Iron Toxicity in Lowland Rice: Effects of transpiration on translocation and mechanisms of toxicity tolerance

Extending dry season cultivation of lowland rice and increasing climate change phenomenon has increased concern towards iron toxicity problem in rice. This manuscript provides basic information on the effect of such changing environmental phenomenon-especially that of transpiration- on iron toxicity tolerance mechanisms in some selected rice genotypes. The information included in this manuscript is considered to be utmost valuable to the students and the researchers who are interested towards the physiological mechanisms of iron toxicity tolerance in rice.

Mr. Shrestha is a Teaching Assistant (Soil Science) at Tribhuvan University, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Lamjung Campus, Nepal. He did M. Sc. (Agricultural Science and Resource Management in the Tropics and Subtropics) from University of Bonn, Germany in 2010 and M.A. (Rural Development) from Tribhuvan University, Nepal in 2005.