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A Comparison of the Submergence Response of Deepwater and Non-Deepwater Rice ¹

MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824

Twelve cultivars of rice (Oryza sativa L.), representing deepwater, short-statured, and semidwarf types, were tested for their response to submergence. The magnitude of the response varied between cultivars; however, all cultivars responded to submergence by rapid growth once internodal elongation had started. Three of these cultivars were tested for elongation capacity at four ages. The deepwater rice was capable of rapid internodal elongation in response to submergence at 4 weeks of age. Growth of the short-statured and semidwarf cultivars was not stimulated by submergence until about 10 weeks of age. In air, the internodes of deepwater rice grew slower than did those of the short-statured and semidwarf cultivars. We also investigated the elongation response of stem sections of all 12 cultivars to an atmosphere containing 3% O₂, 6% CO₂, 91% N₂ (all by volume), and 1 microliter per liter ethylene. We found that the response of each of the non-deepwater cultivars was qualitatively and quantitatively similar to that of the deepwater rice.

¹ This research was supported by the National Science Foundation through Grant No. PCM 81-09764 and by the United States Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-76ER01338.

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