GSE3 Novel Hybrid Seed Production System

Tech ID: 24.704

Key Features

• Seed sorting based on size differentiation
• Proven in rice and applicable in other seeded species
• Tractable by mutation or editing of GSE3 alleles

Description

A collaboration between The Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (Beijing) and the China National Rice Research Institute (Hangzhou) has developed a seed-size sorting strategy that enables fully mechanized hybrid rice breeding, and that should be readily applicable in other crop species. 

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Patents

Published: WO/2025/219511

References

Ke Huang et al (2024). Modulation of histone acetylation enables fully mechanized hybrid rice breeding. Nature Plants. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-01720-0