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NAL1 allele from a rice landrace greatly increases yield in modern indica cultivars.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 17 Dec 2013
Fujita Daisuke, Trijatmiko Kurniawan Rudi, Tagle Analiza Grubanzo, Sapasap Maria Veronica, Koide Yohei, Sasaki Kazuhiro, Tsakirpaloglou Nikolaos, Gannaban Ritchel Bueno, Nishimura Takeshi, Yanagihara Seiji, Fukuta Yoshimichi, Koshiba Tomokazu, Slamet-Loedin Inez Hortense, Ishimaru Tsutomu, Kobayashi Nobuya
Abstract excerpt
Increasing crop production is essential for securing the future food supply in developing countries in Asia and Africa as economies and populations grow. However, although the Green Revolution led to increased grain production in the 1960s, no major advances have been made in increasing yield potential in rice since then. In this study, we identified a gene, SPIKELET NUMBER (SPIKE), from a tropical japonica rice...
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