Mechanisms of Drought Resistance
Mechanisms of Drought Resistance There are four different mechanisms which help in survival of plants under moisture deficit conditions. There are: 1) Drought escape. 2) Drought avoidance. 3) Drought …
Crop Science
Definition and Characteristics of drought resistant plants
Definition and Characteristics of drought resistant plants Definition of Drought Resistance It is the ability of a plant to maintain favorable water balance and turgidity even exposed to draught …
Key Features of Drought
Key Features of Drought In agricultute, problems of drought, salinity and alkalinity are of major concern among environmental stresses. Drought refers to the condition of soil moisture deficiency or …
Best 5 ways Control of soil temperature
Control of soil temperature 1. The thermal regimes favourable for plant growth as well as different micro-organisms can be maintained through different management practices under field condition. By regulating …
8 Effect of soil temperature on plant growth and nutrition
Effect of soil temperature on plant growth and nutrition There are various influences of soil temperature on soil fertility by changing the soil environment which in turn affect plant growth. …
Factors affecting soil temperature
Factors affecting soil temperature The temperature a soil attains depends on (a) heat supply—how much heat reaches the soil surface and (b) dissipation of heat—what happens to that heat within …
Basic 6 Sources of soil heat
Sources of soil heat There are various sources of soil heat namely, solar radiation, biochemical reactions, conduction, precipitation, exposure and vegetation etc. (i). Solar radiation Radiant energy from …
Weathering of rocks and minerals (Physical and Chemical)
Weathering of rocks and minerals (Physical and Chemical): Weathering is a natural process of breakdown and transformation of rocks and minerals into unconsolidated residues, called regolith. Regolith is lying on …
Secondary Thickening of Cell wall
Secondary Thickening of Cell wall Secondary thickening of the cell-wall may be more or less uniform all-round the cell and almost always has a stratified appearance. But in those …
Particle density vs bulk density
Particle density vs bulk density Particle density Bulk density 1. The weight per unit volume of solid portion of soil is called particle density. 1. The weight per unit bulk …