Photosynthetic Traits of Rice Landraces (Oryza sativa L.) Under Drought Condition

Abstract

Drought stress is mainly a serious limiting factor for rice production, which creates huge economic losses by becoming more serious issue with respect to global climate change. In the view of the current situations and forecasted global food demand, it is necessary to enhance the crop productivity on the drought prone rain fed lands with utmost priority.Rice is a main staple cereal crop in the world.Climate change mainly alters the plant phyllosphere and its resource allocations. The main aim of this experiment was to evaluate the “Photosynthetic attributes on drought tolerance of rice landraces” (Oryzasativa L.). A laboratory screening, hydroponic studies and pot culture experiments were conducted in the Department of Crop Physiology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, during 2020-2021 to investigate the Photosynthetic attributes. Rice land races, namely Anna(R) 4, 337- IC116006, 224 - IC463809 were studied. The present findings showed that drought stress reduced the photosynthetic parameters and enhanced the chlorophyll index and soil temperature in all the land races. Among the land races, Anna(R) 4 performed better under drought stress conditions when compared to other.