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Root Plasticity: A Crop’s Lifeline vs. Fluctuating Soil Moisture Stress

Roots, the hidden half of a plant, are less studied than its above-ground counterparts. This was on the mind of Dr Roel R. Suralta, PhilRice agronomist, when he was starting his research on roots.

The seeming neglect of root research challenged him to make roots the subject of his dissertation at the Nagoya University, Japan. Titled “Significance of Root System Development Responses to Transient Soil Moisture Stress Conditions for Adaptation of Rice Plants”, his thesis centered on root plasticity or the ability of a plant’s root system to change developmentally and functionally in response to changing soil conditions, thus maintaining overall plant growth.

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Posted on September 27th, 2008 under Other Crops, Soil. Tags: , , . Comments: 1

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