@Article{phyton.2020.08093,
AUTHOR = {Xiaohong Yin, Hengdong Zhang, Jiana Chen, Ruichun Zhang, Longsheng Liu, Min Huang, Guanghui Chen, Yingbin Zou},
TITLE = {Performance of Soft Rice (<i>Oryza sativa L</i>.) Grown in Early Season in China},
JOURNAL = {Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany},
VOLUME = {89},
YEAR = {2020},
NUMBER = {1},
PAGES = {97--102},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/phyton/v89n1/38402},
ISSN = {1851-5657},
ABSTRACT = {Eating quality is of paramount importance to rice (<i>Oryza sativa</i> L.) 
consumers and soft rice with low amylose content has become popular in China. 
This study was conducted to evaluate the performance of soft rice grown in the 
early season (ES) dominated by non-soft rice. Field experiments were conducted 
in Yongan and Santang, Hunan Province, China from 2016-2018. Results 
showed that grain amylose content in soft rice cultivars was consistently lower in 
the ES compared to the late season (LS). The lower grain amylose content in the 
ES compared to the LS was partly attributed to higher average daily mean 
temperature during grain filling. No significant relationship was observed 
between grain yield and seed amylose content in ES rice. Soft rice cultivars 
produced a similar average grain yield to non-soft rice cultivars in the ES. These 
results encourage breeders to develop more ES rice cultivars with soft texture to 
meet the consumer demand for this type of rice.},
DOI = {10.32604/phyton.2020.08093}
}