Yoshida - 1981 - Fundamentals of Rice Crop Science
Yoshida - 1981 - Fundamentals of Rice Crop Science
Yoshida - 1981 - Fundamentals of Rice Crop Science
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268 FUNDAMENTALS OF RICE CROP SCIENCE<br />
SUBJECT INDEX<br />
Active ion absorption, 123–124<br />
Advection, 99<br />
Air space,<br />
in culm, 26, 68<br />
in root, 32<br />
Anthesis, 56–58<br />
Asparagine, 140<br />
Basic vegetative phase, 42<br />
Bentonite, 246<br />
Booting stage, 79<br />
Calcium peroxide, 16<br />
Civil twilight, 41<br />
Cooling index, 80<br />
<strong>Crop</strong> growth rate, 33<br />
<strong>Crop</strong> photosynthesis, 198–203<br />
Culm, 25, 29<br />
Deficiency symptoms <strong>of</strong> mineral<br />
elements, 180–181<br />
Degree - days, see temperature<br />
summation<br />
Dormancy, 7<br />
Drainage, 245–246<br />
Energy balance, 100–101<br />
Evapotranspiration, 97–98<br />
Fertilizer efficiency, 146–147<br />
Foliar absorption coefficient,<br />
and plant characters, 223<br />
definition <strong>of</strong>, 201<br />
Germination,<br />
definition <strong>of</strong>, 7<br />
vs seedling emergence, 10<br />
Glutamine, 140<br />
Grain-straw ratio, 61<br />
Growth duration, 221–223<br />
Growth efficiency, 205–206, 13<br />
Growth stages,<br />
reproductive, 2<br />
ripening, 3<br />
vegetative, 1<br />
Harvest index,<br />
definition <strong>of</strong>, 61<br />
vs growth duration, 225<br />
vs plant height vs nitrogen responsiveness,<br />
224<br />
Heading, 3<br />
Heat index, 56<br />
Heat sum, see temperature<br />
summation<br />
Heat units, see temperature summation<br />
Hydrogen sulfide,<br />
effect on nutrient uptake, 124–126<br />
toxicity, 168–171<br />
Iodine, 174–175<br />
Iron, 156–160<br />
Leaf,<br />
functions <strong>of</strong>, 24–25<br />
morphology <strong>of</strong>, 17<br />
Leaf area index (LAI),<br />
critical vs optimum, 203–205<br />
definition and measurement, 22–23<br />
Leaf number index, 51<br />
Manganese, 160–162<br />
Maximum potential yields, 90–94<br />
Mesocotyl,<br />
definition <strong>of</strong>, 12<br />
- roots, 31<br />
Morphological characters <strong>of</strong> rice,<br />
affecting grain yield, 217–220<br />
changes in, 226<br />
Nitrogen,<br />
deficiency symptoms <strong>of</strong>, 135, 139<br />
Nutrients,<br />
concentrations in the soil and<br />
culture solutions, 121–122<br />
dynamics <strong>of</strong> availability, 122–1 23<br />
removal <strong>of</strong>, 128–30<br />
transport from soil to plant<br />
roots, 118–120<br />
Nutritional disorders,<br />
cause <strong>of</strong>, 177<br />
corrective measures for, 188<br />
<strong>of</strong> rice in Asian countries, 190–193<br />
visible symptoms <strong>of</strong>, 178–181<br />
Organic acids, 171–174<br />
Oxygen, movements from shoot to<br />
root, 113–115<br />
Pan evaporation, 99<br />
Panicle,<br />
developmental stages <strong>of</strong>, 50–55<br />
female, 49