International Journal of Botany and Horticulture Research(IJBHR)
ISSN: 2994-872X | DOI: 10.33140/IJBHR
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R. Pushpam
Department of Rice, TNAU, Coimbatore, India
Publications
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Review Article
Impact of Nanosilica on Anatomical, Morpho- Physiological and Yield Characters of Rice (Oryza Sativa l.) for Drought Tolerance – A Review
Author(s): K. Krishna Surendar, R. Karthik Raja, N. Sritharan*, V. Ravichandran, M. Kannan, E. Sathiyavani, S. Krishnakumar, R. Amutha and R. Pushpam
Rice (Oriza sativa L.) is considered as most staple food crops to world`s population. It is grown under irrigated ecosystem and some parts of India and Tamil Nadu cultivated under rain fed ecosystem also. Rice is also known as ‘Global grain’ because it is cultivated in more than 100 countries. Asian countries are the toppest in production and consumption of rice. Rice is one of the important staple food and most of the world population depends for its consumption and also income generation. Rice productions are severely affected by drought and its impacts yield. Agricultural scientists are mainly focus on drought stress, because climate change highly impact agricultural production through drought and it occurs frequently and unpredictable manner. Among the different growth stage of rice, reproductive stage is the sensitive stage to drought. Drought occurs during this repro.. Read More»