A simple method for squeezing juice from rice stems and its use in the high-throughput analysis of sugar content in rice stems

Sugar content in rice (Oryza sativa L.) stem is an agronomically important trait for rice used in straw silage or whole-crop silage. However, the mechanisms underlying sugar accumulation in rice stems remain unclear, mainly due to the time-consuming method for measuring sugar content. Here, we estab...

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Main Authors: Masaki Okamura, Yoichi Hashida, Tatsuro Hirose, Ryu Ohsugi, Naohiro Aoki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-04-01
Series:Plant Production Science
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1343943X.2015.1128099