Author : Rachel Predeepa-Javahar
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443845604
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)
Book Synopsis Physiological and Anatomical Implications of Salinity on Rice as a Semi-Aquatic Species by : Rachel Predeepa-Javahar
Download or read book Physiological and Anatomical Implications of Salinity on Rice as a Semi-Aquatic Species written by Rachel Predeepa-Javahar and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-16 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rice is a well-established salt-sensitive cereal crop and is the second most widely grown and consumed food crop worldwide. It is also a semi-aquatic cereal crop. The rice plant has many adaptations for surviving the aquatic environment, which include the development of specialised roots called adventitious roots, increase in aerenchymal area, increase in the number of roots, reduction of laterals, stunted growth, thickening of the apoplastic barrier in the roots and induction of the ‘radial oxygen loss (ROL) barrier’. How these adaptations respond to salinity is a question that has been least explored, and is addressed in this book. A number of interesting findings on the response of the plant to salinity under stagnant deoxygenated conditions (waterlogged conditions for performing laboratory level studies were established using hydroponics) were compared to the normal way of growing rice plants using hydroponics (fully aerated solutions). The purpose of this study is to give a precise representation of the response of rice plants to salt stress under its natural environment.