Identification of Rice Leaf Width Gene <i>FLW11</i> Through Genome-Wide Association Study and Functional Analysis

Yang Yulu, Zhang Yanfang, Liu Xiong, Zhang Lihua, Huang Jingfen, Shen Lixing, Zhao Huibo, Shen Lan, Zhang Qiang, Zhu Li, Hu Jiang, Ren Deyong, Gao Zhenyu, Dong Guojun, Qiao Weihua, Qian Qian, Zhang Guangheng

doi:10.1016/j.rsci.2025.06.004

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2025 , Vol. 32 >Issue 6: 756 - 760

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsci.2025.06.004

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Identification of Rice Leaf Width Gene FLW11 Through Genome-Wide Association Study and Functional Analysis

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¹State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China
²College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Hangzhou 321004, China
³Academician Workstation, National Nanfan Research Institute (Sanya), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sanya 572024, China

First author contact:^#These authors contributed equally to this work

Zhang Guangheng (zhangguangheng@126.com);
Qian Qian (qianqian@hotmail.com)

Received date: 2025-03-01

Accepted date: 2025-06-13

Online published: 2025-12-04

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Yang Yulu, Zhang Yanfang, Liu Xiong, Zhang Lihua, Huang Jingfen, Shen Lixing, Zhao Huibo, Shen Lan, Zhang Qiang, Zhu Li, Hu Jiang, Ren Deyong, Gao Zhenyu, Dong Guojun, Qiao Weihua, Qian Qian, Zhang Guangheng . Identification of Rice Leaf Width Gene FLW11 Through Genome-Wide Association Study and Functional Analysis[J]. Rice Science, 2025 , 32(6) : 756 -760 . DOI: 10.1016/j.rsci.2025.06.004

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