Table 3.
Example of gene pyramiding for blast resistance trait in rice.
| Traits | Parental lines | Pyramided genes | DNA marker(s) used | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blast resistance | C101LAC, C101A51 | Pi1, Pi2 and Pi33 | SSR | Chen et al., 2008 |
| Blast resistance | IR5, IR8, IR20, IR22, IR24, IR26, IR28, IR29, IR30, IR32, IR34, IR36, IR38, IR40, IR42, IR43, IR44, IR45, IR46, IR48, IR50 IR52, IR54, IR56, IR58, IR60, IR62, IR64, IR65, IR66, IR68, IR70, IR72, IR74 | Pib and Pita | SSR | Fujita et al., 2009 |
| Blast resistance | CO39 | Pish and Pib | SSR | Koide et al., 2010 |
| Blast resistance | IR64, JHN | Multiple resistance QTLs | SSR | Sreewongchai et al., 2010 |
| Blast resistance | Rongfeng B | Pi1, Pi2 Xa23 | SSR | Fu et al., 2012 |
| Blast resistance | Jin 23B | Pi1, Pi2, and D12 | SSR | Jiang et al., 2012 |
| Blast resistance | C101LAC, C101A51 | Pi-1 and Pi-2 | RG64 and C481 | Mahdian and Shahsavari, 2013 |
| Blast and bacterial leaf blight resistance | RD6 × P0489; RD6 × JHN | Four QTLs for blast resistance and one gene for bacterial leaf blight (xa5) | SSR | Pinta et al., 2013 |
| Blast resistance | C101A51, Tetep | Piz5 and Pi54 | SSR | Singh et al., 2013 |
| Blast resistance | Carnaroli, Baldo, Arborio | Piz and Pi5 | SSR | Urso et al., 2013 |
| Leaf blast resistance | Koshihikari | Pi21, Pi34, and Pi35 | SSR | Yasuda et al., 2014 |
| Blast resistance | GZ63-4S | Pi2 and Xa23 | SSR (M-Xa23) | Jiang et al., 2015 |