A rice genic male-sterility gene is recessive and has a pleiotropic effect on the chalky endosperm. a chalky endosperm. Our results suggest that UGPase1 plays a key role in pollen development as well as seed carbohydrate metabolism. and showed that it was recessive and associated with the chalky endosperm character. They suggested that this gene… Continue reading A rice genic male-sterility gene is recessive and has a pleiotropic