Yongkang Xiao

4 weeks ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Jia Guo |Hongshan Zhang |Mengyu Fan |Yongkang Xiao

Introduction Rice (Oryza sativa) is one of the most important cereal crops in the world, feeding more than half of the global population. Rice yield is a complex trait that depends on productive panicle number per plant, grain number per panicle, and grain weight. Among them, grain number is largely determined by the number of panicle branches, which thus is a main factor affecting the grain yield in rice (Wang and Li, 2011).