Background: Plant diurnal rhythms are vital environmental adaptations to coordinate internal physiological responses to alternating day-night cycles. A comprehensive view of diurnal biology has been l
The phenomenon of heterosis describes the increased agronomic performance of heterozygous F1-plants compared to their homozygous parental inbred plants. Heterosis is already manifested during the earl
Root hairs play important roles in the uptake of water and nutrients. The rth6 mutant shows hairless phenotype while the wild-type has normal root hairs. To cloning rth6 gene which disrupt root hair d