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Improving The Quality of Rice By Identifying Targets to Restrict Arsenic Accumulation

Objective

Identify genes associated with reduced accumulation of arsenic (As) in rice grains, and determine their association also with resistance to straighthead disease, and with concentration of As in flag leaves before and after grain fill.

Investigators
Pinson S R
Institution
USDA - Agricultural Research Service
Start date
2017
End date
2018
Funding Source
Agricultural Research Service
Project number
6028-21000-010-27R
Accession number
431678
Categories
Heavy Metals
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