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Rice Genetics Newsletter, Vol. 1

Table of Contents
 
Dedication ............... i
Foreword (T. Matsuo) ............... iv

Message (M. S. Swaminathan) ............... vi

A. Notice and announcement

1. The aim and scope of the Rice Genetics Newsletter ............... 1
2. Announcement: The International Rice Genetics Symposium ............... 1
3. Proposal for rules of gene symbolization> ............... 2
4. List of gene symbols recommended for rice ............... 4
B. Current linkage maps ............... 16
C. Lists of genetic stocks ............... 28
1. Genes for coloration ............... 29
2. Chlorophyl aberration ............... 31
3. Dwarfness ............... 32
4. Spikelet or grain ............... 34
5. Panicle ............... 36
6. Leaf and culm ............... 37
7. Heading time ............... 38
8. Sterility ............... 39
9. Gametophyte genes ............... 41
10. Cytoplasmic male sterility ............... 41
11. Fungal and bacterial disease resistance ............... 42
12. Virus disease resistance ............... 44
13. Insect resistance ............... 44
14. Isozymes ............... 45
List of primary trisomics ............... 48
List of translocation lines ............... 49
List of isogenic lines ............... 53
D. List of Publications
1. Papers on genic analysis ............... 58
2. Publications on rice genetics , 1981-1984(not including papers on genic analysis) ............... 78
E. Research Notes
I. General genetics
  1. Induced semidwarf mutants, by Rutger, J. N. ................ 92
  2. Semidwarfing genes of high-yielding rice varieties in Japan, by Kikuchi, F. and H. Ikehashi ............... 93
  3. Semidwarfing genes in rice germplasm collection, by Chang, T. T., C. Zufio, A. Marchiano-Romena and G. C. Loresto ............... 94
  4. Establishment of differential varieties for pathogenicity test of rice blast fungus, by Kiyosawa, S. ............... 95
  5. Multiple alleles for resistance to bacterial leaf blight in rice, by Yamada, T. ............... 97
  6. Chromosomal location of Xa4 gene, by Sur, S. C. and G. S. Khush ............... 98
  7. Genic analysis of resistance to brown planthoppers, by Ikeda, R. and C. Kaneda ............... 99
  8. Heading-time genes of rice, E1, E2 and E3, by Yamagata, H. ............... 100

II. Sterility and varietal differentiation

  1. Young, J. B. and S. S. Virmani - Inheritance of fertility restoration in a rice cross, by Young, J. B. and S. S. Virmani ............... 102
  2. Genetics of fertility restoration and biochemical basis of male sterility-fertility restoration system in rice, by Raj, K. G. and E. A. Siddiq ............... 103
  3. A probable new male sterile line with cytoplasm from a boro rice of Uttar Pradesh, India, by Chaudharry, R. C. and V. N. Sahai ............... 104
  4. Geographical distribution of the genes for black hull coloration, by Maekawa, M. ............... 104
  5. The genetic basis of hybrid chlorosis found in a cross between two Japanese native cultivars, by Sato, Y. I., S. Matsuura and K. Hayashi ............... 106

III. New genes and mutants 　　　

  1. Inheritance of two anatomical characteristics, by Sethi, M. and J. K. Roy ............... 108
  2. A "fish-hook" mutation in rice, by Jodon, N. E. ............... 108
  3. A big-grain gene, Lk-f, found in a Japanese local variety Fusayoshi and its character expression, by Takeda, K. ............... 108
  4. Interitance of reduced-culm-number type and its character expression, by Kinoshita, T. ............... 109
  5. Linkage relationship of long palea in rice, by Thakur, R. ............... 110
  6. Allelic relationships of Hg and Lh, by Khush, G. S. and A. L. Librojo ............... 110
  7. New mutations at old loci, by Khush, G. S. and A. L. Librojo ............... 111
  8. Search for new g loci unfruitful, by Khush, G. S. and A. L. Librojo ............... 111
  9. Mutant genes controlling starch synthesis in rice, by Okuno, K. and M. Yano ............... 112
  10. Endosperm mutants of rice induced by N-methyl-N-nitrosourea treatment of fertilized egg cells, by Satoh, H., M. Yano and T. Omura ............... 113

IV. Regulation of gene action

  1. Differential regulation of waxy gene expression in rice, by Sano, Y. ............... 115
  2. Unusual segregation patterns found at the m-Ef locus, by Tsai, K. H. ............... 115

V. Isoenzymes

  1. Genic analysis for isozymes in rice, by Morishima, H. and R. Sano ............... 117
  2. Geographical distribution of esterase genotypes of rice in Asia, by Nakagahra, M. ............... 118

VI. Chromosomes

  1. Chromosome pairing in a haploid rice, by Rao, G. M. ............... 121
  2. Chiasma studies in genus Oryza, by Jena, K. K. and R. N. Misra ............... 121

VII. Linkage groups, trisomics and translocations

  1. Trial construction of cytological map in rice, by Sato, S. ............... 123
  2. Cytological identification of extra chromosomes in trisomics and location of the brittle-culm (bc) gene, by Wu, H. K., H. C. Liou and M. C. Chung ............... 124
  3. Use of primary trisomics of rice for associating linkage groups with respective chromosomes, by Khush, G. S., R. J. Singh, S. C. Sur and A. L. Librojo ............... 124
  4. Establishment of a complete trisomic series from a Japonica rice variety, by Iwata, N. and T. Omura ............... 125
  5. The relationships between chromosomes identified cytologically and linkage groups, by Iwata, N., H. Satoh and T. Omura ............... 128

VIII. Technical notes

  1. Embryo rescue of interspecific hybrids and its scope in rice improvement, by Jena, K. K. and G. S. Khush ............... 133
  2. A rapid method for identifying different dwarfing genes in rice, by Kumar, I. and T. H. Singh ............... 134
  3. High recovery of useful hybrid mutants in a lowland variety of rice, by Chaudhary, R. C., D. P. Mishra and V. N. Sahai ............... 135
  4. An improved technique for staining rice pachytene chromosomes, by Wu, H. K. ............... 136
  5. Utilization of microspore-derived plants for genic analysis, by Chen, C. C. ............... 137
  6. Flabonoids as biochemical markers in the genus Oryza, by Boyet, Ch., M. Jay and G. Second ............... 138
  7. Callus induction and growth from different Oryza species, by Mon, K. ............... 139

　
F. Mailing list ............... 141

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