ABI3 (ABSCISIC ACID INSENSITIVE 3) is a family of B3 transcription factors essential for regulating the abscisic acid (ABA) signaling pathway involved in various biological processes and abiotic stress. Our previous studies demonstrated that ectopic expression ScABI3 from desiccation-tolerant moss (Syntrichia caninervis) into Arabidopsis thaliana enhanced stress tolerance. However, on plant tra...

braconidae (hymenoptera) communities at high altitudes in alfalfa fields of kerman province (iran) were analyzed. the communities were sampled by sweep netting in 2014 and 2015. samples were taken from three altitudinal transects: 1900–2300 m, 2400–2700 m and 2800–3100 m. a total of 1773 braconid specimens belonging to seven subfamilies were collected. alpha, beta and gamma diversities were ana...

In order to obtain a salt-tolerant perennial alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), we transferred the halophyte Salicornia europaea L. Na(+)/H(+) antiporter gene, SeNHX1, to alfalfa by using the Agrobacterium-mediated transformation method. The transformants were confirmed by both PCR and RT-PCR analyses. Of 197 plants that were obtained after transformation, 36 were positive by PCR analysis using 2 pr...

the effectiveness of irap, remap, ssr, and issr markers were investigated to assess genetic diversity among and within eight medicago sativa l. populations. a total of 101, 119, 117 loci and 31 alleles were amplified using 10 irap, 14 remap, 16 issr and eight ssr primers, respectively. irap markers generated the maximum proportion of polymorphic loci per primer (pplp) while the maximum value of...

seeds of 200 accessions of alfalfa (medicago sativa l.) were provided from iraniannatural resource gene bank and were sown as drilled plot using alpha designs/unreplicatedwith 2 repeated entries within all of 10 blocks under dry land farming system in agriculturalresearch center of hamadan, iran during 2009 to 2010. the data were collected and analyzedfor plant height, stem number, leaf stem ra...