Genetic dissection of heading time and its components in rice

Heading time (HT, days from sowing to heading) is an important agronomic trait in rice. Physiologically, HT can be divided into two stages: vegetative growth time (VGT) and reproductive growth time (RGT). A number of studies for mapping QTLs conferring HT in rice have been reported, but none of them has tried to map HT-related QTLs based on their component traits (VGT and RGT). The present study aims to map HT-related QTLs in rice according not...