Agrochemical Controls Flowering in New Rice Strain (IMAGE)

University of Tokyo

Agrochemical Controls Flowering in New Rice Strain

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A new rice strain flowers only when administered Routine or Oryzemate, a common agrochemical developed to fight fungal disease. Unsprayed plants, on left, did not flower, while the ones administered the chemicals, on right, flowered 35 days after they were sprayed.

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2017 Takeshi Izawa.

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