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Open AccessIdentification of reliable QTLs and designed QTL breeding for grain shape and milling quality in the reciprocal introgression lines in rice
Milling quality (MQ) and grain shape (GS) of rice (Oryza sativa L.) are correlated traits, both determine farmers’ final profit. More than one population under multiple environments may provide valuable informati...
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The elite variations in germplasms for soybean breeding
The genetic base of soybean cultivars (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) has been narrowed through selective domestication and specific breeding improvement, similar to other crops. This presents challenges in breeding new...
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Open AccessGenomic Architecture of Yield Performance of an Elite Rice Hybrid Revealed by its Derived Recombinant Inbred Line and Their Backcross Hybrid Populations
Since its development and wide adoption in China, hybrid rice has reached the yield plateau for more than three decades. To understand the genetic basis of heterosis in rice and accelerate hybrid rice breeding...
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Open AccessQTL map** and candidate gene analysis of peduncle vascular bundle related traits in rice by genome-wide association study
The vascular bundle especially in the peduncle is one of crucial limiting factors of rice yield, and it determines how plants efficiently transport photosynthetic products, mineral nutrients and water from lea...
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Simple sequence repeat markers reveal multiple loci governing grain-size variations in a japonica rice (Oryza sativa L.) mutant induced by cosmic radiation during space flight
Quantitative trait locus (QTL) for grain size traits that include grain length (GL), grain width (GW), grain thickness (GT) as well as thousand grain weight (TGW) were identified using F2 population derived from ...
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Novel loci for field resistance to black-streaked dwarf and stripe viruses identified in a set of reciprocal introgression lines of rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Rice black-streaked dwarf virus (RBSDV) and stripe virus (RSV) are the two chronic viral diseases causing great damage to rice (Oryza sativa L.) production in China, and both are transmitted by the small brown pl...
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Induction of heme oxygenase-1 with β-CD-hemin complex mitigates cadmium-induced oxidative damage in the roots of Medicago sativa
Using pharmacological and biochemical approaches, the functional roles of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) induction in cadmium (Cd)-stressed alfalfa (Medicago sativa) seedling roots caused by a metal-organic complex (β-c...