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Natural variation in Ghd7 is an important regulator of heading date and yield potential in rice.
Nature genetics - 1 Jun 2008
Xue Weiya, Xing Yongzhong, Weng Xiaoyu, Zhao Yu, Tang Weijiang, Wang Lei, Zhou Hongju, Yu Sibin, Xu Caiguo, Li Xianghua, Zhang Qifa
Abstract excerpt
Yield potential, plant height and heading date are three classes of traits that determine the productivity of many crop plants. Here we show that the quantitative trait locus (QTL) Ghd7, isolated from an elite rice hybrid and encoding a CCT domain protein, has major effects on an array of traits in rice, including number of grains per panicle, plant height and heading date. Enhanced expression of Ghd7 under...
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