Author's Organization：Faculty of Agriculture, Nagoya University, Nagoya Chugoku Agricultural Experiment Station, Fukuyama Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Tokyo
A new rice variety "Reimei" was obtained by gamma-ray irradiation of seed of "Fujiminori", a leading variety with long culm in north-eastern district of Japan. This new mutant variety has a characteristic of short culm, reduced by approximately 15cm as compared with the original variety.
