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Cleistogamy (fertilization without flower opening) is a useful trait to suppress outcrossing and to maintain genetic purity of cultivars. In the rice superwoman1-cleistogamy1 (spw1-cls1) mutant, dysfunctional development of lodicules (petal equivalent) causes cleistogamy. In this issue, Ohmori et al. investigated low-temperature responses of the spw1-cls1 cleistogamy caused by alteration of lodicule morphology (This issue, p. 432–441).

(H. Yoshida: Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO)