Submerged Rice - Morphological, Molecular and Genetic Analyses

The book analyses different aspects viz. morphology, physiology, biochemistry, and genetics and reviews the suitability of different varieties for better sustainability and reduction of yield loss. It also reviews the different types of floods, and studies biological changes in indigenous and the recently developed rice varieties.

List of contents

Introduction. History of Floods. Diversity of Submergence. Adaptive Morphology. Physiological Aspects. Molecular and Genetic Aspects. Yield and Yield-Gap. Index.

About the author

Pranab Basuchaudhuri has an MSc in Agriculture (1972) from Calcutta University, India with a first class and was awarded a gold and a silver medal. He obtained his PhD degree from the same university in 1977. He joined the faculty of Calcutta University in 1975 as a plant physiologist and worked there until 1984. During this period one of his research subjects was waterlogged and submerged rice. In 1980 he was awarded the Premchand Roychand Scholarship. He later became a Senior Scientist at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). He has five books to his credit and has published 65 papers in reputable journals. He has over 40 years of teaching and research experience.

Summary

The book analyses different aspects viz. morphology, physiology, biochemistry, and genetics and reviews the suitability of different varieties for better sustainability and reduction of yield loss. It also reviews the different types of floods, and studies biological changes in indigenous and the recently developed rice varieties.

Product details

• Authors: Pranab Basuchaudhuri, Pranab (Indian Council of Agricultu Basuchaudhuri, Basuchaudhuri Pranab
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032660530
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3266053-0
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Sedimentology & Stratigraphy, Botany & plant sciences, Agronomy & crop production, Soil science, sedimentology, Botany and plant sciences, Agronomy and crop production, Sedimentology and pedology