title: Rice plant development: from zygote to spikelet.
abstract: Rice is becoming a model plant in monocotyledons and a model cereal crop. For better understanding of the rice plant, it is essential to elucidate the developmental programs of the life cycle. To date, several attempts have been made in rice to categorize the developmental processes of some organs into substages. These studies are based exclusively on the morphological and anatomical viewpoints. Recent advancement in genetics and molecular biology has given us new aspects of developmental processes. In this review, we first describe the phasic development of the rice plant, and then describe in detail the developmental courses of major organs, leaf, root and spikelet, and specific organs/tissues. Also, for the facility of future studies, we propose a staging system for each organ.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-865 Japan.
authors.forename: Jun-Ichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Ken-Ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nonomura
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamaki
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inukai
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamagishi
authors.forename: Hidemi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kitano
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagato
mesh_terms: D035264:Flowers / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D008540:Meiosis; D008954:Models, Biological; D012275:Oryza / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D018514:Plant Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D012098:Reproduction; D015053:Zygote / Q000254:growth & development