β-Sitosterol differentially regulates key metabolites for growth improvement and stress tolerance in rice plants during prolonged UV-B stress

Abstract Background Elevated ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation is potentially deleterious to many organisms specifically crop plants and has become a global challenge. Rice is an exceptionally important staple food which is grown worldwide, and many efforts have been done recently to improve rice varie...

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Main Authors: Raheel Shahzad, Mohamed Ewas, Putri Widyanti Harlina, Shahid Ullah Khan, Pan Zhenyuan, Xinhui Nie, Elsayed Nishawy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-05-01
Series:Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43141-021-00183-6