Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2025, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (10): 2021-2031.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20241079

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Agronomic traits and heterosis in indica-japonica hybrid rice combinations

HUANG Lingling1,2(), YE Jing2, ZHAI Rongrong2, HUANG Qi3, WU Mingming2, ZHU Guofu2, YU Faming2, ZHANG Xiaoming2,3, HAN Jinling1,*(), YE Shenghai2,*()   

  1. 1. College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Qinhuangdao 066000, Hebei, China
    2. Institute of Crop and Nuclear Technology Utilization, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
    3. Huzhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Huzhou 313000, Zhejiang, China
  • Received:2024-12-12 Online:2025-10-25 Published:2025-11-13

Abstract:

In order to clarify the main agronomic traits and heterosis of indica-japonica hybrid rice combinations, 44 hybrid varieties were obtained by combining 22 indica restorer lines and 4 japonica sterile lines, and divided into four sets. Plant height, panicle length, effective panicle number per plant, number of filled grains per panicle, seed setting rate, 1 000-grain weight and yield per plant were analyzed, Yongyou 1540 was used as the control variety. The results revealed that all sets generally exhibited tall plant heights, with excellent performance in terms of the number of effective panicles per plant and 1 000-grain weight, but poor performance in panicle length, number of filled grains per panicle, and seed setting rate.The coefficient of variation of effective panicles per plant, number of filled grains per panicle and yield per plant in all sets were larger. The trait most closely related to yield was the number of effective panicles per plant, followed by the number of filled grains per panicle. Compared with the male parent, the heterosis of effective panicle number per plant was the best, and the panicle length, number of filled grains per panicle and seed setting rate were poor. Compared with the control Yongyou 1540, the heterosis of plant height was the best, and the number of filled grains per panicle, seed setting rate and yield per plant were poor. The results of this study could provide reference for the improvement of indica-japonica hybrid rice varieties.

Key words: indica-japonica rice subspecies, agronomic trait, indica restorer line, japonica sterile line, heterosis

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