The parthenogenic rice plants of various rice varieties (combinations) have been successfully induced by TAM agent since 1992. The offsprings of these induced plants were developed with normal pedigree selection in 1992～1996. Many new rice lines have been bred. These lines are high yielding,good in quality and resistant to several diseases. The results showed that TAM was the most effective agent for inducing rice parthenogenesis, Concentrations and treatment time of TAM agent and rice varieties all affected the effeciency of induction. Treatm...
