Exogenously supplied indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) stimulated ethylene production in tobacco (Nicotiana glauca) leaf discs but not in those of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.). The stimulatory effect of IAA in tobacco was relatively small during the first 24 hours of incubation but became greater during the next 24 hours. It was found that leaf discs of these two species metabolized [1-(14)C]IAA quit...

Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) Algerian accessions represent an essential source of traits interest for crop improvement, especially tackling climate change, because their genetic background and potential have not been well studied. The purpose this research was to assess the variability 14 by means 10 agro-morphological 7 simple sequence repeat markers (SSRs). ANOVA analysis showed a large signific...

REVIOUS experiments have shown that quantitatively the response P of chromosomes of Vicia faba in pachytene to X-rays is approximately the same as that of the same species at the onset of the somatic prophase (MARSHAK 1939a). CREIGHTON (1941) using methods similar to those employed in the Vicia studies found that meiotic chromosomes are only a sixth as sensitive as the mitotic chromosomes in Ch...

Objective: Many agronomic practices may need to be adjusted to maximize yield and quality of sugar beet. Thus agronomic package must be always modified. This sutdy was laid out for evaluation of changes in carbohydrates and sugar yield in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) under different biofertilizers and irrigation closed time at Dorud region of Iran, during 2013. Methods: The experiment...

Detached broad bean (Vicia faba L.) leaflets were water stressed; within 15 minutes, guard-cell abscisic acid (ABA) concentration increased ninefold. This result eliminates the apparent discrepancy raised by reports of no correlation between initial water-stress effects on stomata and leaf ABA concentration. Six hours after stress relief, guard-cell ABA concentration was near the prestress valu...