Sub1A is an ethylene-response-factor-like gene that confers submergence tolerance to rice

Kenong Xu, Xia Xu, Takeshi Fukao, Patrick Canlas, Reycel Maghirang-Rodriguez, Sigrid Heuer, Abdelbagi M. Ismail, Julia Bailey-Serres, Pamela C. Ronald () and David J. Mackill ()
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Kenong Xu: University of California
Xia Xu: University of California
Takeshi Fukao: University of California
Patrick Canlas: University of California
Reycel Maghirang-Rodriguez: International Rice Research Institute
Sigrid Heuer: International Rice Research Institute
Abdelbagi M. Ismail: International Rice Research Institute
Julia Bailey-Serres: University of California
Pamela C. Ronald: University of California
David J. Mackill: International Rice Research Institute

Nature, 2006, vol. 442, issue 7103, 705-708

Abstract: Not taken at the flood In many Asian countries, rice crops are prone to destruction by flooding. Most cultivars of rice, Oryza sativa, die after a week of complete submergence, but a few strains can survive a couple of weeks under water due to a major quantitative trait locus called Submergence 1 (Sub1). A detailed study of the Sub1 genes has now identified one, Sub1A, as the primary determinant of tolerance to submergence. The introduction of Sub1A into a widely grown Asian rice cultivar increases its survival rate in flood conditions without sacrificing its high yield and other good properties.

Date: 2006
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