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Evaluation of chilling sensitivity in different rice varieties. Relationship between screening procedures applied during germination and vegetative growth

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Rice varieties were screened for chilling tolerance during germination and vegetative growth using different techniques. The effects of temperature during germination were investigated from 10 to 25°C. The screening was most effective at 10°C. Time of data collection has to be considered in order to discriminate slow germinating from chilling sensitive varieties. Chilling survival tests (10°C) applied at the 2-leaf stage revealed that different chilling durations brought complementary results: the longer treatments allowed to identify the most tolerant varieties, while shorter treatments allowed to distinguish intermediate from most sensitive rices. Results of chilling tests applied at the 2- and the 8-leaf stages showed a high correlation. Low-temperature electrolyte leakage and low-temperature fluorescence were also highly correlated to each other and to survival tests applied at the same development stage. By contrast, weak correlations were observed between low-temperature germination and plantlet chilling survival. It is concluded that low-temperature electrolyte leakage and low-temperature fluorescence are good indicators of chilling tolerance during the vegetative growth. The possibility to use a chilling screening procedure applied at this stage in order to predict the chilling tolerance at other development stages is discussed.

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Bertin, P., Kinet, J.M. & Bouharmont, J. Evaluation of chilling sensitivity in different rice varieties. Relationship between screening procedures applied during germination and vegetative growth. Euphytica 89, 201–210 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00034606

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