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Natural variation of drought response in Brachypodium distachyon.
Physiologia plantarum - 1 Jan 2011
Luo Na, Liu Jianxiu, Yu Xiaoqing, Jiang Yiwei
Abstract excerpt
Brachypodium distachyon (Brachypodium) is a temperate wild grass species and is a powerful model system for studying grain, energy, forage and turf grasses. Exploring the natural variation in the drought response of Brachypodium provides an important basis for dissecting the genetic network of drought tolerance. Two experiments were conducted in a greenhouse to assess the drought tolerance of 57 natural...
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