Use of leaf-color markers is an effective way to ensure hybrid rice seed purity. Moreover, the research of leaf-color mutant genes is also very important in the basic research on chlorophyll biosynthesis, structure, function, inheritance, differentiation, growth and photosynthetic pigment biosynthesis of higher plants. Up to now, more than 163 leaf-color mutants were reported in rice, mainly featured by albino, etiolation, temperature sensitive allochro- masia, brilliant green, evergreen, stripe, turning green and purple in leaf color. There we...