Bin Du¹, Qixia Wu¹, Shuochen Jiang¹, Dingyue Zhang¹, Yue Qiao¹, Yimei Xie², Jianlong Xu^3,*, Jianqiang Zhu^1,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.90, No.2, pp. 437-447, 2021, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2021.012903

Abstract The improvement of grain quality in aromatic rice is very important for farmer to increase their income. Present study was conducted with a two-year field experiment and three aromatic rice cultivars in order to study the effects of exogenous α-ketoglutaric acid on yield formation, grain quality characters and the biosynthesis of 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (2-AP, key component of aromatic rice’s fragrance) in aromatic rice. At heading stage, 0.50 mmol L^–1 (T1) and 1.00 mmol L^–1 (T2) α-ketoglutaric acid solutions were overhead sprinkle to aromatic rice plants, respectively while the treatment which was overhead sprinkled with distilled water was set as control (CK).… More >

LU GAN, XIAOSHU DENG, YAN LIU, ANCAI LUO, JIAO CHEN, JING XIANG, ZHENGWU ZHAO^*

BIOCELL, Vol.44, No.3, pp. 451-459, 2020, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2020.08007

Abstract The present study focused on the segregation of the percentage of grains with chalkiness (PGWC), using Huanghuazhan as the female parent and CS197 as the male parent to construct the hybrid rice F₂ population. Molecular markers were used for genotype analysis among the extremely low and extremely high PGWC individuals from the F₂ population. The results revealed that the genotypes of 10 extremely low PGWC individuals were 80.00% and 3.33%, which is identical to Huanghuazhan and CS197, respectively. The heterozygotes accounted for 16.67%. On the contrary, the genotypes of 10 extremely high PGWC individuals were 37.78% and 32.22%, which is… More >