Identification of drought tolerance markers in a diverse population of rice cultivars by expression and metabolite profiling.

Rice provides about half of the calories consumed in Asian countries, but its productivity is often reduced by drought, especially when grown under rain-fed conditions. Cultivars with increased drought tolerance have been bred over centuries. Slow selection for drought tolerance on the basis of phen...

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Main Authors: Thomas Degenkolbe, Phuc T Do, Joachim Kopka, Ellen Zuther, Dirk K Hincha, Karin I Köhl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23717458/pdf/?tool=EBI