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Genome-wide gene expression profiling of introgressed indica rice alleles associated with seedling cold tolerance improvement in a japonica rice background.
BMC genomics - 7 Sept 2012
Zhang Fan, Huang Liyu, Wang Wensheng, Zhao Xiuqin, Zhu Linghua, Fu Binying, Li Zhikang
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Rice in tropical and sub-tropical areas is often subjected to cold stress at the seedling stage, resulting in poor growth and yield loss. Although japonica rice is generally more cold tolerant (CT) than indica rice, there are several favorable alleles for CT exist in indica that can be used to enhance CT in rice with a japonica background. Genome-wide gene expression profiling is an efficient way to...
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