Two-line hybrid rice theory and technology

Author: Lu Xinggui
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Publishing Date: 2001-05-01
Features: This book is one of the "863" Biotechnology Series, compiling the research achievements of two-line hybrid rice in China over the past 20 years since the discovery of light-sensitive nuclear sterile rice in 1981. The main contents include: the fertility conversion characteristics, genetic patterns, and molecular biological basis of light- and temperature-sensitive nuclear sterile rice; the genetics and molecular biological basis of rice broad-compatibility; the photothermal ecology of light- and temperature-sensitive male sterility and two-line hybrid rice; breeding techniques for light- and temperature-sensitive nuclear sterile lines and two-line hybrid rice combinations; reproduction techniques for light- and temperature-sensitive nuclear sterile lines and hybrid rice seed production techniques; cultivation physiology and techniques for two-line hybrid rice. It also provides detailed discussions on relevant technical issues of two-line subspecies hybrid rice breeding and super hybrid rice breeding in recent years. Additionally, it briefly introduces the characteristics and traits of light- and temperature-sensitive nuclear sterile lines and two-line hybrid rice combinations used in production, along with a chronology of major events in two-line hybrid rice research and development and summaries of important conferences. This book is the authoritative monograph on the theory and application of light- and temperature-sensitive male sterility in two-line hybrid rice to date. It holds significant reference value for scientific and technological workers engaged in the research and utilization of heterosis in crops. It is also suitable for students and faculty in agricultural science, genetics, breeding, ecology, cultivation, and molecular biology at universities and colleges, as well as supplementary teaching material for master's and doctoral students in related fields.