Rice Bacterial Panicle Blight Resistance: Transcriptome and QTL Mapping Data

A 2026 study by John Ontoy characterizes moderate resistance to Bacterial Panicle Blight (BPB) in rice. The dataset likely contains results from comparative RNA-seq analysis of resistant and susceptible varieties and quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping data from a recombinant inbred line population. It includes six identified QTLs, with qBPB3.2 on Chromosome 3 being consistently detected.

Use Cases

• Identify candidate genes for disease resistance based on QTL regions mentioned in the description.
• Analyze differential gene expression patterns between resistant and susceptible rice varieties.
• Validate QTLs for bacterial panicle blight resistance across different genetic backgrounds.
• Study the network of pathogenesis-related and abiotic stress responsive regulators in rice.

Strengths

• Includes data from both transcriptomic (RNA-seq) and genetic (QTL mapping) analyses.
• Identifies six QTLs for BPB resistance, with one (qBPB3.2) consistently detected across multi-year trials.
• Comparative analysis uses panicle samples from two distinct rice varieties (Jupiter and Bengal).

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The primary data file is a 9.4 MB DOCX document, which may require extraction or conversion for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Combined transcriptomic and genetic analyses of a recombinant inbred line population.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 05:48:07; freshness should be verified.