supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(U20A2031);the Earmarked Fund for China Agricultural Research System(CARS-01).
CONSTANS,CO-like,and TOC1(CCT)family genes play important roles in regulating heading date,which exerts a large impact on the regional and seasonal adaptation of rice.Previous studies have shown that Grain number,plan...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2011CB100201);the National Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.30930057);the Chang Jiang Scholars Program
Tiller angle is a key feature of the architecture of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa), since it determines planting density and influences rice yield. Our previous work identified Tiller Angle Control 1 (TACI) as a ...
supported in part by the National Basic Research Program(Nos.2012CB944803 and 2011CB 100202);the National Natural Science Foundation(No.31071383);the National Special Program for Transgenic Research(No. 2009ZX08009-008B);the Priority Academic Program Development from Jiangsu Government of China
Chromosome segment substitution lines(CSSLs) are useful for the precise mapping of quantitative trait loci(QTLs) and dissection of the genetic basis of complex traits.In this study,two whole-genome sequenced rice ...
supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology(Grant No.2006AA10Z118);National Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.30771323 and 30871501);the Jiangsu Province Government of China(Grant No.08KJA210002)
Panicle architecture is closely related to yield formation. The qPE9-1 gene has been proved to be widely used in high-yield rice cultivar developments, conferring erect panicle character in japonica rice. Recently, qP...
supported by grants from the National Key Program on the Development of Basic Research of China (973 program) (No. 2007CB109001);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30836044);the National Undergraduate Scientific and Technological Innovation Project (No. 200720)
Epistasis plays an important role in the genetic basis of rice yield traits. Taking interactions into account in breeding programs will help the development of high-yielding rice varieties. In this study, three sets o...
supported by the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team of Nanjing Agriculture University (No. IRT0432)
To identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) controlling panicle architecture in japonica rice, a genetic map was constructed based on simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers and 254 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) d...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30710103903 and 30771160);the Ministry of Agriculture of China for transgenic research(No.2008ZX08009-003);the State Key Basic Research Program(No.2007CB109202);the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province(No.R3090023)
A double haploid (DH) population, which consists of 120 lines derived from anther culture of a typical indica and japonica hybrid ‘CJ06'/‘TNI', was used to investigate the genetic basis for rice leaffolder resis...
funded by the Excellent Youth Foundation Project of Chongqing (No. 2008BA1033);the Fine Animals and Plants Breeding Project of Chongqing (No. 2007AA1019, 2007AA1012 and 2007AB1033);the National Key Technology R&D Program of China (No. 2006BAD01A01)
A novel zebra mutant, zebra-15, derived from the restorer line JinhuilO (Oryza sativa L. ssp. indica) treated by EMS, displayed a distinctive zebra leaf from seedling stage to jointing stage. Its chlorophyll content...
supported by the State Key Basic Research and Development Plan of China (No. 2004CB117201);the Key Scientific and Technological Project for Agriculture in Zhejiang Province (No. 2007C12073);the Basic Research Budget of China National Rice Research Institute (No. 2006RG001)
Forty simple sequence repeats (SSRs) were used to assess the changes of diversity in 310 major Chinese rice cultivars grown during the 1950s-1990s. Of the 40 SSR loci, 39 were polymorphic. A total of 221 alleles wer...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2006CB101700);the National High- tech Research and Development Program (No. 2006AA10Z165);the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Uni-versity of China (No. NCET2005-05- 0502).
The high-affinity K+ (HAK) transporter gene family is the largest family in plant that functions as potassium transporter and is important for various aspects of plant life. In the present study, we identified 27 m...