introduction studies on the fall-winter sowing of chickpea were commenced in 1974-75 at mediterranean regions. for example, singh et al, (1997) studied some chickpea cold and ascochyta blight tolerant genotypes in fall-winter sowing for 10 years (1983-1993) on three regions in syria and lebanon under rain-fed conditions. the mean of seed yield for 10 years in the fall-winter sowing was 1686 kg....

in order to evaluate the effect of different levels of sowing dates and plant density on grain yield and its components in chickpea var. arman, a field study was conducted at ekbatan research field station of agricultural and natural resources research center of hamedan province under rainfed condition during 2009-2010 cropping season. treatments were arranged as split plot on the basis of rand...

Cliff sides are extreme habitats, often sheltering a rich and unique flora. One example is the dioecious herb Borderea chouardii (Dioscoreaceae), which is a Tertiary, tropical relict, occurring only on two adjacent vertical cliffs in the world. We studied its reproductive biology, which in some aspects is extreme, especially the unusual double mutualistic role of ants as both pollinators and di...

Native plants are an important part of New Zealand’s uniqueness, and there is increasing awareness of the need to maintain these species in managed landscapes, particularly pastoral areas, in addition to the country’s conservation lands. The most widely used method of establishing native plants is transplanting nursery-grown seedlings, and for many species, much experience and knowledge has bee...

Many publications describe cryopreservation techniques but only a few studies have focused on the biochemical and physiological changes occurring in plants regenerated from seeds exposed to liquid nitrogen. This paper aims at describing the effect of common bean seed cryostorage on mineral nutrition of young plantlets. The following elements were measured on leaves of 10-dayold plantlets from n...

This study aims to contribute the improvement of chickpea agri-food industry and adapt it future challenges. For this, effect a Rhizobacteria-based biostimulant mixture was analyzed in Amelia variety (Cicer arietinum L.) two different experiments: one flowerpots greenhouse other field grown under rainfed conditions. Germination success, vegetative development phenological stages plants were stu...

The results of studies on the use UV treatment for disinfection soybean seeds from pathogenic microflora before sowing are presented. research is devoted to development a technology preparing sowing, which involves pre-treatment with radiation, followed by traditional chemical and biological means protecting microflora. was aimed at establishing relationship between parameters effectiveness sur...

Loblolly and slash pine seed were inoculated at sowing with 1 of 12 different strains of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) in the greenhouse. Time to germination and seedling densities were determined at 21 days, and seedling biomass was measured at 12 wk after sowing. All bacterial strains significantly increased the speed of seedling emergence over nontreated pine seed. By 12 wk, ho...

Cuphea (Cuphea viscosissima Jacq.3 C. lanceolataW.T. Aiton) is a potential new oilseed crop for temperate regions. Harvesting problems occur because current varieties are nondeterminate and shatter seeds. Because swathing may help overcome some of these problems, cuphea was swathed and allowed to dry in windrows for 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 wk before combining. Measured variables at the time of combin...