The resilience of rice under water stress will be driven by better roots: Evidence from root phenotyping, physiological, and yield experiments
Rice is the principal food grain crop of the world, grown on over 164 million hectares. Water is an important production constraint in food crops. Till recently, crop breeding efforts have mainly focused on the shoot, whereas most of the major drivers of the yield gap directly influence the root sys...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-12-01
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Series: | Plant Stress |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667064X23000787 |