Publications by authors named "Yu-Chun Rao"
The basic premise of high yield in rice is to improve leaf photosynthetic efficiency and coordinate the source-sink relationship in rice plants. Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) related to morphological traits and chlorophyll content of rice leaves were detected at the stages of heading to maturity, and a major QTL (qLSCHL4) related to flag leaf shape and chlorophyll content was detected at both stages in recombinant inbred lines constructed using the indica rice cultivar 93-11 and the japonica rice cultivar Nipponbare. Map-based cloning and expression analysis showed that LSCHL4 is allelic to NAL1, a gene previously reported in narrow leaf mutant of rice.
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- - The study addresses the need for improved rice yields due to increasing global population and decreasing farmland, focusing on a popular super hybrid rice variety, Liang-You-Pei-Jiu.
- - Researchers resequenced core recombinant inbred lines and created a detailed linkage map, identifying 43 quantitative trait loci (QTL) linked to yield, with 20 being unique to this study.
- - The study successfully fine-mapped two specific QTL, qSN8 and qSPB1, leading to the identification of candidate genes, and established a foundation for future molecular breeding efforts in rice.