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Evaluation of genotypic variation in leaf photosynthetic rate and its associated factors by using rice diversity research set of germplasm

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In order to evaluate genotypic variation, we measured leaf photosynthetic rate (Pn) and its associated factors for the rice diversity research set of germplasm (RDRS) selected from the Genebank in National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS). Pn showed large genotypic variation from 11.9 to 32.1 μmol m−2 s−1. The variation in stomatal conductance to CO2 (Gs) explained about 50% of that in Pn, while that in nitrogen concentration (N) in leaves explained about 35%. The genotype group which mainly consists of aus type indica tended to have higher Gs, and the genotype group which corresponds to japonica had a higher nitrogen concentration (N) in leaves. The relationships of Pn with Gs and N were not significantly different among genotype groups, suggesting photosynthetic efficiencies are similar among genotype groups.

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Notes

  1. When RDRS was distributed to us, RDRS consisted of 64 genotypes. The latest RDRS included five genotypes more (Kojima et al. 2005).

Abbreviations

1WAH:

1 week after heading

2WBH:

2 weeks before heading

Δ:

Carbon isotope discrimination

Ci :

Intercellular CO2 concentration

Ca :

Ambient CO2 concentration

DTH:

Days to heading from sowing

Gs :

Stomatal conductance to CO2

I1:

A genotype group corresponding to aus type indica

I2:

A genotype group corresponding to indica except aus

J:

A genotype group corresponding to japonica

N:

Nitrogen weight per unit leaf area

N%:

Nitrogen percentage in leaf dry matter

PAR:

Photosynthetically active radiation

Pn:

Leaf photosynthetic rate

QTL:

Quantitative trait loci

RFLP:

Restriction fragment length polymorphism

SSR:

Single-sequence repeat

RDRS:

Rice diversity research set of germplasm

RubisCO:

Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase

VPD:

Vapor pressure deficit

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Acknowledgments

Rice diverse research set of germplasm (RDRS) used in this study was distributed by the Genebank of the National Institute of Agrobiological Science (NIAS), Japan. Special thanks are due to Dr. K. Ebana and Dr. Y. Uga of the NIAS for their comments to this study. We also thank Dr. T. Takai for giving us the information of RDRS.

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    Tomomi Kanemura, Koki Homma, Akihiro Ohsumi, Tatsuhiko Shiraiwa & Takeshi Horie

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Kanemura, T., Homma, K., Ohsumi, A. et al. Evaluation of genotypic variation in leaf photosynthetic rate and its associated factors by using rice diversity research set of germplasm. Photosynth Res 94, 23–30 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-007-9208-7

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