Progress in Research and Development on Hybrid Rice: A Super-domesticate in China

• Published in: Annals of botany Vol. 100; no. 5; pp. 959 - 966
• Main Authors: Cheng, Shi-Hua, Zhuang, Jie-Yun, Fan, Ye-Yang, Du, Jing-Hong, Cao, Li-Yong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.10.2007; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Series: Review
• Subjects: abiotic stress; Agriculture; Agriculture - trends; Breeding; China; Chromosome Mapping; Crop production; Crops, Agricultural; Crops, Agricultural - genetics; crossing; cytoplasmic male sterility; Disease resistance; DNA marker; Freshwater; Gene mapping; Genetic diversity; Genetic Markers; genetic variation; genetics; Grains; Heterosis; Hybrid rice; Hybridity; Hybridization, Genetic; Hybrids; inter-subspecies; major genes; Male sterility; marker-assisted selection; Molecular genetics; molecular marker-assisted selection; Oryza; Oryza - genetics; Oryza sativa; Phenotypic traits; Plant breeding; Plant Infertility; Population characteristics; Population genetics; Quantitative Trait Loci; R&D; Research & development; research and development; restorer lines; REVIEW; Rice; trends; China; China, People's Rep; Hybrid rice; inter-subspecies; molecular marker-assisted selection; quantitative trait loci; cytoplasmic male sterility; DNA marker

BACKGROUND: China has been successful in breeding hybrid rice strains, but is now facing challenges to develop new hybrids with high-yielding potential, better grain quality, and tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. This paper reviews the most significant advances in hybrid rice breeding in Chi...