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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2020, Vol. 19 Issue (1): 1-10    DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(19)62843-1
Special Issue: 水稻遗传育种合辑Rice Genetics · Breeding · Germplasm Resources
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Prospects of utilization of inter-subspecific heterosis between indica and japonica rice
ZHANG Gui-quan
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Breeding/State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources/College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, P.R.China
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Abstract  
The Asian cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown worldwide is divided into two subspecies, indica and japonica.  It is well known that the heterosis of inter-subspecies is usually stronger than that of intra-subspecies.  Since the 1970s, indica hybrid rice, an intra-subspecific hybrid rice, has being widely used in China and even in the world.  However, the inter-subspecific hybrid rice between indica and japonica is still unavailable.  The major obstacle is the hybrid sterility of the inter-subspecies.  In recent decades, the genetic and molecular basis of indica-japonica hybrid sterility was understood more and more clearly.  Some breeding approaches for overcoming inter-subspecific hybrid sterility were proposed and used to develop the indica-japonica hybrid rice.  The updated understanding will offer new approaches for development of breeding lines for overcoming indica-japonica hybrid sterility, which facilitates developing of inter-subspecific hybrid rice.
Keywords:  heterosis        reproductive isolation       hybrid sterility        genetic basis       molecular mechanism       subspecies        hybrid rice   
Received: 05 August 2019   Accepted:
Fund: This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (91435207 and 91735304) and the Project of Science and Technology of Guangzhou, China (201607020040).
Corresponding Authors:  Correspondence ZHANG Gui-quan, Tel/Fax: +86-20-85281175, E-mail: gqzhang@scau.edu.cn   

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ZHANG Gui-quan . 2020. Prospects of utilization of inter-subspecific heterosis between indica and japonica rice. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 19(1): 1-10.

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