The impact of elevated tropospheric ozone on grain quality of hybrid rice: A free-air gas concentration enrichment (FACE) experiment

• Published in: Field crops research Vol. 129; pp. 81 - 89
• Main Authors: Wang, Yunxia, Yang, Lianxin, Han, Yan, Zhu, Jianguo, Kobayashi, Kazuhiko, Tang, Haoye, Wang, Yulong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 11.04.2012
• Subjects: Crops; FACE; Hybrid; Oryza sativa; Ozone; Quality; Hybrid; Oryza sativa; Ozone; FACE; Quality

► The impacts of projected future levels of tropospheric ozone concentration on grain quality of hybrid rice cultivar Shanyou 63 were determined under fully open-air field conditions. ► Ozone exposure enhanced the formation of chalky grains, while increased the head rice percentage. ► Elevated ozone...