knowledge of the relation between agronomical traits with economical yield is very important in crop improvement and breeding. in order to study of genetic diversity and identifying yield components, 568 kabuli type germplasm and 390 desi type chickpea germplasm that were available in pulses collection of faculty of agriculture, university of tehran, was investigated in this research in 2009 in...

Seed-type vacuolar processing enzyme (VPE) activity is predicted to be essential for post-translational proteolysis of seed storage proteins in the protein storage vacuole of developing seeds. To test this hypothesis, we examined the protein profiles of developing and germinating seeds from Arabidopsis plants containing transposon-insertional knockout mutations in the genes that encode the two ...

in order to study the genetic diversity as well as the relationships between seed yield and some morphological traits in common white bean, 500 accessions were evaluated in the experimental field of national plant gene bank of iran in 2004 in an augment design of three control varieties. traits were evaluated according to the instruction of ipgri. results of descriptive statistics indicated tha...

this study was conducted to investigate allelopathic effect of the essential oil of artemisia herba-alba asso., on seed germination characteristics of  agropyron desertorum and agropyron cristatum in a laboratory experiment. essential oil was extracted from the aerial parts of artemisia herba-alba using a clevenger-type apparatus. the volatile chemical compositions of artemesia herba-alba were ...

An unusual seed mutant in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus) has seeds with a fleshy pericarp, commonly called egusi seeds. The origin of the phenotype is unknown, but it is widely cultivated in Nigeria for the high protein and carbohydrate content of the edible seeds. Egusi seeds have a thick, fleshy pericarp that appears during the second to third week of fruit development. We studie...

background: pomegranate seed oil and its main constituent, punicic acid, have been shown to decrease plasma glucose and have antioxidant activity. the objective of the present study was to examine the effects of pomegranate seed oil on rats with type 2 diabetes mellitus. method: six groups (n=8 each) of male sprague-dawley rats, comprising a control, a diabetic (induced by streptozocin and nico...