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Radiocesium Accumulation in Koshiabura (Eleutherococcus sciadophylloides) and Other Wild Vegetables in Fukushima Prefecture
Wild vegetables naturally grow in the mountains, and their new buds and leaves are routinely eaten by local residents. In Fukushima, wild vegetables are more contaminated than agricultural products because mos...
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Transfer of Radiocesium to Rice in Contaminated Paddy Fields
Rice contaminated with high concentrations of radiocesium was found in some local areas after the nuclear accident in Fukushima Prefecture in 2011. Here we discuss the issues of cultivating rice in contaminate...
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Radiocesium Absorption by Rice in Paddy Field Ecosystems
Although most of the radiocesium fallout that deposited in paddy fields after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011 was expected to be bound to clay in the soil resulting in a very low soil-to-plant tra...
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Identification of QTLs controlling rice drought tolerance at seedling stage in hydroponic culture
‘Drought avoidance’ and ‘drought tolerance’ are two mechanisms by which plants adapt under water stress. These mechanisms are difficult to evaluate separately in field experiments. Using hydroponic culture, we...
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Regulation and a conserved intron sequence of liguleless3/4 knox class-I homeobox genes in grasses
The nine class-I maize (Zea mays L.) knox genes are putative transcription factors normally expressed in shoot apices, but not in leaves. knotted1 (kn1) seems to function in shoot apical meristem maintenance, and
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Promotion of leaf sheath growth by gibberellic acid in a dwarf mutant of rice
The mechanism of gibberellin (GA)-induced leaf sheath growth was examined using a dwarf mutant of rice (Oryza sativa L. cv. Tan-ginbozu) treated in advance with an inhibitor of GA biosynthesis. Gibberellic acid ...
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Rice phloem thioredoxin h has the capacity to mediate its own cell-to-cell transport through plasmodesmata
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) phloem sieve tubes contain RPP13-1, a thioredoxin h protein that moves around the plant via the translocation stream. Such phloem-mobile proteins are thought to be synthesized in the compa...
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Morphology and anatomy of rice roots with special reference to coordination in organo- and histogenesis
Rice belongs to monocotyledon which is characterized by having a so-called fibrous root system. Such root system is built up with seminal and nodal roots with numerous lateral roots. Morphology and anatomy of ...
