On May 1st, according to the Hubei Provincial Department of Science and Technology, after several years of research, Professor Li Yibo’s research group from the National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Life Sciences and Technology, and Hubei Hongshan Laboratory’s rice team at Huazhong Agricultural University has discovered the key gene for rice to resist high temperatures – QT12. It is like a natural “air conditioning system” built into rice, which can ensure the yield and quality of rice under high temperatures. On April 30th, this important research achievement was published in the internationally authoritative journal Cell.
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