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September 27, 2015

Secret unlocked to rice seed survival when underwater
Riverside CA (SPX) Sep 23, 2015
A team of scientists from the University of California, Riverside and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), the Philippines, recently published a study unlocking the secret to just how rice seeds might be able to survive when grown under water. The study, published in the leading scientific journal Nature Plants, identified a gene that controls the availability of sugar to a growing seed shoot--especially when under flooded conditions. "The seed of rice is unusual among crops bec ... read more

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