Characterization and mapping of a spotted leaf mutant in rice (Oryza sativa)

Spotted leaf mutant belongs to a class of mutants that can produce necrotic lesions spontaneously in plants without any attack by pathogens. These mutants have no beneficial effect on plant productivity but provide a unique opportunity to study programmed cell death in plant defense responses. A nov...

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Main Authors: Xue Xu, Lili Zhang, Binmei Liu, Yafeng Ye, Yuejin Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2014-06-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572014000300013&lng=en&tlng=en