abstract: salicylic acid is a phytohormone with phenolic nature which has been proved its role in increasing plant resistance to biotic and abiotic stress in several studies. this study was performed in order to investigation of interaction between 0, 0.5 and 1.5 mm concentrations of salicylic acid, as a seed pretreatment and different levels of drought stress (100, 75, 50 and 25 percent of fie...

one of the major classes of ionotropic glutamate receptors is the class of n-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (nmdars). receptor activation recruits, via calcium signal transduction mechanisms which play important roles in oxidative metabolism, mitochondrial free radical production and occurrence of other mitochondrial factors which potentially contribute to excitotoxicity and neuronal death. in...

To investigate effects of putrescine (Put) and humic acid (HA) on fruit yield and physiological attributes of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. 'Kano') under water deficit stress, a field experiment was conducted in split plot based on a randomized complete block design with three replications. Plants were exposed to three different irrigation regimes (33%, 66% and 100% ETc) and were treated with...

we aimed to study the mntnhex-2-pyp effect on some markers of lung antioxidant defence system in mice asthma model.the study was carried out on 28 c57b1/6 mice divided into four treatment groups: group 1 - controls; group 2 - injected and inhaled with ovalbumin; group 3 - treated with mntnhex-2-pyp and inhaled with phosphate buffered saline; group 4 - injected with ovalbumin and mntnhex-2-pyp b...

The katG gene coding for the only catalase-peroxidase in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 was deleted in this organism. Although the rate of H2O2 decomposition was about 30 times lower in the DeltakatG mutant than in the wild type, the strain had a normal phenotype and its doubling time as well as its resistance to H2O2 and methyl viologen were indistinguishable from those o...

To assess nickel-induced toxicity in plants, Zea mays seeds were germinated and cultured on nutrient solution with nickel concentrations of 50-200 μM for a period of two weeks. Observed biological makers included biomass, soluble and total protein contents, and the activities of guaiacol peroxidase (GPX), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), catalase (CAT), and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) in the l...

in‏ ‏order‏ ‏to‏ ‏study‏ ‏chamomile‏ ‏tolerance‏ ‏to‏ ‏salinity‏ ‏and‏ ‏find‏ ‏a way‏ ‏to‏ ‏increase‏ ‏its‏ ‏tolerance‏ ‏afactorial‏ ‏experiment‏ ‏was‏ ‏conducted‏ ‏in‏ ‏acompletely‏ ‏randomized‏ ‏design‏ ‏with‏ ‏three‏ ‏replications‏ ‏in‏ ‏‎2012.‎‏ ‏seeds‏ ‏primed‏ ‏with‏ ‏salicylic‏ ‏acid‏ ‏and‏ ‏gibberellic‏ ‏acid‏ ‏‎(ga)‎‏ ‏at‏ ‏‎250‎‏ ‏ppm‏ ‏by‏ ‏a‏ ‏combination‏ ‏of‏ ‏the treatments‏ ‏at‏...