Background: Plant growth regulators gave entry into animals and human cells through diet. Gibberellic acid (GA3) is an extensively prevalent plant growth regulator due to its use in agriculture. Therefore current study was designed to investigate the effect of GA3 compound on sperm DNA integrity, nuclear maturity and motility. Materials and Methods: To follow-up current study 12 mature male s r...

Rapid and extensive rhizome development is a desirable trait for perennial grass growth and adaptation to environmental stresses. The objective of this study was to determine proteomic changes and associated metabolic pathways of gibberellin (GA) -regulation of rhizome elongation in two perennial grass species differing in rhizome development. Plants of a short-rhizome bunch-type tall fescue (T...

Sex differentiation of flower buds is an important developmental process that directly affects fruit yield of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). Plant hormones, such as gibberellins (GAs) and ethylene can promote development of male and female flowers, respectively, however, the regulatory mechanisms of GA-induced male flower formation and potential involvement of ethylene in this process still rem...

A cool temperature is preferred for lettuce cultivation, as high temperatures cause premature bolting. Accordingly, exploring the mechanism of bolting and preventing premature bolting is important for agriculture. To explore this relationship in depth, morphological, physiological, and transcriptomic analyses of the bolting-sensitive line S39 at the five-leaf stage grown at 37°C were performed ...

Nutrient status in gladiolus corms were assessed following GA3 treatment and number of bud corm (cut as well whole corm). The experiment was laid out randomized block design involve factorial combination with three replications. Result revealed that 5 200 ppm showed maximum (10.99% 9.24%) nitrogen uptake whereas phosphorus accumulation (17.26% 21.88%) recorded 6 gave (11.93% 15.87%) potassium c...

Soil lead (Pb) contamination is a major environmental and public health risk. Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), second-generation biofuel crop, potentially useful for the long-term phytoremediation phytoextraction of Pb contaminated soils. We evaluated efficacy coordinated foliar application plant growth regulators soil fungicide chelator in order to optimize phytoextraction. Plants were grown cu...

OBJECTIVE To develop a protocol for breaking of seed dormancy and increasing the seed germination rate of Bunium persicum. METHODS The seeds were treated with 3.1, 6.3, 12.5, 25, 50 and 100 µmol/L of benzyl aminopurine, gibberellic acid (GA3), thidiazuron (TDZ) and forchlorfenuron. Then, seeds were transferred to two different temperature conditions including room temperature (25 °C) and chil...