Register      Login
Functional Plant Biology Functional Plant Biology Society
Plant function and evolutionary biology
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Internode elongation pattern and differential response of rice genotypes to varying levels of flood water

Annamalai Anandan A B , Govindrajan Rajiv A , Akkisetty Ramarao A and Muthu Prakash A
+ Author Affiliations
- Author Affiliations

A Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, Chidambaram – 608 002, Tamil Nadu, India.

B Corresponding author. Email: anandanau@yahoo.com

Functional Plant Biology 39(2) 137-145 https://doi.org/10.1071/FP11184
Submitted: 16 August 2011  Accepted: 24 December 2011   Published: 3 February 2012

Abstract

Rice plants are damaged during floods by complete or partial submergence. The pattern of expression of rice plant varies with different flood regimes. Accordingly, the morphological and physiological responses of rice genotypes were studied in field and pot experiments under different flood regimes. Wide genetic base lines of Oryza sativa and sub 1 introgressed submergence tolerant were compared in field experiments using principle component analysis. Further, based on internode elongation pattern, two genotypes – Bodikaburi and Pokkali – were selected for a pot experiment to find more on elongation pattern of internodes under different flood regimes. Short-term submergence in minimal water, elongation of blade, sheath, leaf area, DW, number of nodes in primary stem and survival present showed strong positive relationship with shoot length. Number of tillers, leaf area and DW were more affected and decreased during submergence than its non-submergence counterpart. Under different flooding regimes, cvv Bodikaburi and Pokkali exhibited different behaviour in the elongation pattern of the shoot. Partial submergence accelerated elongation of all internodes whereas complete submergence accelerated the top internode. Enhancement of shoot elongation during submergence in water is an escape strategy adopted by rice to resume aerobic metabolism and to improve carbon fixation. This escape strategy varies among genotypes with respect to different flooding regimes. Therefore, breeders should be aware of breeding of rice plants with suitable architecture for different flood- prone environments.

Additional keywords: flooding, internode elongation, Oryza sativa, partial submergence, physiology, submergence.


References

Anandan A, Arunachalam P (2011) Relative proportion of antioxidative enzyme activity in locally grown Indian rice cultivars (Oryza sativa L.) under submergence condition. Journal of Plant Interactions
Relative proportion of antioxidative enzyme activity in locally grown Indian rice cultivars (Oryza sativa L.) under submergence condition.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar | in press.

Anandan A, Eswaran R, Prakash M (2011) Diversity in rice genotypes under salt affected soil based on multivariate analysis. Pertanika. Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science 34, 33–40.

Bleecker AB, Schuette JL, Kende H (1986) Anatomical analysis of growth and development patterns in the internode of deepwater rice. Planta 169, 490–497.
Anatomical analysis of growth and development patterns in the internode of deepwater rice.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Colmer TD, Voesenek LACJ (2009) Flooding tolerance: suites of plant traits in variable environments. Functional Plant Biology 36, 665–681.
Flooding tolerance: suites of plant traits in variable environments.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Francis P (1983) Note on fertilizer responses in Bangladesh. Deepwater Rice Newsletter 5, 1–3.

Hossain M, Laborte A (1996) Differential growth in rice production in eastern India: agroecological and socio-economic constraints. In ‘Physiology of stress tolerance in rice. Proceedings of the International conference on stress physiology of rice’. (Eds VP Singh, RK Singh, BB Singh, RS Zeigler) pp. 221–239. (NDUAT and IRRI: Los Baños, Philippines)

Jackson MB, Ram PC (2003) Physiological and molecular basis of susceptibility and tolerance of rice plants to complete submergence. Annals of Botany 91, 227–241.
Physiological and molecular basis of susceptibility and tolerance of rice plants to complete submergence.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar | 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3sXitVCksbY%3D&md5=abebd81f0cbc348263cd9459e2f61932CAS |

Jackson MB, Waters I, Setter T (1987) Injury to rice plants caused by complete submergence: a contribution by ethylene (ethene). Journal of Experimental Botany 38, 1826–1838.
Injury to rice plants caused by complete submergence: a contribution by ethylene (ethene).Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar | 1:CAS:528:DyaL1cXltlSjsw%3D%3D&md5=e970ec5f0911ce562047d4ebf9cf826dCAS |

