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Physiological and anatomical implications of salinity on rice as a semi-aquatic species / by Rachel Predeepa-Javahar

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Predeepa-Javahar, Rachel
Published
Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 116 pages) : illustrations
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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 ...
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ISBN
1443845604 (electronic bk.)
9781443845601 (electronic bk.)
144384098X
9781443840989
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-116).
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