Control of seed germination and dormancy is important in plant adaptation evolution. When studying Quercus species, we observed a substantially delayed shoot emergence following fast root chungii F.P.Metcalf. Since epicotyl physiological (PD) has not been reported section Cyclobalanopsis, examined morphology Q. aimed to document PD the seeds. The embryo was fully developed fresh ripe elongating...

Following excision, etiolated epicotyl segments of Pisum sativum L. cv. Alaska exhibit a marked hyperpolarization of membrane potential which is followed by a linear accumulation of K(+) when segments are incubated in Higinbotham nutrient solution. Segments aged for several hours and then reexcised display only a slight depolarization of membrane potential and no delay in ion accumulation; thus...

Aconitum heterophyllum is a critically endangered medicinal plant species of Indian Himalayas. Micropropagation of this plant is considered important for its ex-situ conservation as well as to generate large scale planting material for commercial supply. During the present study, seeds were taken as starting material. Seeds of A. heterophyllum are associated with a dormancy period and so optimi...

Aquaporins play a major role in governing the movement of water between neighboring cells during seed germination and are major players in response to abiotic stress conditions that affect water availability. Seeds of pea (Pisum sativum L. cv. Arkel) were used for studying cell growth, expression and function of aquaporins during seed imbibition, radicle emergence and growth.Water channel funct...

present study describes the length-weight (lwr) and length-length (llr) relationships of a freshwater catfish eutropiichthyes vacha hamilton from indus river, sindh, pakistan. a total of 281 specimen of e. vacha were collected from fisherman?s catch from february 2005 to january 2006, are used for this study. the parameters a and b of the length-weight relationship were calculated as w= alb are...

On the circular curve, lateral acceleration affects comfort. On the spiral, both lateral acceleration and jerk affect comfort.  The determination of maximum curving speed on the basis of lateral acceleration only is not critical because the lateral acceleration is proportional to the square of speed whereas jerk is proportional to cubic power of speed. The maximum speed on a curve is thus signi...

this study describes the length-weight and length-length relationships for 28 populations of garra ruffa in different basins of iran, including tigris, karkheh, karun, persis and hormuz. the length-weight relationships from most localities are reported here for the first time. for most populations the b value was not significantly different from 3, indicating an isometric growth, in a few, it w...