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Lowland rice: high-end submergence tolerance

  1. R. Sasidharan1,2,
  2. L. A. C. J. Voesenek1,2,*

Article first published online: 4 FEB 2013

DOI: 10.1111/nph.12148

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New Phytologist

New Phytologist

Volume 197, Issue 4, pages 1029–1031, March 2013

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Sasidharan, R. and Voesenek, L. A. C. J. (2013), Lowland rice: high-end submergence tolerance. New Phytologist, 197: 1029–1031. doi: 10.1111/nph.12148

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  1. 1

    Plant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, CH Utrecht, the Netherlands;

  2. 2

    Centre for Biosystems Genomics, PD Wageningen, the Netherlands

*(Author for correspondence: tel +31 30 2536849; email L.A.C.J.Voesenek@uu.nl)

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