BACKGROUND AND AIMS Simple models of herbaceous plant growth based on optimal partitioning theory predict, at steady state, an isometric relationship between shoot and root biomass during plant ontogeny, i.e. a constant root-shoot ratio. This prediction has received mixed empirical support, suggesting either that optimal partitioning is too coarse an assumption to model plant biomass allocation...

Rapid clonal propagation through in vitro techniques using cotyledonary node as an explant has been attempted in the high yielding, tikka-susceptible (ICG 11337, AK 1224, ICGS 44, JL 24) and tikka-immune (ICG 6284) varieties of Arachis hypogaea L. Cotyledonary nodes were excised from the 12–15 days-old axenic seedlings and cultured in the presence of various concentrations of N6 –benzylaminopur...

Background and objectives: Haplophyllum canaliculatum is an endemic and endangered Iranian plant from Rutaceae family. The object of this work was to study the volatile production in established shoot and callus cultures of Haplophyllum canaliculatum as well as isolation, identification and sequencing of 18S rRNA gene from callus culture. Methods: Shoot and callus cultures of H. canaliculatum w...

abstract in order to study the effects of variety, water regime, zinc and cadmium levels on concentration, content and translocation of p, cu, fe and mn on rice, a factorial experiment was conducted consisting of four factors including: two varieties of rice (vandana and hashemi), two water regimes (flooded and nonflooded), three levels of zinc, and three of cadmium (0, 5 and 10 mg kg-1). the e...

How do humans choose one arm or the other to reach single targets in front of the body? Current theories of reward-driven decisionmaking predict that choice results from a comparison of "action values," which are the expected rewards for possible actions in a given state. In addition, current theories of motor control predict that in planning arm movements, humans minimize an expected motor cos...

Received May 11, 2013 Revised July 10, 2013 Accepted July 28, 2013 This paper cite comparative performance characteristics of Z-Source inverter fed IM drives with mostly used VSI & CSI fed IM drives. ZSI has both voltages buck and boost capabilities as they allow inverters to be operated in the shoot through state. It employs an exclusive Z-Source network (LC component) to dc-link the main inve...

Z-source inverter takes advantage of a distinctive impedance source network and modulation method of shootthrough vector, and achieves the function of buck/boost DC AC inverter in the single stage system at the same time, which is suitable for grid-connected PV systems with large input voltage variations. The purpose of this study is to draw a unified method of shoot-through vector and grid inv...

During postembryonic development, all organs of a plant are ultimately derived from a few pluripotent stem cells found in specialized structures called apical meristems. Here we discuss our current knowledge about the regulation of plant stem cells and their environments with main emphasis on the shoot apical meristem of Arabidopsis thaliana. Recent studies suggest that stem cells are localized...

V. A. Yerokhin,1, 2 A. N. Artemyev,1 V. M. Shabaev,1, 3 and G. Plunien4 Department of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, Oulianovskaya 1, Petrodvorets, St. Petersburg 198504, Russia Center for Advanced Studies, St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Polytekhnicheskaya 29, St. Petersburg 195251, Russia Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Nöthnitzer Str. 38, D-01187 D...

This paper discusses the productivity evaluation results (shoot length, shoot number, leaf size, and yields) of hy-droponically grown perforate St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum L.). Hydroponic technique enables year-round growing this medicinal plant preserving natural population in Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District -Yugra; wortis listed District’s Red Book as species that should be clos...