Construction of a Female Sterility Maintaining System Based on a Novel Mutation of the MEL2 Gene

Abstract Background Hybrid rice has significant yield advantage and stress tolerance compared with inbred rice. However, production of hybrid rice seeds requires extensive manual labors. Currently, hybrid rice seeds are produced by crosspollination of male sterile lines by fertile paternal lines. Be...

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Main Authors: Xia Wang, Shuting Yuan, Changjian Wang, Wei Yan, Gang Xie, Cuifang Wang, Shijun Qiu, Jianxin Wu, Xing Wang Deng, Chunjue Xu, Xiaoyan Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2024-02-01
Series:Rice
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12284-024-00688-x