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Root related traits

Prof Antonio Costa de Oliveira, Prof Scott Jackson

  1. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a monocot model crop for cereal molecular biology. Following the emergence of molecular genetics of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis in model legumes in the 1990s, studies on rice g...

    Authors: Tomomi Nakagawa and Haruko Imaizumi-Anraku
    Citation: Rice 2015 8:32
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  2. Iron toxicity is a root related abiotic stress, occurring frequently in flooded soils. It can affect the yield of rice in lowland production systems. This toxicity is associated with high concentrations of red...

    Authors: Taciane Finatto, Antonio Costa de Oliveira, Cristian Chaparro, Luciano C da Maia, Daniel R Farias, Leomar G Woyann, Claudete C Mistura, Adriana P Soares-Bresolin, Christel Llauro, Olivier Panaud and Nathalie Picault
    Citation: Rice 2015 8:13
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  3. Root growth angle (RGA) is an important trait that influences the ability of rice to avoid drought stress. DEEPER ROOTING 1 (DRO1), which is a major quantitative trait locus (QTL) for RGA, is responsible for the ...

    Authors: Yusaku Uga, Yuka Kitomi, Eiji Yamamoto, Noriko Kanno, Sawako Kawai, Tatsumi Mizubayashi and Shuichi Fukuoka
    Citation: Rice 2015 8:8
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  4. Rice production faces the challenge to be enhanced by 50% by year 2030 to meet the growth of the population in rice-eating countries. Whereas yield of cereal crops tend to reach plateaus and a yield is likely ...

    Authors: Nourollah Ahmadi, Alain Audebert, Malcolm J Bennett, Anthony Bishopp, Antonio Costa de Oliveira, Brigitte Courtois, Abdala Diedhiou, Anne Diévart, Pascal Gantet, Alain Ghesquière, Emmanuel Guiderdoni, Amelia Henry, Yoshiaki Inukai, Leon Kochian, Laurent Laplaze, Mikael Lucas…
    Citation: Rice 2014 7:29
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  5. In this review, we report on the recent developments made using both genetics and functional genomics approaches in the discovery of genes controlling root development in rice. QTL detection in classical bipar...

    Authors: Chung D Mai, Nhung TP Phung, Huong TM To, Mathieu Gonin, Giang T Hoang, Khanh L Nguyen, Vinh N Do, Brigitte Courtois and Pascal Gantet
    Citation: Rice 2014 7:30
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