eight genotypes of spring safflower (carthamus tinctorius l.) were evaluated for several physiological traits under stress and non-stress water regimes. data were analyzed using principal factor analysis. the factor analysis technique extracted six factors under non-stress conditions. six factors explained about 80% of the total variation, and only 40% of the variance was accounted for by the f...

As groundwater found in aquifers is the main reservoir of freshwater for human activity, knowledge future response to climate change key improving water management adaptation plans. We analyze climate-driven evolution levels unconfined 218 world's major basins global simulations following latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change scenarios, run with models able capture feedbacks among cl...

Glycogen is a multi-branched polysaccharide of glucose that serves as a form of energy storage in animals. The present paper deals with changes in the level of glycogen in Clarias batrachus, which was subjected to prolonged fasting of 40 days. Tissues of brain were selected for the study. Glycogen content was estimated by the calorimetric method of Kemp et al. (1954) as modified by Krishnaswamy...

The pattern of changes in the internal concentration of ethylene in response to water stress was investigated in species with leaves that do abscise and leaves that do not abscise. When leaves which abscise were detached and exposed to dry air for up to 6 hours, a continuous increase of internal ethylene was observed. In water-stressed leaves which do not abscise only a transient rise in ethyle...

Acidic deposition can leach essential pools of calcium (Ca) directly from plant foliage. Because of the central role of Ca in environmental signal transduction, disruptions of labile foliar Ca pools could impair physiological responses to a variety of environmental stimuli and stressors. We investigated the possibility that acidic mist-induced depletion of membrane-associated Ca (mCa), which is...

Different techniques for estimating seasonal water use from soil profile water depletion frequently do not account for flux below the root zone. Shallow water table contribution to supply crop water use may be important in arid and semi-arid regions. Development of predictive root uptake models, under influence of shallow water table makes it possible for planners to incorporate interaction bet...

Drought is one of the most important environmental factors limiting the cultivation of ornamental plants in the green space. The effects of spermidine and salicylic acid on hollyhock (Alcea rosea L.)under drought stress were investigated. At first, the plants were sprayed with 3 doses of spermidine and 3 doses of salicylic acid (control, 100, 200 and 400 μM) for three consecut...

background: plants infection with microorganisms as well as physical factors such as osmotic stresses especially drought stress induced particular secondary metabolite production. objective: plant root and shoot hyoscyamine (hyo) and scopolamine (sco) variations were investigated under three water deficit stress (wds) levels as 30 (w1), 60 (w2) and 90 % (w3) water depletion of field capacity an...