Kawano N, Ito O, Sakagami JI (2009) Morphological and physiological responses of rice seedlings to complete submergence (flash flooding). Annals of Botany 103, 161–169.
Morphological and physiological responses of rice seedlings to complete submergence (flash flooding).Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Keith KA, Raskin I, Kende H (1986) A comparison of the submergence response of deep-water and non-deep-water. Plant Physiology 80, 479–482.
A comparison of the submergence response of deep-water and non-deep-water.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar | 1:STN:280:DC%2BC3cnhs1yisQ%3D%3D&md5=19884bacd77cca4ba2186f3fbca228b7CAS |

Kende H, Van der Knaap E, Cho HT (1998) Deepwater rice: a model plant to study stem elongation. Plant Physiology 118, 1105–1110.
Deepwater rice: a model plant to study stem elongation.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar | 1:CAS:528:DyaK1MXlvQ%3D%3D&md5=0cbdff7e240ef0174afded592ca34620CAS |

Mackill DJ, Ismail AM, Pamplona AM, Sanchez DL, Carandang JJ, Septiningsih EM (2010) Stress tolerant rice varieties for adaptation to a changing climate. Crop Environment & Bioinformatics 7, 250–259.

Mazaredo AM, Vergara BS 1982. Physiological differences in rice varieties tolerant and susceptible to complete submergence. In ‘Proceedings of the 1981 International Deepwater Rice Workshop’. pp. 327–341. (International Rice Institute: Manila)

Mochizuki T, Kawagoe Y, Ryu K, Inoue J (1997) Difference between African and Asian floating rice varieties in internode elongation caused by application of GA3. Bulletin of the Institute of Tropical Agriculture Kyushu University 20, 53–58.

Ram PC, Singh BB, Singh AK, Ram P, Singh PN, Singh HP, Boamfa I, Harren F, Santosa E, Jackson MB, Setter TL, Reuss J, Wade LJ, Pal Singh V, Singh RK (2002) Submergence tolerance in rainfed lowland rice: physiological basis and prospects for cultivar improvement through marker-aided breeding. Field Crops Research 76, 131–152.
Submergence tolerance in rainfed lowland rice: physiological basis and prospects for cultivar improvement through marker-aided breeding.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Sakagami JI, Joho Y, Ito O (2009) Contrasting physiological responses by cultivars of Oryza sativa and O. glaberrima to prolonged submergence. Annals of Botany 103, 171–180.
Contrasting physiological responses by cultivars of Oryza sativa and O. glaberrima to prolonged submergence.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Santosa IE, Ram PC, Boamfa EI, Laarhoven LJJ, Reuss J, Jackson MB, Harren FJM (2007) Patterns of peroxidative ethane emission from submerged rice seedlings indicate that damage from reactive oxygen species takes place during submergence and is not necessarily a post-anoxic phenomenon. Planta 226, 193–202.
Patterns of peroxidative ethane emission from submerged rice seedlings indicate that damage from reactive oxygen species takes place during submergence and is not necessarily a post-anoxic phenomenon.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar | 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD2sXltlSktbs%3D&md5=25b8904f931179cd56fc2feb53984fedCAS |

Sarkar RK, Reddy JN, Sharma SG, Ismail AM (2006) Physiological basis of submergence tolerance in rice and implications for crop improvement. Current Science 91, 899–906.

Setter TL, Laureles EV (1996) The beneficial effect of reduced elongation growth on submergence tolerance of rice. Journal of Experimental Botany 47, 1551–1559.
The beneficial effect of reduced elongation growth on submergence tolerance of rice.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar | 1:CAS:528:DyaK28XntValtL0%3D&md5=3d5f6f88a2af9d014b77838a98aa052cCAS |

Singh PP, Mazaredo AM, Vergara BS, Singh BN, Mackill DJ (1989) Tolerance of rainfed lowland rice cultivars and breeding lines for submergence at seedling stage. International Rice Research Newsletter 14, 16–17.

Voesenek LACJ, Colmer TD, Pierik R, Millenaar FF, Peeters AJM (2006) Tansley review. How plants cope with complete submergence. New Phytologist 170, 213–226.
Tansley review. How plants cope with complete submergence.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar | 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD28XltFamtLw%3D&md5=deda5e14ade66ba3829c2f101ddc387eCAS |

Vriezen WH, Zhou Z, Straeten DV (2003) Regulation of submergence-induced enhanced shoot elongation in Oryza sativa L. Annals of Botany 91, 263–270.
Regulation of submergence-induced enhanced shoot elongation in Oryza sativa L.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar | 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3sXitVCktr0%3D&md5=2adaa9ce95f3be3fb115928507f119e5CAS |