The National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program)
Rice landrace is the main part of resources in rice (Oryza sativa L.). It has abundant genetic diversity and excellent characters that the current widely-planted variety has not. It is the indispensable resources to breed and study the origin and evolution of rice species. Inter-varietal genetic diversity were attended; however, intra-varietal genetic heterogeneity were not. Twenty-four SSR markers were used to evaluate the intra-varietal heterogeneity of 3 rice landraces that has been continuously planted generation to generation in Yuanyang terraces of Yunnan Province, China. A total of 117 SSR alleles were revealed, and the Shannon's information index of 3 populations were Hongjiaolaojing (0.5911) > Baijiaolaojing (0.4875) > Yuelianggu (0.3070). The results of this study showed that they have abundant intra-varietal heterogeneity in 3 rice landraces. The contribution rate of genetic heterogeneity among plants individual is higher than among populations.