Development and Prospects of Rice Molecular Biology in China

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1006-8082.2022.01.002

Abstract

Abstract:

Rice（Oryza sativa L） is one of the most important staple foods, and is a model crop for cereal crop genome research. With decades of efforts, Chinese scientists have made remarkable achievements in rice genetics and functional genomics, particularly in dissecting molecular mechanism about rice ideal plant architecture, fertility, broad-spectrum disease resistance, cold and heat tolerance, salt tolerance, efficient nutrient utilization, and also the breeding theory of molecular design, initiating a new research field—Using rice as a model crop to study the gene regulation networks of complex traits. The development trend of rice molecular biology science and technology in China is put forward.

Key words: rice, molecular biology, genetic regulation, molecular design breeding, high-efficiency rice, apomixis

摘要：

水稻是最重要的主粮之一,也是禾谷类作物基因组研究的模式作物。经过几十年的努力,我国科学家在水稻遗传学和功能基因组学领域取得了一系列创新性的成就,特别是在水稻理想株型、育性、广谱抗病、耐冷耐热、耐盐和养分高效利用方面的分子遗传机理解析,以及分子设计育种理论方面,开创了以水稻为模式作物研究复杂性状基因调控网络的新领域。展望了我国未来水稻分子生物学发展的趋势。

关键词: 水稻, 分子生物学, 遗传调控, 分子设计育种, 高光效水稻, 无融合生殖

CLC Number:

S511

CUI Yuanjiang, GUO Longbiao. Development and Prospects of Rice Molecular Biology in China[J]. China Rice, 2022, 28(1): 7-12.

崔元江, 郭龙彪. 我国水稻分子生物学发展及展望[J]. 中国稻米, 2022, 28(1): 7-12.

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