A dominant semi—dwarf mutant in rice

In the winter of 1997, a semi-dwarf mutant was found inthe F6 population of M9056/ R8018 xuan in HainanProvince. In the spring of 1998, the seeds were sown inHefei, Anhui Province and the plant height of the popula-tion was measured at maturity. Results showed that29. 4% of the plants had the same height as the high par-ent had, and 70. 6% remained semi-dwarf. In the winterof 1998, the reciprocal crosses between the remained se-mi-dwarf line and the two wild-type parental lines were