Awned Line and Awnless Cultivar (IMAGE)

Nagoya University

Awned Line and Awnless Cultivar

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Upper: Awned line (GLSL25), Lower: Awnless cultivar (Koshihikari). The cultivated rice which is awnless is easily damaged from sparrows or other animals' predation. Awn works as barrier from seed predation under natural condition.

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Kanako Bessho-Uehara

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