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Characteristics of the short rachillae of rice from archaeological sites dating to 7000 years ago
The abscission layer formed on a pedicel situated at the basal part of a short rachilla is an important characteristic for discriminating between wild, japonica, and indica rice. The short rachillae of paddy rice...
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Open AccessRice Domestication Revealed by Reduced Shattering of Archaeological rice from the Lower Yangtze valley
Plant remains dating to between 9000 and 8400 BP from a probable ditch structure at the Huxi site include the oldest rice (Oryza sativa) spikelet bases and associated plant remains recovered in China. The remains...