Evidence for the emergence of new rice types of interspecific hybrid origin in West African farmers' fields.

In West Africa two rice species (Oryza glaberrima Steud. and Oryza sativa L.) co-exist. Although originally it was thought that interspecific hybridization is impossible without biotechnological methods, progenies of hybridization appear to occur in farmer fields. AFLP analysis was used to assess ge...

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Main Authors: Edwin Nuijten, Robbert van Treuren, Paul C Struik, Alfred Mokuwa, Florent Okry, Béla Teeken, Paul Richards
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2752159?pdf=render