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Contrasting physiological responses by cultivars of Oryza sativa and O. glaberrima to prolonged submergence.
Annals of botany - 1 Jan 2009
Sakagami Jun-Ichi, Joho Yukiko, Ito Osamu
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Oryza glaberrima is widely grown in flood-prone areas of African river basins and is subject to prolonged periods of annual submergence. The effects of submergence on shoot elongation, shoot biomass, leaf area and CO(2) uptake were studied and compared with those of O. sativa. METHODS: A wide selection of lines of O. sativa and O. glaberrima, including some classified as submergence tolerant,...
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