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Development of a specific molecular marker for SLG7 on high-quality rice breeding
In recent years, the long-grain shape has been found as a new desired quality trait in the breeding of rice in China. The SLG7 gene is a novel gene responsible for slender grain shape in rice. So far, not much in...
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Open AccessA Genome Doubling Event Reshapes Rice Morphology and Products by Modulating Chromatin Signatures and Gene Expression Profiling
Evolutionarily, polyploidy represents a smart method for adjusting agronomically important in crops through impacts on genomic abundance and chromatin condensation. Autopolyploids have a relatively concise gen...
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Open AccessOsPRR37 Alternatively Promotes Heading Date Through Suppressing the Expression of Ghd7 in the Japonica Variety Zhonghua 11 under Natural Long-Day Conditions
Heading date is an important agronomic trait of rice (Oryza sativa L.) and is regulated by numerous genes, some of which exhibit functional divergence in a genetic background-dependent manner. Here, we identified...
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Transmission of important chromosomal regions under selection revealed in rice pedigree breeding programs
Genetic analysis across a whole plant genome based on pedigree information offers considerable potential for enhancing genetic gain from plant breeding programs through quantitative trait loci (QTL) map** an...
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High-resolution genetic map** at the Bph15 locus for brown planthopper resistance in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Resistance to the brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens Stål, a devastating sucking insect pest of rice, is an important breeding objective in rice improvement programs. Bph15, one of the 17 major BPH resis...
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Comparative physical map** of rice BAC clones linked to resistance genes Glh, Bph-3 and xa-5 in Oryza sativa L. and O. granulata Nees et Arn. ex Watt
Oryza granulata Nees et Arn. ex Watt, is one of the three wild relatives of rice, which are the most valuable for study and utilization in China. In this study, the homology and physical locations of three rice r...
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Cloning and characterization of riceRH3 gene induced by brown planthopper
Experiments have showed that the histoneH3 gene is correlated with development, cell speciality and stress response. TheRH3 full-length cDNA was isolated from the cDNA library of rice infested by brown planthoppe...