Figure 5: Panicle shape in wild rice (open panicles) (IMAGE)

Kobe University

Figure 5: Panicle shape in wild rice (open panicles)

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When wild rice produces seeds, the panicles open to allow the seeds (i.e. grains of rice) to be efficiently shattered. On the other hand, the panicles on cultivated rice are closed.

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Plant Breeding Lab. Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University

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