Claim · model-written summary
Drought stress significantly reduced the number of roots with at least 5 cm length in rice by 37%.
- Taxon
- Oryza sativa
Oryza sativat0 - Treatment
- Drought stresse1
- Outcome
- number of roots with at least 5 cm lengthe1
- Direction
- reducede1
- Value
- 37%e1
- Setting
- greenhouse conditionse2
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Verbatim
e1“Drought stress significantly reduced root dry weight (52.8%), shoot dry weight (51.6%), seedling biomass (51.5%), number of roots (39.3%), number of roots with at least 5 cm length (37%), and shoot length (21.1%)”
e2“under greenhouse conditions”
t0“Screening Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Genotypes”
Title
Screening Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Genotypes for Seedling-Stage Drought Tolerance
Kajale George Warioba; Celsa Mondlane Macandza; Leonel Domingos Moiana Stresses 2026. doi:10.3390/stresses6010013
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Drought stress significantly reduced root dry weight in rice seedlings by 52.8%.
- Intervention effect Drought stress significantly reduced shoot dry weight in rice seedlings by 51.6%.
- Intervention effect Drought stress significantly reduced seedling biomass in rice by 51.5%.
- Intervention effect Drought stress significantly reduced the number of roots in rice by 39.3%.
- Intervention effect Drought stress significantly reduced shoot length in rice by 21.1%.
- Association The root-to-shoot ratio of rice showed a significant water-by-genotype interaction.
- Observation Root traits were identified as reliable selection criteria for seedling-stage drought stress screening in rice.
- Observation The Combined Drought Stress Response Index classified 17.5% of rice genotypes as tolerant.
- Observation The Combined Drought Stress Response Index classified 12.5% of rice genotypes as sensitive.
- Observation Substantial morphological variability was observed among rice genotypes for most traits.