This paper presents the efficacy of PGPR (Azospirillum and Pseudomonas) and its modulation by salicylic acid. Two hybrids of sunflower (Hysun and Parsun) were inoculated with Azospirillum spp. and Pseudomonas spp. prior to sowing. Salt stress (20 dSm) was applied 28 d after sowing followed by foliar spray of salicylic acid (100 μM) after 4 h of salt treatment. Azospirillum and Pseudomonas inocu...

Structures resembling nuclei but depleted of protein may be released by gently lysing cells in solutions containing non-ionic detergents and high concentrations of salt. These nucleoids sediment in gradients containing intercalating agents in a manner characteristic of DNA that is intact, supercoiled and circular. The concentration of salt present during isolation of human nucleoids affects the...

Two techniques were tested to determine if they would be suitable for detecting differences between plants grown with or without silica. Soybean (Glycine max) and wheat (Triticum aestivum) leaves were inspected using microscopes to look for structural differences on trichomes and leaf surfaces. Wheat leaves were weighed over time to determine the leaf desiccation rate, which was then compared a...

le tI. Annual sweetcJover (Melilotus segetalis (Brot.) Ser. plants from the Guadalquivir salt marsh (S.W. of Spain) were grown in a glasshouse, on sandy soil with nutrient solution and four salt treatments (O, 10, ot 50 and 100 mM NaC!). Plants (five replicates per treatment and age) were harvested at 50, 90 and 120 ,1. days after germinatíon. Sodium, chloride and potassium were determined for ...

Salt stress strongly affects on plant growth and development, especially maize plant, which is reported as a salt sensitive species. The salt tolerant identification in the large genetic resources and breeding population is a profitable research topic for solving the salinity problem. Two maize cultivars, viz., sweet (Zea mays L. cv. Saccharata) and waxy (Z. mays L. cv. Ceratina) seedlings were...

The ability of West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus) to move between fresh and salt water raises the question of whether manatees drink salt water. Water turnover rates were estimated in captive West Indian manatees using the deuterium oxide dilution technique. Rates were quantified in animals using four experimental treatments: (1) held in fresh water and fed lettuce (N=4), (2) held in sal...

abstract- olive (olea europaea l.) is one of the most valuable and widespread fruit trees in iran. salt stress-induced changes in membrane stability, photosynthesis and antioxidant enzyme activity were examined on four olive cultivars (dakal, shiraz, zard and amigdalifolia) by emphasizing the correlation between measured parameters and ion (k+, na+) accumulation. plants were subjected to four s...

rapeseed (brassica napus l.) is a crop relatively tolerant to salt. the effect of different ratios of nacl/kcl was studied in two cultivars (hyola308 and kristina) of rapeseed in 2002. canola seedlings were grown in hoagland’s solutions, which were salinized by different ratios of nacl/kcl. the treatments or kcl:nacl ratios were 0:0 (control);10:10; 20:0 (total added salt or tas=20 mol.m-3), 0:...