Dissecting combining ability effect in a rice NCII-III population provides insights into heterosis in indica-japonica cross

Abstract Background Combining ability is a measure for selecting elite parents that make the highest contributions to hybrid performance. However, the genetic bases of combining ability and how they contributed to heterosis is seldomly known. Results We constructed a both NCII and NCIII population d...

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Main Authors: Hao Zhou, Duo Xia, Jing Zeng, Gonghao Jiang, Yuqing He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-08-01
Series:Rice
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12284-017-0179-9