‘Longdao133’ after salt treatment. Among them, LOC_Os07g44350 was significantly up-regulated
in both the coleoptile and radicle of ‘Longdao133’ after salt treatment.【Conclusion】A total of 19 QTLs associated with salt
tolerance at the bud stage of rice were excavated, including two colocalization sites, qTRL7 and qTCL10, and 25 candidate
genes in the two colocalization intervals. Six genes were found to be up-regulated after salt treatment by qRT-PCR analysis, and
LOC_Os07g44350 was an important candidate for salt tolerance at the bud stage. |