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Wild and Cultivated Rice

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The systematics of rice is, as systematists will agree, a matter of more than academic or departmental interest. The improvement of this important cereal depends on its sound classification. To this end the remarks of Dr. D. Chatterjee1 seem to fall short of what is needed.

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DARLINGTON, C. Wild and Cultivated Rice. Nature 160, 756–757 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160756b0

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