Zaleya pentandra is a moderately salt resistant xero-halophyte, used locally as cattle fodder and as a source of medicine for various ailments. The present study deals with the effect o...

Worldwide over 30% of irrigated and 7% of rainfed agriculture has been limited by salinity stress. Tolerance of crops to salinity varies and negatively affects agricul...

In this study, the growth performance and mineral composition of grafted and ungrafted melon plants were studied under salinity stress. In this study, the plant biomas...

Silicon (Si) is a constructive element for plant growth. Its application plays a multiple role to increase plant growth through influencing physiological and metabolic processes in higher plants...

In this study, twelve physio-biochemical parameters were estimated to assess the behavior of five Opuntia species in the Algerian steppes (Opuntia ficus indica f. ...

Structural and functional aspects of photosynthesis in Conocarpus erectus L., a species native to salt marshes of North America and now cultivated throughout ...

There were studied the anatomic parameters of leaves of 10-day-old seedlings of 7 different species of wheat after 72 hours of drought or salt stress and identified key areas of adaptation juven...

Salinity is one of the most severe environmental factors limiting the productivity of agricultural crops. The present study assesses salt-tolerant cultivars of Vicia faba L.on ...

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The flower ontogeny and the developmental features of male and female gametophyte were investigated in Salvia viridis L. It has purple and hermaphrodite flowers. The stamen primordia di...

Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.) is an important subtropical fruit; however, loquat fruitlets are vulnerable to cold injury in winter, which significantly decreases loquat y...

The present study investigated the effects of cadmium stress on the growth, physio-biochemical attributes, and enzyme activity of five soybean genotypes. Cadmium stress significantly reduced gro...

Enhancement in vegetable cultivation technologies remarkably popularized the construction and use of energy-saving sunlight greenhouses.  Ten tomato cultivars in Central Plain of China were...

The current greenhouse experiment investigates the role of magnetic water on the two Moringa species (Moringa oleifera and Moringa peregrina). Both species were expose...

Photoperiod is one of the environmental factors which affect the tuberization of potatoes.  In order to determine the effects of photoperiod on tuberization of two potato cultivars, the eff...

Endogenous hormones are a key factor in cotton fiber quality. Studying the relationship among endogenous hormone contents and fiber quality can provide a theoretical basis for exploring physiolo...

Variation in days to flowering (DF) is evident in Sri Lankan traditional rice (SLTR) with short aged and long aged varieties while short day sensitive extremes do not flower during non inductive...

Sugarcane is an important field crop of tropics and sub-tropics. Three sugarcane varieties viz. NIA-0819, NIA-98 and BL4 were subjected to induced mutations by using four different doses of gamm...

Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.), a perennial evergreen or deciduous shrub, has recently been introduced into Southern China, where the subtropical climate is hot and humid in summer...

Surra rangeland reserve is a Steppe rangeland, located in the northwest part of Jordan. The vegetation composition of Surra semi-arid rangeland slopes (North and South facing slopes) were studie...

Forage sorghum is a climate smart crop having drought, heat and salinity tolerance but its forage yield is not sufficient to meet forage requirement during summer mont...

Mature embryos as explants are more convenient to operate and not subjected to time constraints in tissue culture systems. In this research, 120 sorghum varieties were screened to select an appr...

Global climate fluctuations have profoundly affected the current distribution patterns and created opportunities and challenges for the survival and development of species. Studies on geographic...

Securidaca longepedunculata Fresen. (Polygalaceae) is a multipurpose tree valued for its medicinal uses in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Hence, it is threatened due to human pressure ...

The aim of the study was to determine the impact of weather conditions (temperature, precipitation) on the dynamics of dry matter accumulation and nitrogen nutritional status of maize plants in ...

The present study has been undertaken on the variability in specific leaf area, epicuticular wax and pigment content of 15 native woody species in northeastern Mexico. The species showed conside...

Variations in leaf pigment contents, gas-exchange characteristics, and other important leaf traits were investigated in the mutant ‘Quanhong poplar’ (QHP) and the wild type Popul...

Understanding the key mechanisms shaping the altitudinal patterns of biodiversity is critically important in ecology and biogeography. In this study, we examined the patterns of species richness...

Identification of stable and high yielding varieties under different environmental conditions prior to release as a variety is the major steps for plant breeding. Eight promising wheat genotypes...

Atragene speciosa Weinm.of the family Ranunculaceae is an adventitious species. It has reserves of raw materials of the third category, i.e., it is a rare and non-exploited plant in Kuz...

The class I KNOX homeobox transcription factors are known to play an important role in maintenance of plant phenotype, especially leaves and flowers. In this study, a soybean KNOX I homeobox tra...

The genetic diversity and phylogenetic analyses of seven species of the genus Plectranthus (Lamiaceae) from Saudi Arabia were carried out by using the Inter Simple Sequence Repeats (ISS...

Two variants of D-hordein promoter from barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) were selected to generate hybrid promoter by using bioinformatics tools. Sequence analysis of both ...

Surveys were performed in the main Xianlajiao chili pepper-producing areas of Shaanxi Province to determine whether a phytoplasma was associated with the incidence of Arbuscular Lobular Disease ...

Sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) is one of the abundantly expressed genes in plants. The promoters of SPS gene was identified, analyzed and retrieved...

SQUAMOSA-Promoter Binding Proteins (SBP) are class of transcription factors that play vital role in regulation of plant tissue growth and development. The genes encoding these proteins have...

In this study, we studied the mitigation effects of exogenous Methyl jasmonate (MeJA) on waterlogging-induced damages to Xinyou No.5 wrinkled skin pepper cultivar by...

This paper deals with the preparation and antioxidation of polysaccharide from Porphyra haitanensis. The ratio of water to raw material, extraction temperat...

Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) is a well-known molecule for its nutritional importance.  However, the major aspects of its metabolic processes as well as a few of it...

Plants are extensively consumed for their medicinal and aromatic properties either in fresh or dry form. Their medicinal properties are hidden in the active ingredie...

The extracts and its derived fractions from two important medicinal plants species Trigonella incisa and Nonea edgeworthii wer...

Multivariate statistical methods like cluster analysis, principal component analysis (PCA) and regression analysis were applied on the metals concentration of both t...

Phytotoxicity of isoscopoletin and umbelliferone, isolated from bark and wood of Haldina cordifolia, on the germination and growth of Mimosa pigraw...

Urinary tract infections (UTI) caused by multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacterial pathogens have become a serious global health concern. Main etiological agents for UTI ...

The ability of potential antagonists, a commercial product containing combinations of microorganisms (TR1) to control Ganoderma boninense growth was investi...

The present study was conducted to evaluate the fungicidal effectiveness of Moringa oleifera Lam. plant parts (leaves, stem, fruit and seed) against root in...

Total 32 species of different seaweeds belonging to Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta and Rhodophyta were collected from the coast of Karachi, Pakistan to investigate their an...

Arid and semiarid areas account for more than 90% of national land area in Pakistan, and over 50% of these lands are suitable for developing rainfed agriculture. Imp...