We wish to thank the China Scholarship Council (CSC) of the Ministry of Education in China for accepting the senior author in the “Sandwich” Doctoral Degree Training program at IRRI. Financial support was partially provided by the Ministry of Science and Technology in China (Project No. 2009CB118603 and 2006BAD02A13-3-4 ).
机构署名：
本校为第一机构
院系归属：
农学院
摘要：
Tillering ability is one of the most important traits of the rice plant because it plays a major role in determining grain yield. However, it is not clear whether rice yield potential could be further increased if unproductive tillers were reduced or eliminated. Two field experiments were conducted to determine the effects of tiller reduction on plant growth and grain yield in two varieties with different tillering ability. Two methods were used to reduce tillers: the first was the removal of tillers manually at different crop growth stages and...
