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Difference between Biotic and Abiotic Stress Biotic stress Abiotic stress 1. Biotic stress include living organism. e.g. insect; pest, bacteria, fungi etc. 1. Abiotic stress include physical factor: of environment. …
Measurement of Drought Resistance in Plants Various procedures are used for measuring drought resistance in crop plants. The most commonly used techniques include: Leaf water retention Photosynthesis Yield performance Root …
Physiological features of drought resistant plants Various physiological characters which are related to drought resistance are photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate, osmotic concentration etc. These factors are briefly discussed below: …
Morphological Characters of drought resistant plants Drought resistance is associated with various morphological and physiological features or actors of crop plants. Morphological characters which are associated with drought …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
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 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 …