The semi-dwarfing gene Rht-dp from dwarf polish wheat (Triticum polonicum L.) is the "Green Revolution” gene Rht-B1b

Abstract Background The wheat dwarfing gene increases lodging resistance, the grain number per spike and harvest index. Dwarf Polish wheat (Triticum polonicum L., 2n = 4x = 28, AABB, DPW), initially collected from Tulufan, Xinjiang, China, carries a semi-dwarfing gene Rht-dp on chromosome 4BS. Howev...

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Main Authors: Songyue Chai, Qin Yao, Xu Zhang, Xue Xiao, Xing Fan, Jian Zeng, Lina Sha, Houyang Kang, Haiqin Zhang, Jun Li, Yonghong Zhou, Yi Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-07367-x