The influence of salinity and drought stress on sodium (Na+), potassium (K+) and proline content of Solanum lycopersicum L. (tomato) cv. Rio Grande was investigated by exposing the plants to five sali...

A pot experiment was conducted to evaluate the foliar applied phosphorous on physiological and biochemical processes of maize under optimum moisture and drought conditions. The experiment was conduct...

Polyphenol oxidases (PPO) widely exist in plants that catalyze oxygen dependent oxidation of phenols to quinines and assumed to be involved in plant defense against environmental stresses. In this st...

The aim of this study is to investigate and understand the dynamic changes and the possible functions of hormones, water and sugar content during the development of C. oleifera. We analyzed and compa...

Nypa fructicans is a major species of mangrove palm on Carey Island, Malaysia. The main objective of this study is to determine the effects of water properties on the growth of Nypa fruticans. Plant ...

This study was undertaken with the aim of determining the germination characteristics of Gentiana boissieri (Gentianaceae), an endemic species. The effects of light, temperature and different pretrea...

The differential response of two pea plants (Pisum sativum L. cultivars Little Marvel and Victory) to ambient O3 grown under open top chambers (OTCs) was analyzed and compared. Reactive oxygen specie...

We monitored the effects of exogenous 24-epibrassinolide (EBR) on the photosynthesis and ATP synthase β subunit of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Seedlings of ‘Zhongza9’ and ‘Zhongshu4’ c...

Rice is a photoperiod sensitive plant for flowering initiation. Effect of photoperiod can be important in vegetative growth and yield determination in rice. The objective of the research was to deter...

Pollution caused by vehicular exhaust emissions detrimentally affect plants and other living beings. This investigation was carried out to evaluate the effects of vehicular exhaust pollutants on Part...

A greenhouse experiment using tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L., cv. ‘Jinpeng 10’) was conducted to investigate the fate and transport of nitrogen using different methods of irrigation and fertiliz...

To evaluate the potential use of biochar in crop production, two years experiments were conducted in 2013 and 2014. The experiment consisted of three factors namely: (1) Biochar (0, 25 and 50 ton ha-...

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of three different poultry manures on lentil growth, yield and prevalence of pathogens in manure and soil. For this purpose, a lentil (Lens culinaris)...

Major area under banana cultivation in Pakistan consists of a single cultivar "Dwarf Cavendish" called "Basrai". Quality of banana relies on the available nutrients in soil. Under poor fertility and ...

Under the field conditions, the effectiveness of foliar application of metal-amino acid chelates including metal-glycine [Zn(Gly)2], [Fe(Gly)2], [Cu(Gly)2] and m...

The productivity of three leguminous crops birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.), sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.) and subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.) was evaluated in green...

This study was carried out for both successive seasons 2013-2014, 2014-2015 at Riyadh, Kingdome of Saudi Arabia. The impact of pollen grain-water suspension spray at different concentrations on fruit...

This investigation was aimed at evaluating the genetic diversity of 127 accessions among Brassica napus, B. rapa, and B. juncea by using 15 pairs of the A genome specific simple sequence repeat prime...

Cocoa cultivation has increased in tropical areas around the world, including Vietnam, due to the high demand of cocoa beans for chocolate production. The genetic diversity of cocoa genotypes is reco...

Plant U-box containing proteins (PUBs) belong to a new type of E3 ligase and have diverse roles in plant development and growth. In our previous study, we found that PUB19 negatively regulated the AB...

ACC oxidase is the last key enzyme of ethylene synthesis pathway, while ethylene is a key factor affecting flowering in ornamental bromeliad. To understand ACC oxidase gene’s characteristics and it...

The qualitative and quantitative analysis of sugars and acids of grape cultivars from northeast region of China was carried out for quality evaluation and variety improvement of grape. Analysis of ma...

The present study shows the results of a research done on the chemical composition, minerals, fatty acid (FA) and phenolic compounds contents, and antioxidant capacity in two variants of Moringaoleif...

Oil obtained from 5 different olive cultivars was analyzed for phenolic and sterol composition. Total phenolic contents of oils were determined between 94.99 mg GAE/kg oil (Al-Joif) to 405.71 mg GAE/...

Plant pigments play an important role in plant assimilatory systems and plant growth. A study was undertaken to determine chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and carotenoids contents of thirty seven species...

