Soluble silicon (Si) provides protection to plants against a variety of abiotic and biotic stress. However, the effects of Si on viral infections are largely unknown. To investigate the role of Si in viral infections, hydroponic studies were conducted in Nicotiana tabacum with two pathogens: Tobacco ringspot virus (TRSV) and Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). Plants grown in elevated Si showed a delay...

Pratylenchus penetrans is a pest for producers of oriental lilies in northern California. Concern over groundwater contamination from 1,2-dichloropropane following shank injections of 1,3-dichloropropene-l,2-dichloropropane mixture and granular applications of aldicarb prompted testing for alternative methods of controlling P. penetrans. In field trials, nematicides applied by drip irrigation (...

An open-top chamber study was conducted to investigate the tissue and cellular-level foliar effects of ozone (O3) on a Mediterranean evergreen species, the mastic plant (Pistacia lentiscus L.). Plants were exposed at three different O3 levels, and leaf samples were collected periodically from the beginning of the exposure. Although no visible foliar injury was evident, alterations of the plasti...

Field trials were used to investigate the phytotoxicity of foliar sprays of 2,4-D amine to sugarcane. Yield losses of variety NCo 376 resulted from band sprays when 3,3 kg ae/ha was sprayed onto plant or ratoon cane which had unfurled three or more leaves per shoot. The greater the foliar development of the crop at the time of spraying, the greater was the resulting crop loss. At similar stages...

Experiments were carried out to investigate the physiological (dry weight of root, stem, peg, flowers plant, fruits sets percent, pod yield (kg plot), 100-kernel weight, days to flowering and maturity) and biochemical (endogenous proline level) traits of groundnut cultivar Swat Phalli-96 under drought stress. The result showed that drought stress significantly (p < 0.05) reduced dry weight of r...

Glutathione (GSH), a major antioxidant in most aerobic organisms, is perceived to be particularly important in plant chloroplasts because it helps to protect the photosynthetic apparatus from oxidative damage. In transgenic tobacco plants overexpressing a chloroplast-targeted gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase (gamma-ECS), foliar levels of GSH were raised threefold. Paradoxically, increased GSH ...

The efficacy of oxamyl in controlling Heterodera schachtii on cabbage was determined by applying various contbinations of soil drenches at 6.7 kg (a.i.)/ha and foliar sprays at 0.04 kg (a.i.)/100 liters of water to cabbage seedlings. Pretransplant drenches provided some control of H. schachtii over a 13-week period. A single foliar spray of oxamyl 1 week before transplanting apparently prevente...

Effective methods of supplying Zn to fruit trees are needed to combat widespread deficiency of this element all over the world. Soil applications are not very effective because the roots of fruit crops occupy deep soil layers and zinc does not easily move in the soil. Although foliar sprays are more effective, foliar-absorbed Zn is not easily translocated in plants, which necessitates repeated ...

Chloroplast structure and function is known to alter during foliar senescence. Besides, the alterations in the structural organisation of thylakoid membranes changes in the steady state levels of thylakoid membrane proteins occur due to leaf ageing. We monitored temporal changes in some of the specific proteins of thylakoid membrane protein complexes by western blotting in the Cucumis sativus c...

Drought is a key abiotic stress that confines agriculture development worldwide. Silicon (Si) commonly considered to be valuable element for resistance against drought and sustainable agriculture. To investigate the morpho-physiological biochemical characteristics of Gerbera jamesonii plants, pot experiment was conducted under greenhouse conditions exposed water (60% FC) well-watered (100% cond...