A common problem with vegetable production in drought areas is low crop stand, but germination data are limited and inconsistent for cumin. Different priming methods positively affect the enhancement of seed seedlings growth, especially under stress conditions. The objective this study was to assess effects different treatment (unprimed seeds as control, hydro-priming, salicylic acid, jasmonic ...

The effect of Black plum, Syzygium cuminii (Linn.) Skeels (syn. S. jambolanum DC.) seed extract on lipid peroxidation in alloxan induced diabetic rats was studied. Alloxan 150mg (mg/kg body weight) increased significantly the glucose level in blood and induced the Lipid Peroxidation (LPO) in liver. The antioxidant enzymes Catalase (CAT), Reduced Glutathione (GSH), Glutathione peroxidase (GPx), ...

Background: Astragalus membranaceus seeds have dormant properties that not only limit germination but also negatively affect the growth of seedlings. We investigated enhancing effect cold plasma treatment on seed and positive seedling by treating its with at different power levels. Method: The were treated levels 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, 180, 200, 220 240 W for 15 seconds helium gas with...

There is circumstantial evidence implicating reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the highly ordered temporal and spatial regulation of expression of the Cat and Sod antioxidant genes during seed development and germination in maize. In order to understand and provide experimental data for the regulatory role of ROS, the expression patterns of the Cat1, Cat2, Cat3, GstI, Sod3, Sod4, and Sod4A genes...

In this study, the synthesis of ceria (CeO2) nanoparticles (NPs) was examined by the biosynthesis method. Then, enzyme-like features of synthesized nanoceria were examined. Peroxidase enzyme from fig (Ficus carica) was used as a synthesis and stabilizer reagent. Furthermore, it was investigated whether the obtained nanoceria has superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and peroxidase (POX) ac...

fire blight, caused by the bacterium erwinia amylovora, is one of the most destructive diseases of plants in the rosaceae subfamily pomoideae. the objective of this study was to determine the level of resistance of 30 pear cultivars and describe the biochemical changes induced in some resistant and susceptible cultivars. the level of resistance was determined by the length of the fire blight le...

drought is one on the most important factors limiting the productivity of spring chickpea in drylands of iran. sixtym genotypes of chickpea from icarda's germplasm accessions, as well as one drought susceptible check (ilc 3279), were sown in spring of 2010 at two locations, sanandaj and maragheh, in the western highlands of iran for one year. the experiment in each location was laid out in a ra...

in order to evaluate the effect of priming on germination of black cumin under different levels of salinity, a factorial experiment on base of completely randomized design was conducted with three replications. the main factors consisted of five levels of priming (osmopraiming with kno3 (1 and 3%), salicylic acid (sa) (0.2 and 0.5 mm) and a hydropriming)) and four salinity levels (zero, 75, 125...