Plastic transport systems of rice for mineral elements in response to diverse soil environmental changes

Summary Climate change will increase frequency of drought and flooding, which threaten global crop productivity and food security. Rice ( Oryza sativa ) is unique in that it is able to grow in both flooded and upland conditions, which have large differences in the concentrations and chemical forms of mineral elements available to plants. To comprehensively understand the mechanisms of rice for coping with different water status, we performed...