An arsenate tolerance gene on chromosome 6 of rice

New Phytologist

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-49

  Dasgupta, Tapash ^a,b   Hossain, Shahid A ^a,c   Meharg, Andrew A ^a   Price, Adam H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic tolerance; Oryza; Oryza glaberrima; Phosphate; QTL; Straighthead

Indexed keywords

ARSENATE; GENETICS;

ORYZA; ORYZA GLABERRIMA;

EID: 3042527523     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01109.x     Document Type: Article

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