supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2010AA101301);the Program of Introducing International Advanced Agricultural Science and Technology in China (Grant No. 2006-G8[4]-31-1);the Program of Science-Technology Basis and Conditional Platform in China (Grant No. 505005)
QTL mapping for seven quality traits was conducted by using 254 recombinant inbred lines (RIL) derived from a japonica-japonica rice cross of Xiushui 79/C Bao. The seven traits investigated were grain length (GL),...