The present study deals with the isolation and identification of intestinal bacteria from Common carp Cyprinus carpio. and its effect on growth performance. Six experimental feeds such as Fl control (without probiotics), F2 (1ml of Proteus spp.), F3 (2ml of Proteus spp.), F4 (3ml Proteus spp.), F5 (4 ml of Proteus spp.), and F6 (1ml of yeast). Where prepared by using fish meal, Ground nut oil c...

Abstract Silicon (Si) has an important role in mitigating diverse biotic and abiotic stresses plants, mainly via the silicification of plant tissues. Environmental changes such as atmospheric CO 2 concentrations may affect grass Si which, turn, can alter herbivore performance. We recently demonstrated that pre‐industrial increased accumulation Brachypodium distachyon grass, yet patterns deposit...

Since the response to differences in resource availability is most pronounced in smaller individuals of vascular epiphytes such as Werauhia sanguinolenta Cogn. et Marchal (Bromeliaceae), I expected variation in growth and survival of small individuals to play an important role in the dynamics of entire populations. Four annual censuses (2002–2005) of three study populations, which were located ...

Dieffenbachia longispatha (C3) and Aechmea magdalenae (Crassulacean acid metabolism, CAM) are syntopic, neotropical forest perennials in central Panama that are restricted to shaded habitats. This is of particular interest for A. magdalenae because, like other understory CAM bromeliad species, it appears functionally and structurally to be better suited to life in full sun. Growth irradiance (G...

The temperature responses of photosynthesis (A) and growth were examined in rice and wheat grown hydroponically under day/night temperature regimes of 13/10, 19/16, 25/19, 30/24 and 37/31 degrees C. Irrespective of growth temperature, the maximal rates of A were found to be at 30-35 degrees C in rice and at 25-30 degrees C in wheat. Below 25 degrees C the rates were higher in wheat, while above...

The worldwide plant economic spectrum hypothesis predicts that leaf, stem, and root traits are correlated across vascular plant species because carbon gain depends on leaves being adequately supplied with water and nutrients, and because construction of each organ involves a trade-off between performance and persistence. Despite its logical and intuitive appeal, this hypothesis has received mix...

The subject of this review is the impact of long-term changes in temperature on plant growth and its underlying components. The discussion highlights the extent to which thermal acclimation of metabolism is intrinsically linked to the plasticity of a range of biochemical and morphological traits. The fact that there is often a trade-off between temperature-mediated changes in net assimilation r...

introduction: land use change, deforestation, grazing, intentional and unintentional fire and invasive pests and diseases are all the major cause of damage to the zagros forest ecosystem. the green oak leaf roller (tortrix viridana l.) is one of the important pests of zagros forests. larvae of the pest significantly damage the oak forests with feeding on leaves and buds of different species of ...

The significance of xylem function and metabolic scaling theory begins from the idea that water transport is strongly coupled to growth rate. At the same time, coordination of water transport and growth seemingly should differ between plant functional types. We evaluated the relationships between water transport, growth and species stature in six species of co-occurring trees and shrubs. Within...