Fig. 7

Identification of the DNB of flower development in rice. The DNB scores at 14 sampling time points is shown in the FIGURE. For the black curve, the DNB score increased sharply from the 7th point and reached the peak at the 8th point. The 8th sampling time point annotated by the red star is designated as a critical transition state, which corresponds to the development of specific floral organs (anther and pistil) in rice