The world's population is increasing very rapidly, reducing the cultivable land of rice,
decreasing table water, emerging new diseases and pests, and the climate changes are …

Using DNA markers in plant breeding with marker‐assisted selection (MAS) could greatly
improve the precision and efficiency of selection, leading to the accelerated development of …

Photoperiod-and thermo-sensitive genic male sterility (PGMS and TGMS) are the core
components for hybrid breeding in crops. Hybrid rice based on the two-line system using …

CMS Cytoplasmic male sterility COS Conserved orthologous set DArT Diversity array
technology eQTL Expression QTL ESTs Expressed sequence tags FM Functional markers …

Photoperiod-thermo-sensitive genic male sterile (PTGMS) rice exhibits a number of
desirable traits for hybrid rice production. The cloning genes responsible for PTGMS and …

Abiotic and biotic stresses adversely affect rice growth, development and grain yield.
Traditional rice breeding techniques are insufficient in modern agriculture to meet the …

The transition from vegetative to reproductive phase, flowering per se, floral organ
development, panicle structure and morphology, meiosis, pollination and fertilization …

The status of rice as a model crop and the sequencing of the indica and japonica genomes
have provided breeders with the necessary tools for marker assisted breeding. Simple …

Two‐line hybrid rice as a novel hybrid breeding method has huge potential for yield
increasing and utilization of intersubspecific heterosis, and it is of major significance for the …

Thermosensitive genic male sterile (TGMS) rice line has made great economical
contributions in rice production. However, the fertility of TGMS rice line during hybrid seed …