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Influence of the soil physical environment on rice ( Oryza sativa L.) response to drought stress and its implications for drought research by Cairns, J.E., Impa, S.M., O’Toole, J.C., Jagadish, S.V.K., Price, A.H.

“…► Soil strength is often overlooked in root research for drought-prone environment. ► Large variation in soil strength within rainfed rice areas and…”
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Investigating early vigour in upland rice ( Oryza sativa L.): Part I. Seedling growth and grain yield in competition with weeds by Namuco, O.S., Cairns, J.E., Johnson, D.E.

“…Rapid seedling growth of rice is reported to be associated with improved ability to tolerate weed competition, which is a major constraint in direct-seeded…”
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Mapping quantitative trait loci associated with root growth in upland rice ( Oryza sativa L.) exposed to soil water-deficit in fields with contrasting soil properties by Cairns, J.E., Audebert, A., Mullins, C.E., Price, A.H.

“…A mapping population of 114 lines from Bala × Azucena was grown under drought stress at two field sites with contrasting soil physical properties. Drought was…”
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Investigating early vigour in upland rice ( Oryza sativa L.): Part II. Identification of QTLs controlling early vigour under greenhouse and field conditions by Cairns, J.E., Namuco, O.S., R.Torres, Simborio, F.A., Courtois, B., Aquino, G.A., Johnson, D.E.

“…Early vigour is an important characteristic for direct-seeded rice systems. The genetic control of early vigour was studied using a population of 129 backcross…”
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Effect of soil mechanical impedance on root growth of two rice varieties under field drought stress by Cairns, J.E, Audebert, A, Townend, J, Price, A.H, Mullins, C.E

“…Two upland rice varieties, Azucena and Bala, were screened for root growth under droughted and irrigated treatments in two field sites at the West Africa Rice…”
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Identification of deletion mutants with improved performance under water-limited environments in rice ( Oryza sativa L.) by Cairns, J.E., Acuna, T.L. Botwright, Simborio, F.A., Dimayuga, G., Praba, M. Lakshmi, Leung, H., Torres, R., Lafitte, H.R.

“…Rice ( Oryza sativa L.) is a semi-aquatic member of the grass family that is poorly adapted to dry environments and has greater sensitivity to water-deficits…”
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Genome-enabled prediction of genetic values using radial basis function neural networks by González-Camacho, J. M, de los Campos, G, Pérez, P, Gianola, D, Cairns, J. E, Mahuku, G, Babu, R, Crossa, J

“…The availability of high density panels of molecular markers has prompted the adoption of genomic selection (GS) methods in animal and plant breeding. In GS,…”
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Prediction of grain yield using reflectance spectra of canopy and leaves in maize plants grown under different water regimes by Weber, V.S., Araus, J.L., Cairns, J.E., Sanchez, C., Melchinger, A.E., Orsini, E.

“…► Grain yield of maize testcrosses grown under different water and temperature regimes was predicted using spectral reflectance. ► Accuracy of grain yield…”
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Identification of Physiological Traits Underlying Cultivar Differences in Drought Tolerance in Rice and Wheat by Praba, M.L, Cairns, J.E, Babu, R.C, Lafitte, H.R

“…Rice is used as a model cereal to study drought response at the molecular level, with the goal of applying results to other cereals. To assess the relevance of…”
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Towards a harmonised European bord test by CAIRNS, J.E, PLIZZARI, G.A

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Temperature-sensitive mutants of vesicular stomatitis virus. II. Evidence of defective polymerase by Cormack, D V, Holloway, A F, Wong, P K, Cairns, J E

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