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Control of tillering in rice.
Nature - 10 Apr 2003
Li Xueyong, Qian Qian, Fu Zhiming, Wang Yonghong, Xiong Guosheng, Zeng Dali, Wang Xiaoqun, Liu Xinfang, Teng Sheng, Hiroshi Fujimoto, Yuan Ming, Luo Da, Han Bin, Li Jiayang
Abstract excerpt
Tillering in rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important agronomic trait for grain production, and also a model system for the study of branching in monocotyledonous plants. Rice tiller is a specialized grain-bearing branch that is formed on the unelongated basal internode and grows independently of the mother stem (culm) by means of its own adventitious roots. Rice tillering occurs in a two-stage process: the...
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