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The plant response to elevated ozone stress reveals inter-species and intra-species disparity. Ozone-induced crop yield loss is predicted to increase in the future, posing a threat to the world economy. This study aims to evaluate the cultivar specific variation in rice exposed to elevated ozone. Fifteen short-duration rice cultivars were exposed to 50 ppb ozone for 30 days at reproductive stage. The physiological, biochemical, growth and yield traits of all test cultivars were significantly affected in response to elevated ozone. On an average, ozone stress decreased the tiller number by 22.52%, number of effective tillers by 30.43%, 1000 grain weight by 0.62% and straw weight by 23.83% over control. Spikelet sterility increased by 19.26% and linear multiregression 3D model significantly fits the spikelet sterility and photosynthetic traits with the R2 of 0.74 under elevated ozone. Principal Component Analysis with total variance of 57.5% categorized 15 rice cultivars into four major groups, i.e., ozone sensitive (MDU6, TRY(R)2 and ASD16), moderately ozone sensitive (ASD18, ADT43, and MDU5), moderately ozone tolerant (ADT37, ADT(R)45, TPS5, Anna(R)4, PMK(R)3, and ADT(R)48), and ozone tolerant (CO51, CO47, and ADT36). This study indicates that the different responses of rice cultivars to elevated ozone stress through a change in plant physiology, biochemical, growth, and yield traits and the results directed to provide scientific information on plant adaptations to ozone stress and helps in efforts to search ozone tolerant gene for plant breeding.
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Ramya, A., Dhevagi, P., Priyatharshini, S. et al. Response of rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars to elevated ozone stress. Environ Monit Assess 193, 808 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-021-09595-w
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