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Nature 442, 635-636 (10 August 2006) | doi:10.1038/442635a; Published online 9 August 2006
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Plant breeding: Rice in deep water
Takuji Sasaki1
Abstract
Many otherwise productive cultivars of rice suffer badly if immersed in water for long. The identification of a gene variant that confers tolerance to this threat has practical potential.
Like all crops, rice plants of course require water to grow. But you can have too much of a good thing: when excessive water results in prolonged submergence, the effects on rice production can be devastating.
- Takuji Sasaki is at the National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 1-2, Kannondai 2-chome, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan.
Email: tsasaki@nias.affrc.go.jp
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