DRW1 functions in the DNA damage responses in rice. (A–B) Root morphological characteristics (A) and quantitative analysis of root length (B) of 9-day-old rice seedlings under the indicated HU treatment concentrations. Bar = 2 cm. (C–D) Comet assay (C) and quantitative analysis (D) of 9-day-old ZH11, drw1, ZH11+HU, and drw1+HU seedlings. Blue and red represent DNA strand breaks and complete DNA strand in (C). Bar represents 200 µm in (C). The borders of boxes represent upper and lower quartiles, horizontal lines represent minimum and maximum, and whiskers represent outlier in (D). (E–F) Root morphological characteristics (E) and quantitative analysis of root length (F) of Col and eol1 plants under the indicated HU treatment concentrations. Bar = 2 cm. Data are means ± SD, and n > 25 in (B) and (F), and n > 15 in (D). Student’s two-tailed t test (*, p < 0.05; **, p < 0.01).