Pot experiment was conducted in a net house to evaluate the effects of poultry manure on a newly found Cd accumulator Bidens tripartite L. phytoextraction potential to soil Cd pollution. The average Cd concentrations in root, stem, leaf, inflorescence and shoots of poultry manured B. tripartite were significantly decreased (p<0.05) by 35.5%, 34.4%, 31.0%, 46.5% and 22.6%, respectively, as compa...

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is a perennial leguminous plant, with strong tap root system that plays an important role in alfalfa’s adaptation to drought stress. However, better understanding of functional traits and how these are related whole plant responses order improve pasture productivity under water deficit. Two greenhouse experiments were conducted: Experiment 1 used three alfalfa culti...

In a pot experiment Ricinus communis plants were cultivated in quartz sand and supplied daily with a nutrient solution which contained 4 mol m(-3) nitrate as the nitrogen source and either full strength potassium (1.3 mol m(-3), control) or 8% potassium (0.1 mol m(-3), K(+)-limitation). Although the final fresh weight of the whole plant was not affected by K(+)-limitation, the root-shoot ratio ...

Abstract Plant invasion is one of the most serious threats to ecosystems worldwide. When invasive plants with ability clonal growth invading or colonizing in new habitat, their interconnected ramets may suffer from heterogeneous light. Effects integration on allelopathy are poorly understood under light conditions. To investigate effects plant Wedelia trilobata conditions, a pot experiment was ...

The role of indigenous and non-indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on As uptake by Plantago lanceolata L. growing on substrate originating from mine waste rich in As was assessed in a pot experiment. P. lanceolata inoculated with AMF had higher shoot and root biomass and lower concentrations of As in roots than the non-inoculated plants. There were significant differences in As concen...

Germination and early growth of maize Sweet Maize (Zea mays L.), var. (SEL. CONETA) under irrigation with saline water were investigated in a pot experiment with different soil types. Seven salinity levels of irrigation water up to 12 dS/m were used on a Clay soil (C) and a Sandy-Loam (SL). Emergence of maize was delayed under irrigation with saline water, and the final percentage of germinatio...

Root-knot nematode is one of the significant plant-parasitic nematodes in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). Considering its destructive potential, studies were carried out on effect organic amendments and their integration with chemicals upon root-knot pots (2016–17) infested field (2017–18), at research farm Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab. Among amendments, mustard cake treatmen...