Broader leaves result in better performance of indica rice under drought stress

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 167, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1066-1075

  Farooq, M ^a,b   Kobayashi, N ^a,c   Ito, O ^c   Wahid, A ^b   Serraj, R ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drought; Fraction of transpirable soil water; Leaf size; Rice; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HISTOLOGY; INBREEDING; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RICE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

BIOMASS; DROUGHTS; INBREEDING; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77954542396     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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