• KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.420-427
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• 1995

This study was carried out to investigate heterosis in photosynthetic characteristics and yield of F$_1$ hybrid rice using genetic cytoplasmic male sterile lines. Two F$_1$ hybrid rices, HR7028A/Yongmoonbyeo and IR54756A/Yongmoonbyeo, showed heterobeltiosis in dry weight and leaf area at the heading date and at the 20 day after heading. HR7028A/Yongmoonbyeo showed heterobeltiosis and IR54756A/Yongmoonbyeo showed heterosis in chlorophyll content and RuDPCase activity in flag leaf, T-sugar and starch content in stem, and $CO_2$ fixation at the 20 day after heading as well as at the heading date. HR7028A/Yongmoonbyeo showed heterobeltiosis in number of panicles and grains per panicle, and IR54756A/Yongmoonbyeo had heterobeltiosis in number of panicles per plant. As results, heterobeltiosis of HR7028A/Yongmoonbyeo in yield was 11% and that of IR54756A/Yongmoonbyeo was 4%.