%A Bi-Tao MOU,Zhuo-Fan ZHAO,Ling YUE,Chuan LI,Jun ZHANG,Zhang-Bo LI,Han SHEN,Mo-Ju CAO %T Identification of fertility restoration and molecular mapping of restorer genes in two maize restore lines of CMS-C %0 Journal Article %D 2019 %J Acta Agronomica Sinica %R 10.3724/SP.J.1006.2019.083033 %P 225-234 %V 45 %N 2 %U {https://zwxb.chinacrops.org/CN/abstract/article_6635.shtml} %8 2019-02-12 %X

The objective of the present study was to identify novel and powerful restorer lines for CMS-C. So maize inbred lines Z16 and 7250-14-1 were crossed with both isonuclear alloplasmic and isoplasmic allonuclear CMS-C, CMS-T, and CMS-S male sterile lines. Self-cross and back-cross were conducted for some of the fertility restored F1 for genetic analysis and restorer gene mapping. Male fertility expression was investigated for all the F1, F2 and backcross populations, showing that Z16 and 7250-14-1 could restore the fertility for C Huangzaosi, C478, C698-3, and CMo17 completely, and partly restore the fertility for C48-2. Z16 could not restore the fertility for G48-2, EC48-2, ES48-2, RB48-2, and Lei48-2, while 7250-14-1 could partly restore the fertility for G48-2, EC48-2, and ES48-2, and maintain the sterility for RB48-2 and Lei48-2. Both Z16 and 7250-14-1 couldn’t restore the fertility of CMS-T, and partly restore the fertility for CMS-S. Genetic analysis showed that the fertility restoration was controlled by a pair of dominant genes for Z16 when crossed with C478 or C Huangzaosi. But for 7250-14-1, the fertility restoration was controlled by a pair of dominant genes for C Huangzaosi, and two pairs of complementary dominant genes for C478. Both of the restorer genes for Z16 and 7250-14-1 were mapped on the short arm of chromosome 8 by molecular markers. For Z16, it was mapped within a physical distance of 494 kb from the marker B-1 to the end of the chromosome, and for 7250-14-1, it was located between B-1 and Chr8-86080, with physical distance of 249 kb. This study not only provides some information for the practical application of Z16 and 7250-14-1, but also lays a foundation for the cloning and functional analysis of restorer genes.