New rice varieties with low levels of easy-to-digest protein, 'LGC-Katsu' and 'LGC-Jun'

Breeding Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-105

  Nishimura, Minoru ^a   Kusaba, Makoto ^a   Miyahara, Kenzo ^a   Nishio, Takeshi ^b   Iida, Shuichi ^c   Imbe, Tokio ^d   Sato, Hiroyuki ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CROP SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Dietary food; Low globulin; Low glutelin; Mutation breeding; Rice; Seed storage protein

Indexed keywords

EID: 15744365510     PISSN: 13447610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.55.103     Document Type: Article

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