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FLEXIBLE CULM 1 encoding a cinnamyl-alcohol dehydrogenase controls culm mechanical strength in rice.
Plant molecular biology - 1 Apr 2009
Li Xiangjun, Yang Ying, Yao Jialing, Chen Guoxing, Li Xianghua, Zhang Qifa, Wu Changyin
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Culm mechanical strength is an important agronomic trait in crop breeding. To understand the molecular mechanisms that control culm mechanical strength, we identified a flexible culm1 (fc1) mutant by screening a rice T-DNA insertion mutant library. This mutant exhibited an abnormal development phenotype, including late heading time, semi-dwarf habit, and flexible culm. In this study, we cloned the FLEXIBLE CULM1...
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