Rice Science ›› 2016, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (4): 219-224.DOI: 10.1016/j.rsci.2016.06.005

• Orginal Article • Previous Articles    

Donors for Resistance to Brown Planthopper Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) from Wild Rice Species

S. Sarao Preetinder1, K. Sahi Gurpreet2, Neelam Kumari2, S. Mangat Gurjit1, C. Patra Bhaskar3, Singh Kuldeep2   

  1. 1Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab 141004, India
    2School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab 141004, India
    3Crop Improvement Division, ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack 753006, India
  • Received:2015-09-24 Accepted:2016-01-13 Online:2016-07-28 Published:2016-04-11

Abstract:

Out of 1 989 wild accessions sown in seed boxes for screening, only 1 003 wild accessions with good germination were screened against brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) under greenhouse conditions. The collection comprised of accessions from 11 wild species and African cultivated rice. The germplasm was screened for BPH following standard seed box screening technique in the greenhouse. As many as 159 accessions were identified as resistant during the year 2012 based on one year screening. A selected set of BPH resistant accessions were screened again during 2013. Based on the two years screening, seven accessions of O. nivara (AA), one accession of O. officinalis (CC), seven accessions of O. australiensis (EE), five accessions of O. punctata (BB and BBCC) and nine accessions of O. latifolia (CCDD) were confirmed to be resistant to BPH. So far no BPH resistance genes have been identified and designated from O. nivara and O. punctata, hence these may act as new sources of resistance.

Key words: brown planthopper, O. nivara, O. officinalis, O. australiensis, O. punctata, resistance, rice