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The physiological mechanism of a drooping leaf2 mutation in rice.
Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology - 1 Jun 2011
Huang Junli, Che Shugang, Jin Liang, Qin Feng, Wang Guixue, Ma Nana
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Here we characterized a classic rice (Oryza sativa) drooping leaf2 mutant (named dl2). The dl2 allele affects both the midrib development and the total leaf venation pattern. Leaf anatomy results revealed the central vein lacks both clear cells and the adaxial small vascular bundle in dl2 mutant, which seemed to cause the drooping leaf phenotype. The dl2 leaves contain more small veins, and the size of the...
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