Plant genetics articles within Nature Communications

Featured

• Article
  13 September 2011 | Open Access

  Genome-wide association mapping reveals a rich genetic architecture of complex traits in Oryza sativa

  Understanding the genetics and physiology of domesticated species is important for crop improvement. By studying natural variation and the phenotypic traits of 413 diverse accessions of rice, Zhao et al. identify many common genetic variants that influence quantitative traits such as seed size and flowering time.

  • Keyan Zhao
  • , Chih-Wei Tung
  •  & Susan R. McCouch

• Article
  30 November 2010 | Open Access

  New approach for rice improvement using a pleiotropic QTL gene for lodging resistance and yield

  Much effort has been devoted to the generation of rice plants with short stature to improve grain yield and increased resistance to lodging. Through quantitative trait analysis, these authors identify a gene—STRONG CULM2—that confers increased grain yield, culm strength and spikelet number in rice.

  • Taiichiro Ookawa
  • , Tokunori Hobo
  •  & Makoto Matsuoka