Salinity of soil is a major abiotic stress limiting the crop production and growth of safflower. To mitigate stress, the effects of penconazole (PEN) on the growth of safflower were studied to understand the underlying mechanisms of salt tolerance. PEN, a triazole derivative, which has both fungicidal and plant growth regulator properties, protects plants from several types of abiotic stresses....

Salinity is a major threat to rice production worldwide. Several studies have been conducted to elucidate the molecular basis of salinity tolerance in rice. However, the genetic information such as quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and molecular markers, emanating from these studies, were rarely exploited for marker-assisted breeding. To better understand salinity tolerance and to validate previou...

The Z and E isomers of the iodinated TTF derivative (Z,E)-Me2I2-TTF co-crystallize in a mixed-valence salt with Br(-) anions, and are segregated into Z and E stacks, each of them with a different charge localization pattern, which also revealed charge-assisted halogen bonding.

aspen: an experimental test of assisted migration Stefan G. Schreiber*, Chen Ding, Andreas Hamann, Uwe G. Hacke, Barb R. Thomas and Jean S. Brouard Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H1, Canada; Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries, P.O. Box 8000, Boyle, AB, T0A 0M0, Canada; and Isabella Point Forestry Ltd., 331 Roland Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, V8K 1V1...

I have selected salt-tolerant cell lines from salt-sensitive cell cultures to identify genes that can contribute to longt e m increased salt tolerance in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Comparisons of differential gene expression in response to salt within the same genetic background allowed me to identify gene products that showed salt-induced expression in those cells with acquired salt toleran...

salinity tolerance is a genetically and physiologically complex trait, controlled by quantitative trait loci (qtls). in order to map the qtls associated with agronomic and physiological traits, 149 doubled haploid lines derived from a cross between clipper (salt susceptible) and sahara 3771 (salt tolerant) barley genotypes were evaluated under natural saline-stress and non-stress conditions usi...

This work shows mixed matrix inorganic membranes prepared by the vacuum-assisted impregnation method, where phenolic resin precursors filled the pore of α-alumina substrates. Upon carbonisation, the phenolic resin decomposed into several fragments derived from the backbone of the resin matrix. The final stages of decomposition (>650 °C) led to a formation of carbon molecular sieve (CMS) structu...

In the title salt, C(6)H(18)N(3) (3+)·3NO(3) (-), the piperazine ring adopts a chair conformation and the ethyl-ammonium group is equatorial relative to the piperazine ring, and in an all-trans conformation. In the crystal, strong charge-assisted N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the piperazinediium trications and the nitrate anions into a three-dimensional network.

A unique supramolecular helix assisted by water tetramers is obtained by static evaporation of aqueous solution of a zwitterionic salt, 1,1'-bis(4-carboxylatebenzyl)-4,4'-bipyridinium; spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking occurs in crystallization; interestingly, redox chromism behavior of crystals upon exposure to alcohol atmosphere has been observed.

We demonstrate that crown ether-assisted ligand replacement on Fe3O4 NPs using halide salts leads to quantitative stripping of an existing stabilizer shell with unprecedented (complete) efficiency; this allows subsequent re-grafting of functional ligands at maximal surface density. The mechanism of the anion-driven ligand replacement is elucidated by varying the halide salt and the versatility ...