Breeding high-yield superior quality hybrid super rice by rational design

National Science Review

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 283-294

  Qian, Qian ^a   Guo, Longbiao ^a   Smith, Steven M ^b,c   Li, Jiayang ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Grain quality; Grain yield; Hybrids; Molecular breeding; Oryza sativa L; Super rice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994494802     PISSN: 20955138     EISSN: 2053714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nww006     Document Type: Review

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