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A soilless culture system is described whereby all the necessary steps of raising rice seedlings, including seeding, surface-sterilization, germination and growing of seedlings, can be conveniently achieved within a small plastic container. The system is especially suited for experiments with massive number of entries and can e.g. be used for screening of rice genotypes for salt tolerance.
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Wong, CK., Woo, SC. A novel procedure for raising rice seedlings and its potential application for mass-screening of rice strains for salt tolerance. Euphytica 36, 467–471 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00041489
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00041489