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CROP BREEDING & GENETICS

Production and Heterosis Analysis of Rice Autotetraploid Hybrids

^a Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 416, Chengdu 610041, China
^b USDA-ARS, Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, 2890 Hwy 130 E, Stuttgart, AR 72160

^* Corresponding authors (wyan{at}spa.ars.usda.gov and yumq{at}cib.ac.cn).

Poor fertility is the main barrier for utilizing heterosis between the two rice (Oryza sativa L.) subspecies, indica and japonica. Recently, the development of autotetraploid hybrids (2n = 4x = 48) has been suggested as a new method for increasing heterosis in hybrid rice. Using standard experimental protocols, the elite diploid rice male sterile, maintainer, and restorer lines were colchicine-doubled, and autotetraploid counterparts were obtained. Seven resulting hybrids were analyzed for heterobeltiosis (HB), where the F₁ was compared to the male parent, and the degree of heterosis, where the F₁ was compared to the diploid commercial hybrid, Shanyou 63. The HB among the autotetraploid hybrids ranged from 1.4 to 105.9% for the productive panicles per plant, 0.5 to 74.3% for total kernels per panicle, 17.6 to 255.7% for filled kernels per panicle, and 9.6 to 130.4% for seed set. Improvements in these yield components resulted in the HB for kernel yield ranging from 64.8 to 672.7% among the seven hybrids. Hybrids T461A/T4002 and T461A/T4193 yielded 46.3 and 38.3% more, respectively, than Shanyou 63, and all other hybrids but one yielded the same or more than Shanyou 63. The high heterosis for yield suggests that hybrid sterility between two rice subspecies may be overcome by using tetraploid lines followed by intensive selection. Also, the gigantic features of the autotetraploid hybrids may establish a plant structure able to support the higher yield.

Abbreviations: CMS, cytoplasmic male sterility • H, hybrid • HB, heterobeltiosis • IACD, immediately after chromosome doubling • M, maintainer • MS, Murashige and Skoog • R, restorer