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Deletion in a quantitative trait gene qPE9-1 associated with panicle erectness improves plant architecture during rice domestication.
Genetics - 1 Sept 2009
Zhou Yong, Zhu Jinyan, Li Zhengyi, Yi Chuandeng, Liu Jun, Zhang Honggen, Tang Shuzhu, Gu Minghong, Liang Guohua
Abstract excerpt
Rice plant architecture is an important agronomic trait and a major determinant in high productivity. Panicle erectness is the preferred plant architecture in japonica rice, but the molecular mechanism underlying domestication of the erect panicle remains elusive. Here we report the map-based cloning of a major quantitative trait locus, qPE9-1, which plays an integral role in regulation of rice plant architecture...
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