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Breeding of ozone resistant rice: relevance, approaches and challenges.
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) - 1 Feb 2015
Frei Michael
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Tropospheric ozone concentrations have been rising across Asia, and will continue to rise during the 21st century. Ozone affects rice yields through reductions in spikelet number, spikelet fertility, and grain size. Moreover, ozone leads to changes in rice grain and straw quality. Therefore the breeding of ozone tolerant rice varieties is warranted. The mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL) using bi-parental...
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