The objective of study was to quantify the flowering and leaf number response of Antirrhinum majus L. cv. Chimes White to different photoperiods, night temperatures and light integrals using photo-th...

The aim of this study is to describe and analyse the morphological characteristics of nuclei and the secondary wall deposition in parenchyma and fiber cells during the whole bamboo growth cycle from ...

Juniperusexcelsa (Cupressaceae) is an evergreen tree and the second most diverse group of the conifers distributed abundantly in high elevation zones of Balochistan. Genetic and phytochemical variati...

The aim of the study was to compare two populations of Epipactis palustris (Orchidaceae) growing in the valley of Junikowski Stream, in the south-western part of the Poznań city (square of ATPOL BD0...

To investigate the phylogenetic relationships among Ilex species distributed in China, we analyzed two alignments including 4,698 characters corresponding to six plastid sequences (matK, rbcL, atpB-r...

Pinus gerardiana Wall. ex D.Don is valuable commercial species with sparse distribution all around the world. In the Sulaiman mountain range of Pakistan, P. gerardiana faces many threats affecting it...

This study was conducted to examine the variability of soybean nodulation and growth in relation to elevation and soil properties across the slopping uplands of the Himalayan region of Rawalakot Azad...

Wild flora along crop field boundaries in farmlands not only increases habitat heterogeneity but also serves multiple beneficial functions. We collected baseline data on wild flora bordering the crop...

Thymes are considered the most popular herbs in Palestine due to their considerable medicinal and nutritional values. However, at the same time they are also threatened or endangered due to intensive ...

Turkey is one of the centres of diversity for bryophytes. Since spore morphology is beneficial in taxonomy, this study consists of the spore morphology of nine Pottiaceae taxa. The purpose of the stu...

Each gap has its own environment, which effect on species growth. Light is the most changes when gap creates. Hence, this study explored whether light has effect on micro-environment and determined t...

Epidermal micromorphology of petals of 10 species of Spiraea L. of the family Rosaceae from Pakistan has been examined with Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). Micromorphological attributes observed i...

Graveyards are unique habitats and well-known as refugia for many organisms, as traditional habitat management of graveyards lends them serious conservational value. However, the impact of religious a...

Palynological studies of Helichrysum chionophilum, Helichrysum noeanum, Helichrysum arenarium subsp. aucheri, Helichrysum graveolens, H. plicatum subsp. plicatum and H. plicatum subsp. polyphyllum (A...

The aim of the study was to present the occurrence of invasive alien plant species in two forest reserves: “Las Łagiewnicki” and “Polesie Konstantynowskie”, located within the city of Łód�...

In Cyclamen genus, there are differences at some degree of morphological characters among closely related wild species with disjunct distributions. Two hundred and fiveTurkish landraces of cyclamen c...

In Capparis spinosa L. (Capparidaceae), a woody perennial with both male and perfect flowers on the same plant, each flower has both short and long stamens. Flowers of C. spinosa were examined for 2 ...

Microsporogenesis and pollen morphology of Phoenix dactylifera L. was studied in this study. Anther, in different developmental stages, was removed, fixed in Formalin-glacial acetic acid-alcohol (FAA...

The study was carried out to investigate the antimicrobial, antioxidant potential and the qualitative and quantitative phytochemical analysis of the bark and leaf of Cocculus laurifolius DC. by using...

Eucalyptus camaldulensis is one of the most widely planted eucalypts in the world that has importance in agricultural, ecological, cultural and recreational areas. Allelopathic effects of essential o...

Moringa oleifera Lam. is a miraculous plant that endowed with variety of medicinal properties and traditionally used as herbal drug as well as nutraceutical agent. There is sporadic information on ph...

Rhizoctonia solani and Fusarium solani are causal agents of damping-off disease. Biocides formulations were prepared from the essential oils of fennel, peppermint, oregano and ginger. The potential o...

Colored pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) has great economic importance as a food vegetable crop in Egypt and all over the world. This crop is prone to infection with soilborne fungal pathogens such as Rhi...

The phytoplankton occurring in the mangrove habitat of Sandspit, Karachi was assessed qualitatively and quantitatively during a period from June 2013 to May 2014. Species of diatoms appeared to be mo...