Genetic studies for breeding of rice cultivars with superior grain appearance and lodging resistance from the rice cultivar ‘Emi-no-kizuna’

We conducted a quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis of grain appearance (GA) and agronomic traits of rice, using 128 recombinant inbred lines derived from ‘Emi-no-kizuna’ and ‘Tomohonami’. We detected two promising QTLs associated with GA: qGA4 on chromosome 4 and qGA8 on chromosome 8. qGA4 contr...

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Main Authors: Ichiro Nagaoka, Hideki Sasahara, Kei Matsushita, Hideo Maeda, Shuichi Fukuoka, Utako Yamanouchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-10-01
Series:Plant Production Science
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1343943X.2019.1625272