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Advanced techniques in rice breeding and germplasm innovation

  • Yifan CHE , 1 ,
  • Kejian WANG 2 ,
  • Yuchun RAO , 1, * ,
  • Yong HUANG , 2, *
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  • 1. College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
  • 2. China National Rice Research Institute, National Key Laboratory of Rice Biological Breeding, Hangzhou 310006, China

Received date: 2024-12-04

  Online published: 2025-06-25

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Yifan CHE , Kejian WANG , Yuchun RAO , Yong HUANG . Advanced techniques in rice breeding and germplasm innovation[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2025 , 43(10) : 31 -43 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2025.03.00106

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