Seaweed extract can improve the physicochemical properties of the soil and has a favorable effect on the plant growth and development due to having high nutrient content, high water holding capacity, plant growth regulators and beneficial microorganisms. The aim of this experiment was to investigate the effect of Ascophyllum nodosum extract, a brown alga, on the morphophysiological characterist...

Ladan Bayat 1, Mehri Askari*2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Arak University (Received: 29 November 2012 Accepted: 4 May 2013) Abstract: Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria are beneficial bacteria that increase growth of plants and induce resistance to various stresses. SO2 air pollution is one of these stresses that is known as a strong damaging air pollutants. Pers...

Soil accumulation with toxic metals and their transmition into agricultural products as a world problem is ever expanding. Cadmium (Cd) content of soil has increased due to luxury consumption of phosphorous fertilizers application which enters human food chain. In present study which was conducted in college of agriculture, Kerman University in 2010, the effects of chemical treatments namely sa...

Nowadays, cultivation of medicinal plants in the greenhouse and use of appropriate strategies to improve the response to environmental stresses on one hand, and growth of medicinal compounds on the other hand, has been under consideration. In this research, effect of exogenous putrescine on resistance of Datura stramonium plant to salinity stress was evaluated through studying growth parameters...

Earthworms are an important component of soil fauna because of their fundamental impact on soil physical, chemical and biological properties. To evaluate the effects of earthworms on some soil chemical properties as well as plant growth indicators, an experiment was carried out in a completely randomized design in greenhouse conditions. The first factor involved the presence or absence of earth...