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LHD1, an allele of DTH8/Ghd8, controls late heading date in common wild rice (Oryza rufipogon).
Journal of integrative plant biology - 1 Oct 2012
Dai Xiaodong, Ding Younian, Tan Lubin, Fu Yongcai, Liu Fengxia, Zhu Zuofeng, Sun Xianyou, Sun Xuewen, Gu Ping, Cai Hongwei, Sun Chuanqing
Abstract excerpt
Flowering at suitable time is very important for plants to adapt to complicated environments and produce their seeds successfully for reproduction. In rice (Oryza rufipogon Griff.) photoperiod regulation is one of the important factors for controlling heading date. Common wild rice, the ancestor of cultivated rice, exhibits a late heading date and a more sensitive photoperiodic response than cultivated rice....
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