Claim · model-written summary
Root cortex diameter had a highly positive indirect effect through stele diameter and late meta-xylem number.
- Taxon
- Rice
Oryza sativat0 - Material
- 268 rice germplasm linese0
- Outcome
- indirect effecte1
- Direction
- positivee1
- Qualifier
- through stele diameter and late meta-xylem numbere1
Not reportedGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingValue
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Verbatim
t0“Rice (Oryza sativa, L.)”
e0“we investigated the association between root anatomical traits with 268 rice germplasm lines”
e1“root cortex diameter recorded highly positive indirect effect through stele diameter and late meta-xylem number”
Title
Association Studies of Root Anatomical Traits for Drought Tolerance in Rice (Oryza sativa, L.)
T. Anandhan; Kadam Niteen; Jagadish S.V. Krishna; et al. Trends in Biosciences/Trends in biosciences 2015
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Association All root anatomical traits were significantly correlated with each other in 268 rice germplasm lines.
- Association Root cross section diameter and root cortex diameter showed a highly significant positive association.
- Association Stele diameter showed a highly significant positive correlation with late meta-xylem diameter.
- Association In path analysis, root cortex diameter had a highly positive direct effect on root cross section diameter.
- Association Stele diameter had a low positive indirect effect via root cortex diameter, late metaxylem diameter and late meta-xylem number.
- Mechanism The authors conclude that root anatomy plays a pivotal role in improving drought tolerance in rice.