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Rice leaf hydrophobicity and gas films are conferred by a wax synthesis gene (LGF1) and contribute to flood tolerance.
The New phytologist - 1 Jun 2018
Kurokawa Yusuke, Nagai Keisuke, Huan Phung Danh, Shimazaki Kousuke, Qu Huangqi, Mori Yoshinao, Toda Yosuke, Kuroha Takeshi, Hayashi Nagao, Aiga Saori, Itoh Jun-Ichi, Yoshimura Atsushi, Sasaki-Sekimoto Yuko, Ohta Hiroyuki, Shimojima Mie, Malik Al Imran, Pedersen Ole, Colmer Timothy David, Ashikari Motoyuki
Abstract excerpt
Floods impede gas (O2 and CO2 ) exchange between plants and the environment. A mechanism to enhance plant gas exchange under water comprises gas films on hydrophobic leaves, but the genetic regulation of this mechanism is unknown. We used a rice mutant (dripping wet leaf 7, drp7) which does not retain gas films on leaves, and its wild-type (Kinmaze), in gene discovery for this trait. Gene complementation was...
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