Wild rice Oryza alta plants are allotetraploids having CCDD genomes. Oryza alta is distinguished from Oryza latifolia by its large seed and wide leaf width, but these characters are expressed in conti
Modern cultivated rice (Oryza sativa) as one of the most important staple cereals are all diploid, and polyploidization of rice is long-desired for superior advantages in increasing yield, genome buff
Oryza alta Swallen is an allotetraploid perennial wild rice and contains CCDD genome, which may harbor favorable genes for the enrichment of genetic resource. A new wild rice line, Huaye 5, was develo