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Identity of the Rht-11 and Rht-B1e reduced plant height genes

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The Rht (reduced plant height) genes provided a basis for the “green revolution”, which led to a substantial increase in wheat productivity. More than 20 Rht genes are now known in wheat, Rht-B1 and Rht-11 being among the most important ones. Analysis of a segregating F2 population and molecular analysis of the common wheat cultivars carrying the Rht-11 gene showed that the Rht-11 and Rht-B1e genes are identical.

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  1. Molecular Biotechnology Center, Russian State Agrarian University-Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Moscow, 127550, Russia

    M. G. Divashuk & G. I. Karlov

  2. Lukyanenko Krasnodar Research Institute of Agriculture, Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Krasnodar, 350012, Russia

    A. V. Vasilyev & L. A. Bespalova

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Original Russian Text © M.G. Divashuk, A.V. Vasilyev, L.A. Bespalova, G.I. Karlov, 2012, published in Genetika, 2012, Vol. 48, No. 7, pp. 897–900.

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Divashuk, M.G., Vasilyev, A.V., Bespalova, L.A. et al. Identity of the Rht-11 and Rht-B1e reduced plant height genes. Russ J Genet 48, 761–763 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795412050055

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