The main objective of this work was to identify and classify genes involved in the process of leaf abscission in Clementina de Nules (Citrus clementina Hort. Ex Tan.). A 7 K unigene citrus cDNA microarray containing 12 K spots was used to characterize the transcriptome of the ethylene-induced abscission process in laminar abscission zone-enriched tissues and the petiole of debladed leaf explant...

The studies of induced mutation in Jatropha curcas were performed by exposing the healthy and dry seeds to gamma rays viz., 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 Kr doses and ethyl methanesulphonate (EMS) viz., 1, 2, 3 and 4 %. The observations were made for seed germination percentage, growth and yield characters such as root length, shoot length, seedling length and vigour index, plant height, petiole length,...

Functional-structural plant modeling (FSPM) is a fast and dynamic method to predict plant growth under varying environmental conditions. Temperature is a primary factor affecting the rate of plant development. In the present study, we used three different temperature treatments (10/14°C, 18/22°C, and 26/30°C) to test the effect of temperature on growth and development of rapeseed (Brassica napu...

This study aimed to use the petiole residues of miriti partially replace pine wood and evaluate effects this incorporation on physical mechanical properties particleboards. Panels were produced with 0, 25, 50, 75% in partial replacement 12% urea-formaldehyde adhesive. The chemical-physical showed potential particleboard production as they similar those pinewood. For properties, panels classifie...

Grain Amaranths are important nutritional vegetables in the world for their grains and leaves. Twelve grain Amaranth accessions were evaluated performances using randomized complete block design with 3 replications 2 years to measure variability group accessions. Analysis of Variance revealed significant among Amaranths. Phenotypic variances higher magnitude than genotypic variance all traits s...

Purpose: Syzygium zeylanicum (L.) DC. grows naturally in some of the Asian countries including Sri Lanka. In Belihuloya region S. trees are grown with specific characteristics than rest country and other countries. It is scientifically identified as a different variety var. lineare (Wall.). There no studies specifically focused on this tree This study has studying morphological characters suita...

Cabbage belonging to Brassicaceae family is one of the most important vegetables cultivated worldwide. The economically important part of cabbage crop is head, formed by leaves which may be of splitting and non-splitting types. Cabbage varieties showing head splitting causes huge loss to the farmers and therefore finding the molecular and structural basis of splitting types would be helpful to ...

The objective of this work was to morphologically characterize 15 banana cultivars and assess the physical and chemical characteristics of their fruits at two maturation stages, unripe (pre-climacteric) and ripening. The plants were evaluated regarding their pseudostem height and diameter, petiole length, leaf blade length, width and length-to-width ratio. The cultivar Ouro had fruits with lowe...

It has been observed in this laboratory (15) that the normally polar distribution of callus growth on tobacco stem explants becomes non-po'ar in the presence of low levels of 2,3,5-triiodobenzoic acid (TIBA), while the amount of callus growth is not diminished. It was thought that this phenomenon might reflect a specific inhibition by TIBA of the polar transport of auxin. Subsequent studies (10...

an investigation was conducted to determine the genetic diversity among 44 iranian spinach (spinacia oleracea l.) landraces using 21 morphological characteristics under open field conditions. according to data analysis results, significant differences were found among landraces in vegetative traits at 1 and 5% levels. results showed that tabriz landrace had the highest percentage of female plan...