Morphological and physiological responses of rice seedlings to complete submergence (flash flooding)

• Published in: Annals of botany Vol. 103; no. 2; pp. 161 - 169
• Main Authors: Kawano, Naoyoshi, Ito, Osamu, Sakagami, Jun-Ichi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.01.2009; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Africa; Biomass; Field experiments; flash floods; Floods; Freshwater; Leaf sheaths; Leaves; Oryza - anatomy & histology; Oryza - physiology; Oryza glaberrima; Oryza sativa; Physiological responses; Plant Leaves - growth & development; Plant Shoots - growth & development; Plants; Principal Component Analysis; Quantitative Trait, Heritable; rainfed lowland; Rice; Seedlings; Seedlings - anatomy & histology; Seedlings - physiology; shoot elongation; stress tolerance; Submerged aquatic plants; submergence; Sustainable agriculture; Africa; submergence; stress tolerance; rainfed lowland; Africa; shoot elongation; rice; flash floods

Background and Aims Reducing damage to rice seedlings caused by flash flooding will improve the productivity of rainfed lowland rice in West Africa. Accordingly, the morphological and physiological responses of different forms of rice to complete submergence were examined in field and pot experiment...