one of the main problems in crop production in iran is the difference between actual yield and attainable yield which is called yield gap. thus, identifying yield constraints and yield gap are important. to do this, a study was conducted in 95 farms gorgan of in five villages, during two years 2007 and 2008. in this study, all of the information about management operations, soil and crop charac...

Salinization is a global environmental problem. It particularly prevalent in Africa areas with low rainfall trend such as the Senegalese groundnut basin where 20% of land affected. reduces food production by more than 10%. In Senegal, sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) moderately tolerant to drought and salinity increasingly cultivated. an alternative fight poverty rural allows revaluation salty land....

the anatomical and epidermal characteristics, as well as the physiological response, of 'colombia' ecotype cape gooseberry plants treated or untreated with foliar applications of kaolin at 2 irrigation levels (well-irrigated plants vs. water-stressed plants) were evaluated. relative water content (rwc), stomatal density, and chlorophyll index were reduced under water stress. water stress increa...

Effects of salinity on growth and physiological indices of Kosteletzkya virginica seedlings were studied. Plant height, fresh weight (FW), dry weight (DW), and net photosynthetic rate (Pn) increased at 100 mM NaCl and slightly declined at 200 mM, but higher salinity induced a significant reduction. Chlorophyll content, stomatal conductance (Gs), intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci), and transpi...

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the early water stress in maize using leaf-level measurements of chlorophyll fluorescence and temperature. In this study, a series of diurnal measurements, such as leaf chlorophyll fluorescence (Fs), leaf spectrum, temperature and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), were conducted for maize during gradient watering and filled watering experime...

Many plant growth regulators (PGRs) are known to alleviate the negative effects of drought stress in plants. However, limited research has been conducted to investigate the potential benefits of exogenous application of PGRs in wheat plants grown under drought stress. In the present study, effects of salicylic acid (SA) and chlormequat chloride (CCC) on drought-stress induced changes in morpho-...