“…For the majority of them, indica varieties have been crossed with japonica varieties (Wan et al, 2004;Ebitani et al, 2005;Takai et al, 2007;Suralta et al, 2008). Using these materials, much genetic information on productivity has been stocked (e.g., Li et al, 1997;Ishimaru et al, 2001;Yue et al, 2006;Madoka et al, 2008;Takai et al, 2010;Ujiie et al, 2012;Ujiie and Ishimaru, 2013).…”