High quality male sterile Lines of Rice bred in Fujian

The breeding of rice male sterile line Jingfu 4A, a key scientific and technological project undertaken by Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Tel: 0591mur7884771), passed the technical appraisal organized by Fujian Department of Science and Technology on June 28, 2004.

Jingfu 4A has the advantages of early ripening stage, stable sterile shape of plant leaves, excellent quality, especially excellent rice milling quality and appearance quality, good flowering habits, high stigma exposure rate and strong field performance. The seven indexes of milled rice rate, head rice rate, chalky grain rate, chalkiness, transparency, alkali elimination value and protein content reached the first class standard of high quality rice, while the two indexes of brown rice rate and grain length reached the second grade standard of high quality rice. According to experts, the chalky grain rate has reached the first-class standard issued by the Ministry, which is one of the few male sterile lines identified in the country.