Floral traits and flowering behaviors of Malaysia rice cytoplasmic male sterile and maintainer lines and its relationship with out-crossing performance

• Main Authors: Hashim, Shahida, Ding, Phebe, Ismail, Mohd Firdaus, Ramli, Asfaliza
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lismore 2021
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97361/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97361/; https://www.cropj.com/issues2021.html

Rice is a strictly self-pollinating crop. However, in hybrid rice seed production, an effective male sterility system is used to produce hybrid seed in bulk. In hybrid rice system, the pollen grains of cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) are sterile and the female organ of the CMS depends on the fertile...