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Journal of Agriculture ›› 2021, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (6): 1-5.doi: 10.11923/j.issn.2095-4050.cjas2020-0261

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“Past and Present” of ‘Koshihikari’ Rice Variety

Wang Wumei(), Wang Hui, Zhang Xiaozhong, Du Shiyun()   

  1. Institute of Rice Research, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei 230001, Anhui, China
  • Received:2020-11-30 Revised:2021-02-18 Online:2021-06-20 Published:2021-06-28
  • Contact: Du Shiyun E-mail:2324708517@qq.com;dspi@163.com

Abstract:

‘Koshihikari’ is a short-grain rice variety. It has been promoted in Japan since 1953 and is the favorite rice of Japanese. Even after more than 50 years of widespread planting, it is still the largest variety of rice planted and promoted in Japan due to its excellent rice quality and long-term consumer reputation. To fully understand the breeding process of ‘Koshihikari’ variety and its unique agronomic traits, and control the genomic information of favorable traits, we used the article “Koshihikari: a premium short-grain rice cultivar - its expansion and breeding in Japan” as the main reference for excerpts and translates, sorted out the history of the variety, and put forward thoughts on the current breeding of high-quality rice in China.

Key words: Rice, ‘Koshihikari’, Rice Quality, QTL, Molecular Breeding, Good Quality Variety

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