“…These characters facilitate the distribution of weedy rice seriously impairing the yield of rice grain (Gressel and Valverde, 2009;Prathepha, 2009;Shivrain et al, 2009;Chung and Park, 2010). Direct-seeded rice systems contribute to the spread of weedy rice, which poses a threat to the rice growers in Asian countries including China, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Sri Lanka (Delouche et al, 2007;Varshney and Tiwari, 2008;Prathepha, 2011;Chauhan, 2012;Mansor et al, 2012;Zhang et al, 2012a). Weedy rice has especially caused significant damage in rice growing areas of China where it has reduced the crop yield by approximately 3.4 billion kg (Liang and Qiang, 2011).…”