Research Progress on Cloning and Functional Analysis of Plant Height Genes in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

doi:10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.2013-2617

Abstract

Abstract: Plant height is an important agronomic trait in rice. In recent years, with the continuous improvement of molecular biology techniques, many previously reported and newly identified rice plant height genes have been cloned, and conducted in-depth functional studies. The results indicated that hormones had been playing key roles in regulating rice plant height, while gibberellin, brassinosteroid and strigolactones having the greatest effect. The regulation process involved hormone synthesis and signaling pathways and interactions between hormones. Meanwhile, other regulatory pathways also existed, which showed that rice plant height morphogenesis was a complex physiological process. This paper places functions of rice plant height genes as the priority, and introduces the research progress on this area in recent years at home and abroad.

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