Research Progress on the Trait of Stigma Exsertion in Rice

Hongming Guo, Yuyu Liang, Jianqun Lv, Xiangwen Su, Guangjun Ren, Fangyuan Gao · 2024

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Hongming Guo and colleagues review research progress, in a 2024 article, on a small trait with big effects in rice: how far the flower's stigma sticks out. A stigma that pokes out catches more pollen from other plants. For hybrid rice, whose seed comes from crossing lines, that means more seed set and cheaper seed production.

The review gathers what genetic studies have found about the trait. It walks through the key genes and the pathways that control how the stigma grows and emerges. It also covers marker-assisted selection, a breeding method that tracks helpful DNA markers. Breeders can use those markers to pick parent lines with better stigma display. The authors aim to give rice scientists both a firm base of theory and practical steps for the field.

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CREATORHongming Guo, Yuyu Liang, Jianqun Lv, Xiangwen Su, Guangjun Ren, Fangyuan Gao
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE33 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11644065

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