[Photosynthetic and water physiological characteristics of weedy rice in northern China].

Weedy rice is an important germplasm source of rice, which has the characteristics of cold-, drought-, and barren tolerance. Taking 88 accessions of weedy rice and 4 varieties of cultivated rice in northern China as test materials, this paper studied the photosynthetic characteristics (photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate, and stomatal conductance), water physiological characteristics, and their interrelationships of weedy rice in northern China. There existed greater differences in the photosynthetic and water physiological characteristics among the weedy rice accessions, possessing abundant diversity.