Molecular Mechanisms Supporting Rice Germination and Coleoptile Elongation Under Low Oxygen

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Journal Plants (Basel)

Date 2020 Aug 23

PMID 32824201

Citations 14

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Chiara Pucciariello

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Abstract

Rice germinates under submergence by exploiting the starch available in the endosperm and translocating sugars from source to sink organs. The availability of fermentable sugar under water allows germination with the protrusion of the coleoptile, which elongates rapidly and functions as a snorkel toward the air above. Depending on the variety, rice can produce a short or a long coleoptile. Longer length entails the involvement of a functional transport of auxin along the coleoptile. This paper is an overview of rice coleoptiles and the studies undertaken to understand its functioning and role under submergence.

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