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. 2022 Sep 13;11(18):2386. doi: 10.3390/plants11182386

Table 4.

List of blast resistance genes deployed for improvement of rice lines using marker-assisted selection (MAS) and marker-assisted backcross breeding (MABB).

S. No. Gene/QTL Trait/Resistance Type of Molecular Marker Technique/Approach Used Application/Lines Developed References
Single gene for blast resistance
1. Pi1 Resistance to blast disease ISSR and SSR MABB Marker-assisted backcross breeding for improvement of variety Zhenshan97 A Liu et al. [185]
2. Piz Resistance to blast disease SSR MAS Tightly linked markers with Pi-z locus was applied for screening of germplasm for blast resistance in rice Fjellstrom et al. [332]
3. Pita Resistance to blast disease Gene-specific to gene MAS Applied for detection of Pita gene in 141 rice germplasms and introduction of gene through advanced breeding approaches Wang et al. [333]
4. Pi9 Resistance to blast disease Gene-specific Marker aided selection Introgressed Pi-9(t) resistance gene in the cultivar Luhui 17 Wen and Gao [334]
5. Pi39 Resistance to blast disease InDel MABB Introgressed into Chinese cultivar Q15 Hua et al. [335]
6. Pikh Resistance to blast disease SSR MABB Improvement of Malaysian Cultivar, MR264 by Introgression of Pikh gene Hasan et al. [336]
7. Pi40 Resistance to blast disease SSR MABB Introgressed into elite cultivars Turkish, Halilbey and Osmancik-97 Beser et al. [337]
8. Pi-ar Resistance to blast disease RAPD MAS Introgression of Pi-ar gene using double haploid technique Araujo et al. [338]
Two genes for Blast resistance
9. Piz-5, Pi54 Resistance to blast disease SSR MABB Blast disease resistance genes transferred to develop Pusa 1602 and Pusa 1603 Singh et al. [356]
10. Pi1, Piz Resistance to blast disease SSR MABB Pyramiding of Pi1 and Piz-5 genes into PRR78 Gouda et al. [340]
11. Pi1, Pi2 Resistance to blast disease SSR MABB Introgressed into Intan variety and BPT5204 Hegde et al. [344]
12. Pi46, Pita Resistance to blast disease SSR MABB Introgression of resistance genes into Hang hui 179 (HH179) Xiao et al. [343]
13. Pi2, Pi9 Resistance to blast disease SNP MABB Introgression of blast resistance genes into R179 Luo et al. [345]
14. Pi-b and Pik-h Resistance to blast disease SSR, RM 208, RM 206 MABB Pyramided two blast resistance genes into MR219Malaysian rice variety Tanweer et al. [327]
15. Piz-5 and Pi54 Resistance to blast disease SSR MABB Incorporation of blast resistance into “PRR78”, an elite Basmati rice restorer line Singh et al. [297]
16. Pi-2 and Pi-54 Resistance to blast disease SSR MABB Introgression of blast resistance genes into the genetic background of elite, bacterial blight resistant indica rice variety, Improved Samba Mahsuri Madhavi et al. [342]
17. Pi54 and Pi1 Resistance to blast disease SSR MAS Introgression of blast resistance genes into cold tolerant variety Tellahamsa Oddin et al. [341]
18. Pi46 and Pita Resistance to blast disease SSR MABB Blast resistance genes were introgressed into an elite restorer line Hang-Hui-179 (HH179) Xiao et al. [343]
More than Two genes for Blast resistance
19. Pi1, Piz-5, Pita Resistance to blast disease RFLP MAS Pyramiding of three NILs namely (C101LAC, C101A51 and C101PKT) for blast resistance into a single cultivar CO39, each linecarrying resistance genes Pi1, Piz-5 and Pita, respectively. Korinsak et al. [169]
20. Pi1, Pi2, Pi33 Resistance to blast disease SSR MABB Introgression of multiple blast disease resistance genes into Jin23B Chen et al. [302]
21. Pi1, Pi2, Pi33 Resistance to blast disease SSR MAS Improvement of Russian rice varieties by pyramiding of blast disease resistance genes Usatov et al. [357]
22. Pi9, Pizt, Pi54 Resistance to blast disease SNP MABB Introgression of Pi9, Pizt, Pi54 blast resistance genes into japonica rice 07GY31 Xiao et al. [343]
23. Pi1,Pi2, Pi33 Resistance to blast disease SSR MABB Improving blast resistance in Indian rice variety ADT43 by pyramiding three blast resistance genes Divya et al. [346]
24. Pid1, Pib, Pita, Pi2 Resistance to blast disease SSR MAS Pid1, Pib and Pita genes were introduced into G46B, while Pi2 was introduced into Zhenshan 97B Chen et al. [230]
25. Pizt, Pi2, Pigm, Pi40, Pi9, Piz Resistance to blast disease SSR MAS Introgression of multiple blast resistance genes into Yangdao 6 Wu et al. [350]
