Priming is one of the seed enhancement methods that might be resulted in increased seed performance (germination and emergence), seedling growth and plant yield under stress conditions, such as salinity, temperature and drought stress. In order to evaluate the effect of growth hormones on morphology characteristics and essential oil of basil under drought stress condition, a experiment was cond...

Abstrak. Benih terung belanda memiliki dormansi fisiologis, yaitu dimana adanya faktor penghambat yang dapat mencegah terjadinya proses perkecambahan terjadi. Metode dilakukan untuk mengatasi fisiologi dengan pengaplikasian larutan mengandung giberelin. Tujuan penelitian mengetahui dampak perlakuan benih menggunakan giberelin terhadap viabilitas dan vigor terung. Penelitian ini rancangan acak l...

A significant stimulation (2- to 2.5-fold) of AdoMet synthetase was witnessed in glibberellicd acid (GA3, 1 microM)-treated epicotyls of the dwarf pea (Pisum sativum). This was accompanied by a 2.4-fold increase in the endogenous pool of S-adenosylmethionine. Both abscisic acid (10 microM) and cycloheximide (20 micrograms/ml) inhibited the GA3-mediated enhancement of AdoMet synthetase activity....

The developmental toxicities of seven acrylates were studied in Sprague-Dawley rats after inhalation exposure for 6 h/day, during days 6 to 20 of gestation. The exposure concentrations were: for acrylic acid, 50, 100, 200, or 300 ppm; for methyl acrylate, 25, 50, or 100 ppm; for ethyl acrylate, 25, 50, 100, or 200 ppm; for butyl acrylate, 100, 200, or 300 ppm; for ethylhexyl acrylate, 50, 75, o...

BACKGROUND The phytohormone gibberellic acid (GA3) is widely used in the table grape industry to induce seedlessness in seeded varieties. However, there is a paucity of information concerning the mechanisms by which GAs induce seedlessness in grapes. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In an effort to systematically analyze the cause of this GA3-induced seed abortion, we conducted an in depth char...

P. aegyptiaca is one of the most destructive root parasitic plants worldwide, causing serious damage to many crop species. Under natural conditions P. aegyptiaca seeds must be conditioned and then stimulated by host root exudates before germinating. However, preliminary experiments indicated that TIS108 (a triazole-type inhibitor of strigolactone) and fluridone (FL, an inhibitor of carotenoid-b...

Salivary α-amylase is the most important enzyme for oral digestion of dietary starch. Therefore, regeneration of the salivary glands via a tissue engineering approach is clearly required for patients with salivary gland dysfunction. Early during seed germination, the embryo synthesizes gibberellic acid (GA3), a plant hormone that activates the synthesis and secretion of α-amylase. The purpose o...