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Detection of QTLs for cold tolerance of rice cultivar 'Kuchum' and effect of QTL pyramiding.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Mar 2016
Endo Takashi, Chiba Bunya, Wagatsuma Kensuke, Saeki Kenichi, Ando Tsuyu, Shomura Ayahiko, Mizubayashi Tatsumi, Ueda Tadamasa, Yamamoto Toshio, Nishio Takeshi
Abstract excerpt
KEY MESSAGE: A QTL for cold tolerance at the booting stage of rice cultivar 'Kuchum' was detected and delimited into a 1.36 Mb region, and a cold-tolerant line was developed by QTL pyramiding. Low temperature in summer causes pollen sterility in rice, resulting in a serious loss of yield. The second most widely grown rice cultivar in Japan, 'Hitomebore', has been developed as a cultivar highly tolerant to low...
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