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Mechanisms associated with tolerance to flooding during germination and early seedling growth in rice (Oryza sativa).
Annals of botany - 1 Jan 2009
Ismail Abdelbagi M, Ella Evangelina S, Vergara Georgina V, Mackill David J
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Flooding slows seed germination, imposes fatalities and delays seedling establishment in direct-seeded rice. This study describes responses of contrasting rice genotypes subjected to flooding or low oxygen stress during germination and discusses the basis of tolerance shown by certain cultivars. METHODS: In one set of experiments, dry seeds were sown in soil and either watered normally or...
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