The present invention discloses a new
betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase 2
gene that can make rice show a light-flavored characteristic. Compared with the non-perfume rice "Nipponbare", the
mutation site is not located on the coding chain, but belongs to the upstream
mutation of the coding chain. Types of
betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 genes. There was a deletion of 3 nucleotides at position -81 upstream of the first
nucleotide of the
initiation codon of the
coding strand, and an
insertion of 8 nucleotides at -1314. By crossing this
gene into non-perfume rice and obtaining homozygous
offspring, a new light-scented rice variety can be bred. The invention also discloses a method for screening rice with the light-scented characteristic
gene and
molecular marker primers. The invention provides new genes for cultivating light-scented rice, and can also assist in selecting plants containing light-scented genes, which is conducive to improving the selection effect, and can also determine whether the light-scented genes of self-bred
offspring formed in the later stage of the breeding process are in a homozygous state Identification to achieve breeding goals quickly and efficiently.