A CCORDING to Chambers and Zweifach, water and water soluble substance move through only intercellular cement and lipophilic substances, 02 and CO2 move mainly through cell membrane. Therefore, the main factor which determines the capillary permeability to water is the porosity of inter-cellular cement. Almost all of physiological phenomena can be explained reasonably by considering that the in...

introduction drought stress is the most important growth limiting factor for crop production. sugar accumulation under drought stress strengthens and stabilizes cell membranes and maintains the water absorption and turgid property. under stress conditions, proline will also maintain the turgor pressure and decreased the damages caused to plant membrane. although proline concentrations may have ...

introduction plant responses to environmental stress have a central role in agricultural production. responses results from events occurring at all levels of the organization, from biochemical reactions in cells to whole plant physiology. many plants are injured when exposed to low non-freezing temperatures. however, data on the effects of night temperatures are scarce. on the other hand, nitri...

The grape berries due to containing organic acids, sugars, aromatic compounds, phenolic compounds (including anthocyanins, flavanols, flavonols, stilbenes (resveratrol)), tannins, and oil in the pulp, skin, and seed have numerous health benefits for human health. In this study, we investigated genetic and phytochemical characteristics of four famous grapevine cultivars (Shiraz, Sirch, Panje Aro...

this experiment was conducted to study the effect of plastic mulch on the growth and some physiological characteristics of two strawberry cultivars (paros and queen elisa) under drought stress. a factorial experiment was performed based on randomized complete block design with four treatments, including mulch, without mulch, normal irrigation (control) and deficit irrigation (-10 bar) with thre...

drought is considered as one of the most important limiting factors for oil seed canola plant(brassica napus l.) growth and productivity in iran. on the basis of root and shoot dry weight asaffected by water stress exerted by peg 6000, out of 9 canola cultivars, a relatively tolerant (cv. aghaii)and a sensitive cultivar (cv. po4) were selected. their responses to low water potential with respec...

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of slightly elevated atmospheric temperature in the spring on photosynthetic products in wheat seedlings and on organic compounds and biological activity in rhizosphere soil under cadmium (Cd) stress. Elevated temperature was associated with increased soluble sugars, reducing sugars, starch, and total sugars, and with decreased amino ac...

This study investigated the effects of a novel antibacterial film based on chitosan, carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium alginate, tea polyphenols, ascorbic acid, and tangelo peel extract postharvest quality reactive oxygen species metabolism fruit during storage. The composite significantly reduced decay rate weight loss, delayed reduction in total soluble solids titratable acidity, retained firmn...

the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of steam treatment on nutritive value of date (phoenix dactylifera) leaves. date leaves were chopped and mixed with water or sulfuric acid solution to contain 50% moisture with or without 1% sulfuric acid. steam treatment of the date leaves was carried out using three levels of steam pressure (14, 17 and 20 bar), three reaction times (120, 180...