The invention belongs to the technical field of
biology, and particularly relates to application of a rice OsC3H33
gene to regulation and control of
plant grain sizes. According to the invention, under the background of different rice varieties, the mutants of the osc3h33-1 and the osc3h33-2, which are lack of functions, are successfully obtained. Researches find that the two mutants both have the phenomena that the number of grains per ear is reduced, and the grain length and thousand
grain weight are reduced. Cytological observation shows that the longitudinal
cell width and length of the osc3h33-1 and osc3h33-2 mutants are obviously reduced, the length of the transverse
cell of the osc3h33-1 is not obviously changed, but the width is reduced. When the OsC3H33
mutant is applied to rice, the grains of the two mutants become smaller, and the
cell area becomes smaller, which indicates that the OsC3H33 can adjust the grain size by influencing the
cell expansion under different rice backgrounds, and further influence the thousand
grain weight. In addition, the chalkiness degree of the grains of the
mutant after the OsC3H33
gene is knocked out is obviously increased compared with that of the
wild type.