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SUBMITTER: Wang D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5110459 | biostudies-other | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Rice (New York, N.Y.) 20161115 1
<h4>Background</h4>Rice is a temperature-sensitive crop and its production is severely affected by low temperature in temperate and sub-tropical regions. To understand the genetic basis of cold tolerance in rice, we evaluated the cold tolerance at the seedling stage (CTS) of 295 rice cultivars in the rice diversity panel 1 (RDP1), these cultivars were collected from 82 countries.<h4>Results</h4>The evaluations revealed that both temperate and tropical japonica rice cultivars are more tolerant to ...[more]