Abstract:
Gufeng B is a broad-spectrum, high resistance maintainer line to rice blast. Its blast resistance genes,
Pi-d2,
Pi-d3 and
Pigm, were identified using the molecular marker technology. To study and verify the role of these genes, their multiple sites editing vectors were constructed by the high-efficiency and designated-editing CRISPR/Cas9 system. The vectors were subsequently transformed to Gufeng B by means of the agrobacterium-mediated method. Through the mutant analysis targeting mutation types, a variety of combinations in the T
0 plants was found. The indoor inoculation of the T
1 generation of 5 homozygous mutants indicated that
Pi-d2,
Pi-d3 and
Pigm were significantly resistant to 86/501-3, KJ201/CHE86061 and 86/CHE86061/501-3. The resistance of the knockout lines of
Pi-d2+
Pi-d3,
Pi-d2+
Pigm and
Pi-d2+
Pi-d3+
Pigm showed a simple superposition that was not completely equivalent to a single gene. The mutant of
Pi-d2+
Pi-d3+
Pigm had a completely different sensitivity to CHL768 from the other mutants. This study unveiled genetic information on the blast resistance of Gufeng B of value for rice breeding.