The rapid decline in the extent and health of coastal salt marshes has created a need for nondestructive methods for evaluating the condition of salt marsh ecosystems. This paper describes simultaneous uses of field sampling and remote sensing approaches to understand salt marsh ecosystem functions and species distributions and discusses the implications for salt marsh monitoring using remote s...

Soil particle size distribution (PSD), one of the most important soil physical attributes, is of great importance to soil water movement, soil erosion and soil solute migration. In this study, the soil PSD of 563 soil samples from the mulched drip irrigated cotton fields in Xinjiang of China were measured by laser diffraction particle size analyzer. The soil PSD characteristics and its relation...

Understanding the salinity stress mechanisms is essential for crop improvement and sustainable agriculture. Salinity prepotent abiotic compared with other stresses that decrease growth development, reducing production creating food security-related threats. Therefore, input of metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) such as zinc (ZnO-NPs) can improve salt tolerance in plants, especially early stage gro...

The CBL-CIPK pathway is a plant-specific Ca2+ sensor relaying pathway that has been shown to be involved in plant response to salt stress. Over-expression of CBL-CIPK network genes has been reported to increase salt tolerance in many studies. The studies on the overexpression of CBL-CIPK network genes, however, have used various indices to evaluate the effect of these genes on salt tolerance an...

Salinity is a major constraint for plant growth, development and yield worldwide. Evaluation of large number germplasms in salt-stressed environments may help identify superior salt-tolerant genotypes. The present study dissects the genetic diversity 33 pearl millet genotypes (landraces inbred lines) salinity tolerance through vitro screening at seedling stage. Our results revealed significant ...

Tuna processing by-product is estimated at more than 100,000 metric tonnes annually in Iran, which could be a potential source of edible protein in human food. Hence, recovering proteins from tuna by-products is a big achievement in the seafood industry. In this work tuna protein isolates (TPI) were extracted from dark/ red meat using the isoelectric solubilization/ precipitation method. Oxidat...