A review of evidence on the control of shoot: root ratio, in relation to models

JB Wilson - Annals of botany, 1988 - academic.oup.com
Four basic models exist for the control of shoot: root ratio (S: R):(a) allometric models,
proposing a fixed ratio of shoot growth rate to root growth rate;(b) functional equilibrium …

[PDF][PDF] 6 strategies for producing more rice with less water

M Farooq, N Kobayashi, A Wahid, O Ito… - Advances in …, 2009 - academia.edu
Rice is life for more than half of humanity. It is the grain that has shaped the cultures, diets,
and economies of billions of people in the world. Food security in the world is challenged by …

Redefining awn development in rice through the breeding history of Japanese awn reduction

M Suganami, H Yoshida, S Yoshida… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The study challenges the conventional understanding of awn loss as a domestication
syndrome, showing instead that many awned varieties continued to be widely grown in …

Response of leaf photosynthesis to vapor pressure difference in rice (Oryza sativa L) varieties in relation to stomatal and leaf internal conductance

A Ohsumi, A Hamasaki, H Nakagawa… - Plant production …, 2008 - jstage.jst.go.jp
In the afternoon when air humidity decreases, leaf photosynthetic rate (Pn) often declines in
rice grown under irrigated conditions. To clarify the genotypic difference of Pn in response to …