The objective of this study were to identify QTLs for agronomic traits using a set of introgression lines carrying wild rice (Oryza rufipogon) segment in cultivated rice (ssp. japonica cv. Hwaseongbyeo). Ninety-six ILs were evaluated for seven agronomic traits, amylose and protein contents.
The proportion of the recurrent genome in ILs ranged from 87.8 to 100%, with an average of 96.7%. The mean number of homozygous and heterozygous donor segments were 2 (ranging 0-7) and 1.7 (ranging 0-6), respectively, and the majority of these segments had size less than 10 cM. A total of 22 quantitative trait loci were identified for 9 traits and each QTL explained 7.2% to 56.6% of the phenotypic variance. Some QTLs were clustered in a few chromosomal regions. A first cluster was located near RM527 on chromosome 6 with QTLs for culm length, panicle length, days to heading, 1000-grain weight and protein content.
Three ILs with high spikelets per panicle compared to the recurrent parent were selected to detect and fine map the wild segments responsible for this variation.
The results will be discussed.

• Sang-Min Yeo(Department of Agronomy, Chungnam National University)
• Yeo-Tae Yun(Chungcheongnam-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services)
• Chong-Tae Chung(Chungcheongnam-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services)
• Jung-Phil Seo(National Institute of Crop Science, RDA)
• Hae-Hwang Kim(Department of Agronomy, Chungnam National University)
• Sang-Nag Ahn(Department of Agronomy, Chungnam National University) Corresponding Author