Prospects of utilization of inter-subspecific heterosis between indica and japonica rice

The Asian cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown worldwide is divided into two subspecies, indica and japonica. It is well known that the heterosis of inter-subspecies is usually stronger than that of intra-subspecies. Since the 1970s, indica hybrid rice, an intra-subspecific hybrid rice, has being...

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Main Author: Gui-quan ZHANG
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Integrative Agriculture
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311919628431