supported by National and Fujian Provincial Natural Science Foundation(No.31371557 and K55NI921A);Fujian Provincial Department of Education Project(K58MLV03A);a startup fund from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University(http://www.fafu.edu.cn/)to X.S
A novel rice d1 mutant was identified using map-based cloning and comparative analysis of known dl mutants.The mutant[d1-a) shows a mild dwarf trait,which differs only slightly from the wildtype in plant height at the...