The proper and sustainable management of nitrogen fertilization is one the most common problems cereal cultivation in semiarid regions, which are characterized by a wide variability climatic conditions. current work was conducted to evaluate effects on agronomic economic aspects durum wheat cultivated under rainfed conditions Algeria determine efficient use efficiency (NUE) among four genotypes...

Estimation of long-term effective population size (N(e)) from polymorphism data alone requires an independent knowledge of mutation rate. Microsatellites provide the opportunity to estimate N(e) because their high mutation rate can be estimated from observed mutations. We used this property to estimate N(e) in allotetraploid wheat Triticum turgidum at four stages of its history since its domest...

Imbibition during the first few hours is crucial for the success of seed germination process. The effect of water deficit after 2 and 8 hours (h) of imbibition of seeds of durum wheat was studied in terms of reserve mobilization, total sugars and proteins at 24, 48 and 72 h post treatment. Imbibition for 2 and 8 h was not enough to support normal mobilization of seed reserves and solubilization...

To study drought stress effects on bound water, adsorption isotherms and pressure-volume curves were constructed for two durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) cultivars: Capeiti 8 (drought tolerant) and Creso (drought sensitive). Plants were grown under well-watered and water-stressed conditions in a controlled environment. Differential enthalpy (DeltaH) was calculated through van't Hoff analysis ...

The effect of a Paratrichodorus sp. (close to P. tunisiensis) on the growth of wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) was investigated in pots containing different nematode densities and maintained in a growth chamber at 20 C for 40 days. The relation between fresh weight of tops and initial nematode density was according to the equation y = m + (1 - m)z(PT). This suggests a tolerance limit of 1.4 nemato...

Domestication has induced major genetic changes in crop plants to satisfy human needs and as a consequence of adaptation to agroecosystems. This adaptation might have affected root exudate composition, which can influence the interactions in the rhizosphere. Here, using two different soil types (sand, soil), we provide an original example of the impact of domestication and crop evolution on roo...