Drought stress in rice (Oryza sativa L.) is enhanced in the presence of the compacting earthworm Millsonia anomala

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 352-359

  Blouin, Manuel ^a,b   Lavelle, Patrick ^a   Laffray, Daniel ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Endogeic compacting species; Evaporation; Retention capacity; Soil structure modification; Transpiration; Water supply

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DROUGHT STRESS; EARTHWORM; RICE; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER; TRANSPIRATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

MILLSONIA ANOMALA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 34250774531     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2006.12.017     Document Type: Article

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