Variation in root penetration ability, osmotic adjustment and dehydration tolerance among accessions of rice adapted to rainfed lowland and upland ecosystems

Plant Breeding

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 233-238

  Chandra Babu, R ^a   Shashidhar, H E ^b   Lilley, J M ^c   Thanh, N D ^d   Ray, J D ^e   Sadasivam, S ^a   Sarkarung, S ^f   O'Toole, J C ^g   Nguyen, H T ^h  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^e CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^f Rice Research Institute Building   (Thailand)

^g Rockefeller Foundation   (Thailand)

^h TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehydration tolerance; Drought resistance; Oryza sativa; Osmotic adjustment; Root penetration index

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; ECOTYPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC POTENTIAL; PLANT ADAPTATION; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT VARIETY; RAIN; RICE; ROOT GROWTH; SIMULATION; SOIL COMPACTION; WATER STRESS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; JAPONICA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0034970222     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0523.2001.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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