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Preliminary study on a gravity-insensitive rice mutant.
Journal of Zhejiang University. Science - 1 Feb 2004
Jin Jing, Zhu Cheng, Zhang Hong-xin, Sun Zong-xiu
Abstract excerpt
A gravity-insensitive mutant was isolated from rice (Oryza sativa L. cv. Zhonghua 11) transformed by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. The mutant's shoot growth (prostrate growth) was insensitive to gravity; whereas root growth displayed a normal positive gravitropism. Histological observation of root caps and leaf sheaths indicated that there was no significant difference in the number and size of amyloplasts in cells...
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