Physiological and metabolic responses to anoxia were compared for aerobically germinated seedlings of
barley (Hordeum vulgare)oat (Avena sativa) and rice (Oryza sativa)Coleoptile growth of barley, oat and
rice seedlings was suppressed by 24 h-anoxic stress, but the growth of the rice coleoptiles was much
greater than that of the barley and oat coleoptiles. ATP concentration in the anoxic rice coleoptiles was