The present study investigate the effect of Kochia indica extract using Vicia faba L assay. All parameters investigated were being affected. Four concentrations of 10, 20, 30 and 40% were applied for three time duration (6, 12, 24 h). The percentage of germination and plant height are dose and time dependent, probably due to alterations in cell cycle. Treated roots were highly affected compared...

Intracellular sucrose compartmentation in the palisade parenchyma of Vicia faba L. leaflets was investigated by comparing the specific radioactivity of photosynthetically labeled [(14)C]sucrose in samples enriched in vacuole to that in samples enriched in cytoplasm. Brief centrifugation of leaflet punches was used to sediment most of the palisade parenchyma cytoplasm in the adaxial ends of the ...

intercropping is a correct method of management for crop production and leads to improvement of resource absorption and use by plants. in order to evaluate light interception and some characteristics of canopy in monocropping and intercropping of maize (zea mays l.) and faba bean (vicia faba l.) under climatic conditions of tabriz, a field experiment was conducted in 2006-2007 at the research s...

Eight faba bean (Vicia faba L.) genotypes were grown at lowlands of the west-Mediterranean region of Turkey in order to estimate the broad-sense heritability for plant height, number of stems and pods per plant, seed yield, biological yield, 100-seed weight, days to flowering and maturity. The heritability for plant height, number of stems and pods per plant, seed yield, biological yield, 100-s...

Mitotic root micronucleus (MCN) frequency in Vicia faba as a bioassay, is primarily based on the extent of the sentinel Vicia response in terms of cytogenetic damage quantitatively or qualitatively to indicate the presence of mutagenic contaminants. This paper describes an investigation designed to assess changes in MCN frequencies of Vicia faba from three generation plants obtained, respective...

Metabolism of abscisic acid (ABA) was investigated in isolated guard cells and in mesophyll tissue of Vicia faba L. and Commelina communis L. After incubation in buffer containing [G-(3)H]+/-ABA, the tissue was extracted by grinding and the metabolites separated by thin layer chromatography. Guard cells of Commelina metabolized ABA to phaseic acid (PA), dihydrophaseic acid (DPA), and alkali lab...

Copper (Cu) toxicity on plants has become a major problem with increasing agricultural and environmental pollution. The effect of Cu on NADPH-diaphorase (NADPH-d) activity, commonly employed as a marker for nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity and nitric oxide (NO) production, was investigated in root tips of Vicia faba L. We found that Cu stress stunted root growth and development of root hair...

The present investigation aims to study the intraspecific diversity of thirteen faba bean genotypes (Vicia faba L. 2n=12) and to determine some selection criteria for plant breeding. Five yield parameters were studied: plant height (H), branch number per plant (BN/Pl), pod number per plant (PN/Pl), seed number per pod (SN/P) and yield per plant (Y/Pl). With a few exceptions, significant variabi...