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Porous borders at the wild-crop interface promote weed adaptation in Southeast Asia.
Nature communications - 21 Feb 2024
Li Lin-Feng, Pusadee Tonapha, Wedger Marshall J, Li Ya-Ling, Li Ming-Rui, Lau Yee-Ling, Yap Soo-Joo, Jamjod Sansanee, Rerkasem Benjavan, Hao Yan, Song Beng-Kah, Olsen Kenneth M
Abstract excerpt
High reproductive compatibility between crops and their wild relatives can provide benefits for crop breeding but also poses risks for agricultural weed evolution. Weedy rice is a feral relative of rice that infests paddies and causes severe crop losses worldwide. In regions of tropical Asia where the wild progenitor of rice occurs, weedy rice could be influenced by hybridization with the wild species. Genomic...
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