Genetic and Cytological Analyses of the Natural Variation of Seed Number per Pod in Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)

Seed number is one of the key traits related to plant evolution/domestication and crop improvement/breeding. In rapeseed germplasm, the seed number per pod (SNPP) shows a very wide variation from several to nearly 30; however, the underlying causations/mechanisms for this variation are poorly known....

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Published in:	Frontiers in Plant Science
Main Authors:	Yuhua Yang, Ying Wang, Jiepeng Zhan, Jiaqin Shi, Xinfa Wang, Guihua Liu, Hanzhong Wang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Subjects:	Brassica napus seed number per pod maternal effect embryo effect cytoplasm effect ovule number
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.01890/full