Recent progress on molecular breeding of rice in China

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 551-564

  Rao, Yuchun ^a,b   Li, Yuanyuan ^a   Qian, Qian ^a  

^a CHINA NATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agronomic traits; Breeding design; Marker assisted selection; Molecular breeding; Rice breeding

Indexed keywords

CHINA; DNA SHUFFLING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PROCEDURES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RICE;

CHINA; DNA SHUFFLING; ORYZA SATIVA; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEEDS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84897959662     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-013-1551-x     Document Type: Review

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