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Distinct mechanisms for aerenchyma formation in leaf sheaths of rice genotypes displaying a quiescence or escape strategy for flooding tolerance.
Annals of botany - 1 Jun 2011
Parlanti S, Kudahettige N P, Lombardi L, Mensuali-Sodi A, Alpi A, Perata P, Pucciariello C
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Rice is one of the few crops able to withstand periods of partial or even complete submergence. One of the adaptive traits of rice is the constitutive presence and further development of aerenchyma which enables oxygen to be transported to submerged organs. The development of lysigenous aerenchyma is promoted by ethylene accumulating within the submerged plant tissues, although other...
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