TY - JOUR AU - Das, Srirupa AU - Sen, Supriya AU - Chakraborty, Anirban AU - Chakraborti, Papia AU - Maiti, Mrinal K. AU - Basu, Asitava AU - Basu, Debabrata AU - Sen, Soumitra K. PY - 2010 DA - 2010/03/02 TI - An unedited 1.1 kb mitochondrial orfB gene transcript in the Wild Abortive Cytoplasmic Male Sterility (WA-CMS) system of Oryza sativa L. subsp. indica JO - BMC Plant Biology SP - 39 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - The application of hybrid rice technology has significantly increased global rice production during the last three decades. Approximately 90% of the commercially cultivated rice hybrids have been derived through three-line breeding involving the use of WA-CMS lines. It is believed that during the 21st century, hybrid rice technology will make significant contributions to ensure global food security. This study examined the poorly understood molecular basis of the WA-CMS system in rice. SN - 1471-2229 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2229-10-39 DO - 10.1186/1471-2229-10-39 ID - Das2010 ER -