Hybrid breeding plays an important role in increasing crop yields by taking advantage of hybrid vigor,which helps crops grow with superior yields across various climates and contributes to ensuring secure food product...Hybrid breeding plays an important role in increasing crop yields by taking advantage of hybrid vigor,which helps crops grow with superior yields across various climates and contributes to ensuring secure food production.Hybrid seed production is relatively straightforward and simple in cross-pollinating plants such as maize but is difficult in self-pollinating plants such as rice,wheat,and soybean.Therefore,breeders have developed a three-line breeding strategy,utilizing a sterile line,a maintainer line,and a restorer line,for breeding hybrid rice(Figure 1A;Yuan,1966).展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32388201)the National Key Research and Development Program(2022YFF1002802)the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China,the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Precision Seed Design and Breeding,XDA24020102) and the New Cornerstone Science Foundation through the New Cornerstone Investigator Program.
文摘Hybrid breeding plays an important role in increasing crop yields by taking advantage of hybrid vigor,which helps crops grow with superior yields across various climates and contributes to ensuring secure food production.Hybrid seed production is relatively straightforward and simple in cross-pollinating plants such as maize but is difficult in self-pollinating plants such as rice,wheat,and soybean.Therefore,breeders have developed a three-line breeding strategy,utilizing a sterile line,a maintainer line,and a restorer line,for breeding hybrid rice(Figure 1A;Yuan,1966).
