Flood- intolerant and flood- tolerant rice
Figure 1-20: An Indian farmer with rice variety Swarna that is not tolerant to flooding (left) compared to variety Swarna- sub1 that is tolerant (right). This field was flooded for 10 days. The photo was taken 27 days after the flood waters receded.
[Ismail et al., “The contribution of submergence- tolerant (Sub 1) rice varieties to food security in flood- prone rainfed lowland areas in Asia,” Field Crops Research 152, 2013, 83- 93, © Elsevier ]
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