Crop adaptation to high soil-water conditions

Varade, S; Letey, J; Stolzy, L

Crop adaptation to high soil-water conditions

Authors

S. B. Varade
J. Letey
L. H. Stolzy

Authors Affiliations

S. B. Varade, Lecturer, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India; J. Letey is Professor of Soil Physics, Department of Soils and Plant Nutrition, U. C. Riverside; L. H. Stolzy is Professor of Soil Physics, Department of Soils and Plant Nutrition, U. C. Riverside.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 24(2):15-15. DOI:10.3733/ca.v024n02p15. February 1970.

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Abstract

THE OXYGEN required by plants for respiration usually reaches the root system from the open atmosphere by diffusing through the air spaces in the soil, and by then dissolving in the water surrounding the root and diffusing into the root. However, rice and some other plants can grow very well under completely flooded conditions. When the soil is flooded, the air space is eliminated in the soil. Oxygen, therefore, cannot move through the soil system to the roots.

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