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Yield Heterosis

Yield Heterosis is a genetic phenomenon in plant breeding, within the context of hybrid population development and yield potential assessment, characterized by the superior performance of hybrid offspring in terms of grain or biomass production relative to the average or best parental lines, resulting from the increased heterozygosity and favorable allelic interactions.

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Importance of epistasis as the genetic basis of heterosis in an elite rice hybrid

Shan Yu, J. X. Li, Chao Xu et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1997 · 734 citations

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Yield Potential Trends of Tropical Rice since the Release of IR8 and the Challenge of Increasing Rice Yield Potential

Shaobing Peng, Kenneth G. Cassman, S. S. Virmani et al. · Crop Science · 1999 · 668 citations · Full text

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The flowering gene SINGLE FLOWER TRUSS drives heterosis for yield in tomato

Uri Krieger, Zachary B. Lippman, Dani Zamir · Nature Genetics · 2010 · 617 citations

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Genomic architecture of heterosis for yield traits in rice

Xuehui Huang, Yang Shi-hua, Junyi Gong et al. · Nature · 2016 · 565 citations

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Overdominant Epistatic Loci Are the Primary Genetic Basis of Inbreeding Depression and Heterosis in Rice. I. Biomass and Grain Yield

Zhikang Li, Lijun Luo, Hanwei Mei et al. · Genetics · 2001 · 440 citations

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  1. AE
    Albrecht E. Melchinger

    University of Hohenheim, Germany

    17 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. JC
    José Crossa

    Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo, Mexico

    11 publications · 606 citations

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  3. AO
    A. Ordás

    Misión Biológica de Galicia, Spain

    10 publications · 255 citations

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  4. JC
    Jochen C. Reif

    Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK), Germany

    10 publications · 882 citations

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  5. PR
    Pedro Revilla

    Misión Biológica de Galicia, Spain

    9 publications · 206 citations

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  1. University of Hohenheim

    Stuttgart, Germany

    28 h-index

    95 publications

    6.4K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

    Beijing, China

    25 h-index

    239 publications

    15.6K citations

  3. Huazhong Agricultural University

    Wuhan, China

    23 h-index

    189 publications

    21.2K citations

  4. Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo

    Texcoco, Mexico

    21 h-index

    53 publications

    3.8K citations

  5. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    21 h-index

    40 publications

    2.1K citations

  6. China Agricultural University

    Beijing, China

    18 h-index

    126 publications

    6.9K citations

  7. Agricultural Research Service

    Washington, United States

    17 h-index

    29 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. University of Nebraska–Lincoln

    Lincoln, United States

    17 h-index

    28 publications

    2K citations

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  1. Crop Science

    206 publications · 9.3K citations

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  2. Theoretical and Applied Genetics

    42 publications · 3.4K citations

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  3. Euphytica

    60 publications · 2K citations

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  4. Plant Breeding

    36 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. PLoS ONE

    20 publications · 943 citations

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