One-year-old rooted cuttings of olive (Olea europaea L. cvs. Frantoio and Leccino) were grown either hydroponically or in soil in a greenhouse. Plants were exposed to NaCl treatments (0, 100, and 200 mM) for 35 days, followed by 30 to 34 days of relief from salt stress to determine whether previously demonstrated genotypic differences in tolerance to salinity were related to water relations par...

The involvement of ethylene in reversal salt (NaCl; 50 mM) stress on photosynthetic activity and growth by salicylic acid (SA; 0.5 together with sulfur (S; 2.0 was studied mustard (Brassica juncea L. cv. Pusa Vijay). Application SA plus SO42? improved through markedly increased S-assimilation, strengthening antioxidant defense system limiting NaCl-accrued oxidative consequences more conspicuous...

To investigate the influence of salinity and calcium (Ca) on some properties of Plantago ovata, a pot factorialexperiment based on randomized complete block design with three replicates was conducted in Jiroft, south of KermanProvince, Iran. Three salinity levels of 0, 100 and 200 mM NaCl and Ca levels of 0, 5 and 10 mM Calcium nitrate wereapplied as the first and second factors, respectively. ...

Gypsophila pilulifera Boiss. & Heldr. is an economically important critically endangered (CR) endemic species of Turkey. This a Mediterranean element and type sample located in square C3 (Antalya). Plants are much more sensitive to abiotic stress factors, especially during germination seedling development stages. In this study, vitro growth properties G. (Caryophyllaceae) were investigated ...

The effects of ovulation induction in ussurian bullhead, Leiocassis ussuriensis, were investigated by treating ussurian bullhead with hCG, LHRHa, GnRHa, ovaprim, and pimozide. hCG was injected to ussurian bullhead at 0.75% NaCl, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000, and 30,000 IU, respectively. The ovulation inducement rates were 100% in 20,000 and 30,000 IU. Fertilization rates were 82.7% and 79.8%. Hatching...

The turf grass Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. (kikuyu grass) is one of the candidate plants for utilization and reclamation of salinized areas. The capability of kikuyu grass to grow under saline conditions was tested during 6 months, under various irrigation treatments (tap water control, 80-mM, 150-mM, 200-mM, 240mM NaCl). Plant biomass production was visibly affected only at NaCl concentrat...

The effects of salinity on germination, vegetative growth, regrowth after clipping, osmotic adjustment and ion accumulation were evaluated in 6 cultivars of Chloris gayana at the early stages of growth. Two tetraploid cultivars, Boma and Callide, and 4 diploid ones, Bell, Katambora, Pioneer and a local accession of Pioneer, were included in the study. The rate of water uptake in seeds was not a...

The influx of Cl- across isolated frog skin bathed on the outside by 0.8 mM NaCl is about 100 nmol cm-2 h-1, which is approximately twice the Cl- influx in intact animals. The influx consists of diffusion (1%), exchange diffusion (38%), and active transport (60%). About 80% of the influx is independent of Na+ in the outer bath and is also independent of concomitant inward movement of cations. C...

Using small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), we have measured the salt-dependent static structure factor of di- and trinucleosomes from chicken erythrocytes and from COS-7 cells. We also determined the sedimentation coefficients of these dinucleosomes and dinucleosomes reconstituted on a 416-bp DNA containing two nucleosome positioning sequences of the 5S rDNA of Lytechinus variegatus at low an...

Excised shoot tips of sweet potato (Ipomoea babatas L.) were incubated in H2O2 or NaCl aqueous solution for 24h or 48h prior to a 3-day chilling at 2.5°C. Severity of chilling injury was visually observed during a post-chilling 7-day recovery at 21°C, and scored at 0 to 5 (none to most severe injury). In the first experiment, when cv. Purple (PUR) sweet potato shoots were subjected to 3-day chi...