Improvement of Salt Tolerance Using Wild Rice Genes

Improvement of Salt Tolerance Using Wild Rice Genes

Salt stress causes significant reductions in rice production worldwide; thus, improving salt tolerance is a promising approach to meet the increasing food demand. Wild rice germplasm is considered a valuable genetic resource for improving rice cultivars. However, information regarding the improvemen...

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Main Authors: Ruidang Quan, Juan Wang, Jian Hui, Haibo Bai, Xuelian Lyu, Yongxing Zhu, Haiwen Zhang, Zhijin Zhang, Shuhua Li, Rongfeng Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
wild rice
cultivated rice
salt tolerance
QTL
gene introgression
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.02269/full

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