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This study systematically analyzed their allelic distribution across 241 Chinese landrace accessions. Through rigorous PCR-based genotyping and detailed phenotypic characterization, we identified that only approximately 7% of the surveyed landraces carried natural dwarfing alleles, with mutations in the dw3 locus being the most frequently observed. Plant height statistics and genotyping of F2 plants, whose parents were 8R252 (tall accession) and 8R387 (dwarf accession), demonstrated that dw3 exerted the most pronounced effect on plant height reduction. Importantly, we discovered significant epistatic effects in double-recessive combinations, with the dw1dw3 genotype showing particularly strong height reduction. 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