A novel environment-induced genic male sterile (EGMS) mutant in indica rice
SummaryMale-sterile mutants were isolated from M2 and M3 generations of indica rice variety 26 Zhaizao, dry seeds of which had been exposed to 60Co-γ rays at a dose of 290 Gy. The mutants were planted in early season and ratooned in late season for two successive years for identification of fertility conversion in different growing seasons. One of the mutant lines was further observed in a growth chamber and in the field. Results showed that daily average temperature might be the major factor conditioning the male fertility conversion at a moderate daylength. The critical temperature for the male fertility conversion of the mutant grown under 12.5 h and 14.0 h daylength is about 23°C, below which the plant becomes completely male sterile. Its male fertility conversion character differs from other EGMS lines so far developed. The performance of the hybrids between the mutant and some other indica varieties demonstrated its good combining ability and its potential value in hybrid rice production. The obtained mutant line still sheds KI-stainable pollen grains under male sterilizing conditions. Nevertheless, pollen grains shed from the male sterile plants were much more vulnerable than from normal plants. At sucrose concentration below 1.5 M, the pollen grains from the mutant grown under male sterilizing conditions almost completely broke down, while above 1.5 M they became plasmolysed and shrunken. This is indicative of poor development of the membrane and walls of the pollen grains from the male sterile mutant, causing the pollen grains to be unfunctional. NBT test also clarified the abortion of the pollen grains from the mutant, which were formed in the male sterilizing environment.
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Genetic Analyses of Male Sterile Lines Induced by Artificial Mutation
Genetic analyses have been carried out for male sterility of artificial mutants induced by the gamma ray of 60Co or the chemical mutagen ethylene-imine (Table 1). Observation of pollens of male-sterile lines vegetatively propabaated by dividing tillers revealed that there were three types of pollen degeneration. They are no pollen type which does not produce any pollen grains in an anther and most frequently appeared, non-stained pollen type which produces abortive pollen grains not stained by the solution of iodine-potassium iodide and occurred with fairly high frequency, and stained pollen type with apparently normal pollen grains which appeared less frequently (Table 2). Most mutant lines were completely sterile under bagged self-pollination but three lines were partially (3 to 14%) self-fertile. When male-sterlle plants of mutant lines were pollinated with normal pollens of another glutinous cultivar, all mutant lines showed normal seed set suggesting that female organs were not spoiled and that sterility of these lines was caused by male sterility.