For most crops, like Capsicum, their diversity remains under-researched for traits of interest for food, nutrition and other purposes. A small investment in screening this diversity for a wide range of traits is likely to reveal many traditional varieties with distinguished values. One objective of this study was to demonstrate, with Capsicum as model crop, the application of indicators of phen...

The term ‘protein’ is derived from the Greek word ‘Proteios’ meaning primary and is therefore well chosen, since proteins the first recognizable and distinctive expression of genetic information. The structure of proteins enable them to act as the catalysts which control the rates of all biological reactions, to serve as the carriers essential substances within the organisms, to serve as regula...

Effects of dill powder (Anethum graveolens dhi) on performance and biochemical traits, immune response, blood cells microbial population cecum broilers after stress induced with dexamethasone were investigated. Two hundred forty arrayed in completely randomized design six experimental groups, five replications eight per replication. The groups consisted G1: control diet without additives, G2: s...

The amphibious leafless sedge Eleocharis vivipara develops C4-like traits as well as Kranz anatomy under terrestrial conditions, but it develops C3-like traits without Kranz anatomy under submerged conditions. When submerged plants are exposed to aerial conditions, they rapidly produce new photosynthetic tissues with C4-like traits. In this study, experiments were performed to determine whether...

Synopsis A fundamental hypothesis for the evolution and maintenance of ornamental traits is that ornaments convey information to choosing females about the quality of prospective mates. A diverse array of ornaments (e.g., colors, morphological features, and behaviors) has been associated with a wide range of measures of individual quality, but decades of study of such indicator traits have fail...

Association analysis through linkage disequilibrium is a useful new tool for the dissection of complex traits and identification of superior alleles at genes identified. Presented here are the results in the search for DNA polymorphisms associated with drought tolerance, a highly quantitative trait in maize, using the candidate gene approach. The drought association mapping test characterized 3...

Rose plants growing under natural conditions are exposed to unfavorable environmental such as high temperature and drought, particularly around the blooming stage. This can reduce reproductive potential aesthetic value of commercial rose cultivars, which often more sensitive harsh conditions. Plants adjust adverse environments by regulating several morpho-physiological biochemical processes, ke...

Leaf functional traits allow plant survival and maintain their ecosystem function. Salinity affects leaf traits, but coordination among is poorly known may depend on salt severity. To increase our understanding of the under stress, we determined hydraulic, gas exchange, physiological biochemical parameters in Populus euphratica Oliv. ( P. ) grown salinity treatments, as well exchange different ...

to study the effect of salinity on physiological and morphological traits of chickpea in 2010 at faculty of agriculture and natural resources, university of tehran with seven chickpea genotypes. two experiments design was rcbd with 3 replications and 5 levels of salinity stress (ctrl, 200, 150, 100, 50 mm) for laboratory experiment on germination indices and greenhouse experiment on physiologic...