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peer-reviewed research article

Rice sterility varies with area and variety

authors

James E. Board, University of California
Maurice L. Peterson, U.C., Davis

publication information

California Agriculture 36(1):6-7. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v036n01p6. January-February 1982.

author affiliations

James E. Board, formerly Post Graduate Research Agronomist, University of California, Davis, is now Assistant Professor of Agronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803. Maurice L. Peterson is Professor, Emeritus, Department of Agronomy and Range Science, U.C., Davis.

abstract

Of the four commercial rice varieties tested for sterility, or blanking, some were more susceptible than others to cold night temperatures.