The ethylene response factors SNORKEL1 and SNORKEL2 allow rice to adapt to deep water

Yoko Hattori, Keisuke Nagai, Shizuka Furukawa, Xian-Jun Song, Ritsuko Kawano, Hitoshi Sakakibara, Jianzhong Wu, Takashi Matsumoto, Atsushi Yoshimura, Hidemi Kitano, Makoto Matsuoka, Hitoshi Mori and Motoyuki Ashikari ()
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Yoko Hattori: Bioscience and Biotechnology Center,
Keisuke Nagai: Bioscience and Biotechnology Center,
Shizuka Furukawa: Bioscience and Biotechnology Center,
Xian-Jun Song: Bioscience and Biotechnology Center,
Ritsuko Kawano: School of Agriculture, Kyushu University
Hitoshi Sakakibara: Plant Science Center, RIKEN, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
Jianzhong Wu: National Institute of Agrobiological Resources
Takashi Matsumoto: National Institute of Agrobiological Resources
Atsushi Yoshimura: School of Agriculture, Kyushu University
Hidemi Kitano: Bioscience and Biotechnology Center,
Makoto Matsuoka: Bioscience and Biotechnology Center,
Hitoshi Mori: Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
Motoyuki Ashikari: Bioscience and Biotechnology Center,

Nature, 2009, vol. 460, issue 7258, 1026-1030

Abstract: SNORKEL beats the monsoon Monsoon season floods in Asia can cause widespread devastation of rice crops. Some strains of rice have adapted to this environmental stress by developing the ability to undergo rapid stem elongation. Normally this type of rice grows to about a metre high, but when flooding occurs, the stem undergoes rapid and dramatic internode elongation and can grow to several metres, according to the water level. Hattori et al. have identified the genes that trigger internode elongation in deepwater rice, called SNORKEL1 and SNORKEL2. They code for transcription factors that regulate signalling of the gaseous phytohormone, ethylene. The introduction of these genes into high yield cultivars could boost rice production in flood prone areas.

Date: 2009
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