Abstract
Plant production and growth are becoming increasingly affected by the changing environmental conditions. Limited access to the adequate conditions required for growth affects the physiological functioning of the plants. This study, therefore, focuses on the physiological response of the seedlings of plants to drought under multiple mitigating treatments. Appropriate plant production practices are vital in mitigating drought and its effects and their plant’s growth and response mechanisms are expected to differ. There were appropriate control treatments that would allow for studies on the seedling’s growth behavior. Different water treatment regimes were employed subjecting some samples to drought treatment. The photosynthetic performance was measured by the LI-6800 photosynthesis system. The open gas exchange system determines photosynthetic parameters (i.e. photosynthesis rate, stomatal conductance, transpiration rate, and spectral reflectance of foliage obtained by spectroradiometer at the end of the drought period). The research illustrates the differences in the mitigation treatments on the seedlings’ response to drought.
Presenters
Emmanuel OpokuPh.D Student/Researcher, Laboratory Ecological Plant Physiology, Global Change Research Institute CAS ( CzechGlobe), South Moravia, Czech Republic
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Food Production and Sustainability
KEYWORDS
Plant, Production, Physiology, Drought, Stress, Hydrogel
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