CHINA-AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE-CLUSTERED-SPIKELET RICE (CN)

(240308) -- BEIJING, March 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This undated file photo provided by the Institute of Crop Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences shows the clustered-spikelet rice, a distinctive rice germplasm resource with the characteristic of producing multiple grains from a single position. Chinese scientists have deciphered the genetic basis behind the formation of clustered-spikelet rice, which has been an interest of agricultural science for nearly a century, providing a theoretical basis and a new path for cultivating high-yield rice varieties. TO GO WITH "China Focus: Chinese scientists decipher genetic mystery of clustered-spikelet rice" (Xinhua)