A critical role of stable grain filling rate in maximizing rice yield revealed by whole plant carbon nitrogen interaction modeling
T.-G. Chang, Z.-W. Wei, Z. Shi, Y. Xiao, H. Zhao, S. Chang, M. Qu, Q. Song, F. Chen, F. Miao, X.-G. Zhu
This study develops a whole-plant carbon nitrogen interaction model to show that a stable grain filling rate from flowering to harvest maximizes rice yield, validated in high-yielding cultivars.
bioRxiv · Oct 6, 2020Plant Biology