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Identification and characterization of the erect-pose panicle gene EP conferring high grain yield in rice (Oryza sativa L.).
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Jun 2009
Wang Jiayu, Nakazaki Tetsuya, Chen Shuqian, Chen Wenfu, Saito Hiroki, Tsukiyama Takuji, Okumoto Yutaka, Xu Zhenjin, Tanisaka Takatoshi
Abstract excerpt
The breeding of japonica varieties with erect-pose panicle (EP) has recently progressed in the northern part of China, because these varieties exhibit a far higher grain yield than the varieties with normal-pose panicle (NP). A genetic analysis using the F(2) population from the cross between Lia...
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