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Development of submergence-tolerant rice cultivars: the Sub1 locus and beyond.
Annals of botany - 1 Jan 2009
Septiningsih Endang M, Pamplona Alvaro M, Sanchez Darlene L, Neeraja Chirravuri N, Vergara Georgina V, Heuer Sigrid, Ismail Abdelbagi M, Mackill David J
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Submergence is a recurring problem in the rice-producing rainfed lowlands of south and south-east Asia. Developing rice cultivars with tolerance of submergence and with agronomic and quality traits acceptable to farmers is a feasible approach to address this problem. The objectives of this study were to (a) develop mega varieties with Sub1 introgression that are submergence tolerant, (b)...
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