Abstract Salinity is one of the major abiotic challenges influencing plant productivity worldwide. To examine the response of two alfalfa cultivars (Bami and Hamedani) to six levels of water salinity (0, 25, 50, 75, 100, 125 mM L-1 NaCl), a glasshouse experiment was conducted at the College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran in 2008. The results showed that in Bami (which appeared...

carbon dioxide (co2) concentration of the global atmosphere has increased during the last decades. increasing global atmospheric co2 concentrations are expected to influence crop production. in order to evolution of co2 concentration effects on morphophysiologycal traits in tagets, ageratum and gauilardia, a factorial experiment based on completely randomized design with 3 replications and 12 t...

A field experiment was carried out to identify the best suitable rice variety for aerobic cultivation in Cauvery delta region. Ten ruling varieties were sown two consecutive Kharif seasons, with regular nutrient and weed management practices under condition. Growth parameters viz.,plant height, leaf area index, root length dry weight studied. Similarly yield viz., panicles m-2, Dry matter produ...

Oats (Avena sativa L.) were extracted with 80% aqueous ethanol and the extract was successively isolated by liquid–liquid partition to yield n-hexane, ethyl acetate, n-butanol and water layers. Among them, the ethyl acetate (EA) layer exhibited the highest total phenolic content (TPC), the strongest DPPH radicalscavenging activity and an inhibitory effect on an oleic acid-induced (OA-induced) f...

salinity is one of the most important limiting factors for crops, because of most agronomic and horticultural crops are sensitive to salinity. on the other hands, considerable lands of the world were affected by salinity and they are increasing day by day. an experiment was conducted with five levels of irrigation water salinity in soilless culture and greenhouse condition to evaluate the effec...

Ecosystem-level estimates of the effect of lianas on tree growth in mature tropical forests are needed to evaluate the functional impact of lianas and their potential to affect the ability of tropical forests to sequester carbon, but these are currently lacking. Using data collected on tree growth rates, local growing conditions and liana competition in five permanent sampling plots in Amazonia...

The kinetics of formate metabolism in Methanobacterium formicicum and Methanospirillum hungatei were studied with log-phase formate-grown cultures. The progress of formate degradation was followed by the formyltetrahydrofolate synthetase assay for formate and fitted to the integrated form of the Michaelis-Menten equation. The K(m) and V(max) values for Methanobacterium formicicum were 0.58 mM f...

studies on crop improvement of saffron (crocus sativus l.) can play an important role in development of this native crop. in this context, an experiment was conducted at agricultural research station, ferdowsi university of mashhad, iran, as a factorial based on randomized complete block design with three replications, during 2005-2010 years. first studied factor was planting pattern of saffron...

Radioactivity in the atmosphere originates from natural radioactive decay, cosmogenic production, nuclear weapons testing and nuclear accidents. Results of the measurements have shown that cosmogenic 7Be is the only gamma emitting nuclide found in the atmosphere of Iran (1). 7Be (t1/2 = 53d) is one of the radioactive products of the bombardment of the atmosphere by cosmic rays. About 75% of 7Be...