Abstract:Four selected lines of rice,designated as API,APⅡ,APⅢ,and APⅣ,exhibited the lines of twin seedlings.The percentages of twin seedlings of them were16.1%,23.4%,32.4% and 5.0% respectively.There were two types of twin seedlings,those with only one-mesocotyl and those with two-mesocotyls.4 crosses we