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[Morphological characteristics and gene mapping of a novel bent pedicel branch (bpb1) mutant in rice].
Yi chuan = Hereditas - 1 Feb 2013
Yang Yun-Long, Wu Jian-Guo, Zhou Yuan-Fei, Shi Chun-Hai
Abstract excerpt
Rice pedicels are tightly associated with the yield of grain. In the present study, a novel and stable pedicel mutant bpb1 (bent pedicel branch 1) was obtained from the wild type "Zhenong 7" after 60Co γ-ray treatment. The mutant had the typical phenotype of bent pedicel branches with multiple abnormal phenotypes, such as longer pedicels, short panicles, and dwarfism. Detail examination using scanning electron...
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