Some Accessions of Amazonian Wild Rice (Oryza glumaepatula) Constitutively Form a Barrier to Radial Oxygen Loss along

Masato Ejiri1, Yuto Sawazaki1, Katsuhiro Shiono1

  • 1Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Fukui Prefectural University, 4-1-1 Matsuoka-Kenjojima, Eiheiji, Fukui 910-1195, Japan.

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