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To Improve the Integrated Photosynthetic Capacity by Means of Making Hybrid Rice (in English)
Tu Zengping,Lin Xiuzhen,Cai Weijuan,Yao Pingfei,Li Xiaolin,Clanton C. Black,Paul A. Counce
1997, 11(3):
136-140 .
The hybrid rice Le/Qi from crossing US rice Lemont with South China rice Qiguizao possesses improved integrated photosynthetic capacity both in light interception and light conversion efficiency, comparing with its parents, Therefore, give remarkably higher solar energy use efficiency of 53%~62% and 8%-15% than Lemont and Qiguizao, respectively, both in Arkansas of USA and in Guangzhou of China. Extended experiments with 12 hybrid combinations from US rice and South China rice demonstrated that nearly all the hybrids possessed remakably improved integrated photosynthetic capacity, quicker development of leaf area, as indicated by higher biomass production over US parents, and stronger capacity to scavenge toxic free radicals, therefore, giving higher efficiency of photosynthetic energy conversion under high light intensity over South China parents.
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