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Plant biology: Genetics of high-rise rice

Laurentius A. C. J. Voesenek1 & Julia Bailey-Serres2

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When subject to flooding, deepwater rice survives by shooting up in height. Knowledge of the genetic context of this and other responses to inundation will be a boon in enhancing rice productivity.

Deepwater rice lives up to its name: this variety can outgrow slowly rising floodwaters of up to 4 metres in depth. On page 1026 of this issue, Hattori and colleagues1 describe how they have identified two genes, SNORKEL1 and SNORKEL2, that contribute to this spectacular elongation response.

  1. Laurentius A. C. J. Voesenek is at the Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
    Email: l.a.c.j.voesenek@uu.nl
  2. Julia Bailey-Serres is at the Center for Plant Cell Biology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
    Email: serres@ucr.edu

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