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Identification of heat-tolerant germplasm and elucidation of heat tolerance mechanisms in polyploid rice.
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry · · Journal Article · Open access
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Polyploid rice line HD441 shows significantly higher heat tolerance than HD477, with a 20% higher survival rate and more stable chloroplast structure under heat stress.
- Why it matters: Understanding heat tolerance mechanisms in rice is crucial as heat stress increasingly limits rice production globally, and polyploid rice may offer breeding advantages.
- What they did: Researchers evaluated 40 neo-tetraploid rice lines at the seedling stage, focusing on cytological, physiological, transcriptomic, and metabolo-transcriptomic analyses of high- and low-tolerance lines.
- The result: HD441 maintained stable root structure, antioxidant enzyme activity, and chloroplast integrity, with upregulated photosynthesis and flavonoid biosynthesis pathways, providing insights into heat stress regulation in polyploid rice.
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