Lack of chickpea cultivars tolerant to extreme freezing is a limiting factor for autumn planting of this crop in cold areas. In this study, 58 Kabuli-type chickpea genotypes and a control (an international sensitive genotype) were planted in pots and first exposed to -10°C and then to -15°C after being acclimated in natural conditions. No destructive effect of -10°C was observed in plants. So, ...

selection of superior chance seedling genotypes is an important task in pear breeding programs. this research was carried out in order to explore and evaluate some of european pear (pyrus communis l.) chance seedling genotypes that are primarily used as rootstock for the asian pear (pyrus serotina rehd.) in tarbiat modares university (tmu) asian pear collection orchard. after four years visual ...

low seed yield is a limiting factor for cross breeding and hybrid seed production in cyclamen. this study was performed to investigate pollen germination and its relation to cross-pollination success and fruit set in this plant. in order to achieve a high level of pollen germination, the effect of different concentrations of chemical compounds were examined on in vitro pollen germination of cyc...

the major objective of seedless grape breeding program is production of grapes with high quality. breeding of seedless grapes is difficult because the embryos are aborted after fertilization. embryo rescue technique is utilized to obtain plants from crosses between seedless cultivars. in the present study, the effect of paternal genotypes and different iaa concentrations in presence of ba appli...

Extending the range of Osmanthus species into more cold-hardy climates would open new opportunities for adoption and use these by growers, landscapers, public. Breeding improvement is hindered few available cultivars a lack female or perfect flowers. The objectives this study were to evaluate floral morphology pollination biology in U.S. market. Thirty-three genotypes representing four evaluate...