Analysis of the inheritance of pericarp color and other characters in the rice hybrid Kuboyar × Gagat

Abstract

Abstract. Rice can form not only white, but also red, brown and black grains. In black rice, pericarp grains contain anthocyanins, which have antioxidant activity and are beneficial to human health. The purpose of the work is to study the inheritance of the black color of the pericarp and other qualitative traits in the intersubspecific hybrid of rice Kuboyar × Gagat, the selection of the best recombinant forms combining early ripeness, a compact erect panicle and black grain, the creation of the source material for practical selection. Methods The studies were carried out on hybrids of the first and second generation from crossing a white-grain variety of rice Kuboyar with black-grained Gagat in 2018–2019 in the Separate Division “Proletarskoye” of the Rostov Region. Results. A genetic analysis of the inheritance of the duration of the growing season, qualitative signs of coloring of flower scales and rice grains, and spinousness was carried out. In the second generation, 54 photosensitive non-flowering plants and 128 normal ones broke out, which indicates the interaction of four dominant genes in the genotype. The splitting according to the color of the pericarp was carried out according to the trihybrid scheme according to the type of com-plementarity in the ratio of 27 black: 21 brown: 16 white. The black color of the pericarp was formed when three dominant genes Kala1, 3, and 4 were present in the genotype, brown was determined by the Kala4 gene, and white by the remaining combinations of genes. According to the color of flowering scales, the cleavage occurred according to the digrid pattern: 9 black: 3 yellow with black apiculus: 4 straw yellow. Although the parental varieties were boneless, 39 spinous forms appeared in F2 with three complementary dominant genes An-a, An-b, An-c and inhibitor I, the remaining 89 plants were boneless. The best recombinant forms were selected, combining the optimal values of plants and panicles and black grain, the source material for practical selection was created.