摘要
In commemoration of the publication of Professor Yuan Longping’s article,‘‘Rice Male Sterility',Chinese Science Bulletin produced a special issue on hybrid rice for its 50th anniversary[1].This special issue reviewed and summarized all breakthroughs,achievements,and research progress made in the last 50 years for hybrid rice in China.From the simple concept of using male sterility to explore heterosis in rice,hybrid rice development
In commemoration of the publication of Professor Yuan Longping＇s article, ＂Rice Male Sterility＂, Chinese Science Bulletin produced a special issue on hybrid rice for its 50th anniversary [1 ]. This special issue reviewed and summarized all breakthroughs, achievements, and research progress made in the last 50 years for hybrid rice in China. From the simple concept of using male sterility to explore heterosis in rice, hybrid rice development has undergone significant advancement. After the discovery of wild abortive rice plants in 1970 [2], different sources of cytoplasmic male sterility have been identified and exploited with the relation- ship between male sterility and its corresponding maintainer and restorer lines intensively studied at genetic, morphological, and cellular levels. As a result, the hybrid rice system of three-lines was completed in indica and japonica rice varieties and successfully applied to rice production.
