Genomic insights into heading date variation of the different maturity types of <i>japonica</i> rice varieties in Jiangsu Province, China

Hongjia Zhang; Jiaqi Tang; Ying Chen; Zuopeng Xu; Qianfeng Li; Shuzhu Tang; Shimin Zuo; Yuebin Wang; Changquan Zhang; Qiaoquan Liu

doi:10.1016/j.jgg.2026.08.010

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Genomic insights into heading date variation of the different maturity types of japonica rice varieties in Jiangsu Province, China

doi: 10.1016/j.jgg.2026.08.010

a. Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education/Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology of Jiangsu Province, College of Agriculture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China;
b. Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops of Jiangsu Province/Yangzhou Modern Seed Innovation Institute, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China

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This study was funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2023YFD1200901), National Natural Science Foundation of China (32230074 and 32472072), the Research Programs from Jiangsu Government (BE2022336, ZSBBL-KY2023-01, PAPD, and Qing Lan Project), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2024M752718), and Jiangsu excellent postdoctoral program (2024ZB441).

Received Date: 2026-05-19
Accepted Date: 2026-08-31
Rev Recd Date: 2026-08-29

Available Online: 2026-09-05

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