Multiple stress tolerance
26. Xa21, Piz Resistance to blast and bacterial leaf blight disease SSR MAS Introgression of Blast and Bacterial leaf blight disease resistance gene Narayanan et al. [351]
27. Pi2 and Xa23 Resistance to blast and bacterial leaf blight disease SSR MAS Introgression of broad-spectrum disease resistance genes into, elite thermo-sensitive genic male-sterile rice line-GZ63-4S Jiang et al. [182]
28. Xa21 and Pi54 Resistance to blast and bacterial leaf blight disease SSR MABB Introgression of BLB and blast resistance into DRR17B, an elite, fine-grain type maintainer line of rice Balachiranjeevi et al. [348]
29. Pi1, Pi2, Xa23 Resistance to blast and bacterial leaf blight disease SSR MABB Introgression of bacterial blight and blast resistance into variety Rongfeng B Fu et al. [358]
30. Pi2, Xa21, Xa33 Resistance to blast and bacterial leaf blight disease SSR MABB Introgressed bacterial blight and blast diseases resistance genes into RPHR-1005 Kumar et al. [359]
31. Pi9 Drought Resistance to blast and drought tolerance Gene linked markers MAS Pi9 has been introgressed into different genetic backgrounds of cultivated varieties, such as indica cultivar Swarna + drought Dixit et al. [331]
32. Pi2, Pi54, xa13 and Xa21 Resistance to blast and bacterial leaf blight disease SSR MABB Introgressed of bacterial blight and blast diseases resistance genes for improving disease resistance traits in Basmati rice varieties Ellur et al. [352]
33. Xa21,xa13 and Pi54 Resistance to blast and bacterial leaf blight disease Gene-specific MABB Pyramiding of bacterial blight and blast diseases resistance into Indian rice variety MTU1010 ArunaKumari et al. [353]
34. Xa21, xa13 and Pi54 Resistance to blast and bacterial leaf blight disease SSR MAS Improvement of Vallabh Basmati 22 by Introgression of Xa21, xa13 genes for Bacterial Blight and Pi54 for Blast disease resistant genes Srikanth et al. [349]
35. Xa21, Xa33, Pi2, Rf3 and Rf4 Resistance to blast and bacterial leaf blight disease SSR MAS Marker-assisted improvement of the elite restorer line of rice, RPHR-1005 for resistance against diseases Kumar et al. [360]
36. Xa 5 and 4 blast QTLs Resistance to blast and bacterial leaf blight disease SSR MAS Introgression of bacterial leaf blight and blast resistance genes into rice cultivar RD6 Pinta et al. [361]
37. Xa13, Xa21, Pi54, qSBR11 Resistance to blast and sheath bight disease SSR MAS Transfer of multiple disease resistance genes for bacterial blight, blast and sheath blight disease in rice Singh et al. [297]
38. Pi54, qSBR11-1, qSBR11-2 and qSBR7-1 Resistance to blast and sheath bight disease SSR and QTLs MABB Introgression of multiple disease resistance genes into a maintainer of Basmati rice CMS line Singh et al. [347]
39. Pi2, Pi9, Gm1, Gm4, Sub1, and Saltol Blast disease, Gall Midge Submergence and Salinity tolereance SSR and gene linked markers MAS Pyramiding of genes/QTLs to confer resistance/tolerance to blast, gall Midge, submergence, and salinity in a released rice variety CRMAS2621-7-1 as Improved Lalat Das and Rao [362]
40. Pi9, Xa4, xa5, xa13, Xa21, Bph3, Bph17, Gm4, Gm8 and qDTY1.1 and qDTY3.1 Blast Bacterial leaf blight Brown planthopperGall midge and QTLs for drought tolerance Gene based/linked markers Marker-assisted forward breeding MAS in combining tolerance to multiple biotic and abiotic stresses in Swarna + drought recurrent parent Dixit et al. [331]
41. Pi9, Xa21, Gm8, qDTY1.1, qDTY2.2 and qDTY4.1 Blast, Bacterial blight (BB), Gall midge (GM)
and QTLSs drought tolerance
Gene based/linked markers Marker-assisted forward(MAFB) and back cross (MABC) breeding Introgressed in to Indian elite rice variety, Naveen Janaki Ramayya et al. [354]
42. BPH3, BPH24, Pi2, Pi9, Pita, Pib, Xa21Pimh, and badh2 Brown Plant hopperblast disease, bacterial blight and Aroma SSR and gene linked markers MAS Brown planthopper (BPH), blast, and bacterial leaf blight (BLB) resistance and aroma genes into elite rice maintainers and restorers Wang et al. [27]
43. Xa21, Pi54, Pup1 BB resistance gene, the blast resistance gene, and low soil phosphorous tolerance QTL/gene, Gene/QTL linked markers Marker-assisted pedigree breeding BB resistance gene, the blast resistance gene, and low soil phosphorous tolerance QTL/gene in to MTU 1010 (CottondoraSannalu) LaxmiPrasanna et al. [355]