Claim · model-written summary
The grass elongates stems rapidly and forms adventitious roots under flooding.
- Taxon
- Hymenachne amplexicaulis
Hymenachne amplexicaulise0 - Organ / stage
- steme0
- Outcome
- rapid elongation of the stem and the formation of adventitious rootse0
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Verbatim
e0“Hymenachne amplexicaulis is adapted to flooding because it has the capacity for rapid elongation of the stem and the formation of adventitious roots”
Title
Physiological adaptations of Hymenachne amplexicaulis to flooding
H. Kibbler; L. M. Bahnisch Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 1999. doi:10.1071/ea98127
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Aerenchyma occurred in stem, leaf and root under both flooded and non-flooded conditions.
- Mechanism Authors infer aerenchyma provides buoyancy and aids gas circulation.
- Intervention effect Flooding rapidly senesced submerged leaves.
- Intervention effect Flooding induced adventitious roots from newly submerged nodes.
- Intervention effect Under flooding leaf growth increased at the expense of root growth.
- Intervention effect Under flooding root growth fell relative to leaf growth.