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Factors Influencing the Outcrossed Seed-Setting Obstacles of Photo-thermo Sensitive Genic Male Sterile Rice

CHEN Xiong-hui, WAN Bang-hui, PENG Hai-feng, LU Yan-peng, LIANG Ke-qin, ZHAO Jing   

  1. College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
  • Received:2003-10-15 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2004-03-30 Published:2004-03-30

Abstract:

Using photo-thermo sensitive genic male rice (PTGMS) Pei’ai 64S, W7415S, W6154S, N26S, Annong S, Nongken 58S, 7001S and 5088S as female parents and conventional indica lines 8258 and U89 as male parents, the factors affecting outcrossed seed-setting were analyzed. The PTGMS had obstacles in outcrossed seed setting influenced by inheritance and environment at varying degrees. Environmental temperature was regarded as the main factor that resulted in the outcrossed seed-setting obstacles. The sensitive stage was at the early stage of grain filling for outcrossed seed setting. There existed remarkable differences at the sensitivity stage, the duration of sensitive period, the sensitive level and the effective level of outcrossed seed-setting obstacles caused by environmental temperature among different PTGMS lines. Therefore, attention should be paid to outcrossed seed-setting obstacles in selection and utilization of PTGMS lines.

Key words: rice, photo-thermo sensitive genic male sterile line, outcrossing, seed setting rate, temperature, sensitive stage, co-relationship