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Author Predeepa-Javahar, Rachel

Title Physiological and anatomical implications of salinity on rice as a semi-aquatic species / by Rachel Predeepa-Javahar
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 116 pages) : illustrations
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; SUMMARY; REFERENCES
Summary 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 ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-116)
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Subject Rice.
Rice -- Effect of salt on
Rice -- Water requirements
Hydroponics.
Irrigation.
Plant physiology.
Botany & plant sciences.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science.
Hydroponics
Rice
Rice -- Water requirements
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1443845604
9781443845601