Root Distribution and Its Impacts on the Drought Tolerance Capacity of Hybrid Rice in the Sichuan Basin Area of China

Drought is one of the major factors limiting rice yield worldwide. A total of 46 hybrid rice varieties were chosen to investigate their root distribution and their response to drought. A field experiment was carried out in a dry shed building to evaluate the drought tolerance capacity of hybrid rice...

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Main Authors: Xuechun Wang, Naseem Samo, Lamei Li, Mengran Wang, Muslim Qadir, Kaifeng Jiang, Jian Qin, Fahd Rasul, Guotao Yang, Yungao Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-02-01
Series:Agronomy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/9/2/79