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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

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