Plant roots interact with a wide variety of rhizospheric microorganisms, including bacteria and the symbiontic arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. The mycorrhizal symbiosis represents a series of complex feedbacks between plant and fungus regulated by their physiology and nutrition. Despite the widespread distribution and ecological significance of AM symbiosis, little is known about the potenti...

Artemisia sieberi (Asteraceae) is an important perennial plant that common in the pastures, mountains and deserts of Iran. In 2019, A. showing little leaf, yellowing, internode shortening witches’-broom symptoms (Fig. 1) were observed around Abarkooh (Yazd province, Iran). The disease incidence was up to 5%. Total DNA extracted from 0.2 g fresh midrib tissue 10 diseased five symptomless plants ...

Physiological effect of five levels of water stress (0,-0.3,-6,-9 and -1.2MP) was studied on seed germination and tigella as well as radicule growth length in two different Artemisia species namely: Artemisia spicigera and Artemisia fragrans. Polyethylene glycol (PEG) was used to provide appropriate water potentials. A total of 50 seeds were sown from each Artemisia species. Experimental design...