Assessment of environmental contamination on ecology (plant) at molecular and population levels is important in risk quantification and remediation study. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) assay and related other fingerprinting techniques have been employed to detect the genotoxin-induced DNA damage and mutations. This research compared the effects occurring at molecular and population le...

Present experiment was carried out to check the effect of different concentrations of sucrose (2, 4, 6%), GA 3 (25, 50, 75 ppm) and combination of sucrose and CuSO4 (2% + 200, 4% + 300, 6% + 400 ppm), sucrose and GA 3 (2% + 25 ppm), (4%+50 ppm), (6%+75 ppm) on keeping quality and vase life of carnation cv. ‘Eskimo’. Some postharvest characteristics such as vase life, total soluble solids (TSS),...

wheat (triticum aestivum l.) is a major staple food crop for more than one third of the world population and is the main staple food of asia. over 800 million hectares of land throughout the world are salt affected. salinity is a major obstacle to food production because it substantially reduces the average yield of major crops. this study was conducted to evaluate the response of 24 cultivars ...

Sweet sorghum is a special purpose with sugar-rich stalk, almost like sugarcane. The objective of this work was to evaluate the phenotypic stability and adaptability sweet genotypes, in different Brazilian regions, for production bioethanol. Twenty-five genotypes were evaluated 10 environments distributed Southeast, Midwest, Northeast, Southern regions Brazil. experimental design randomized com...

The effect of fig freezing in sugar solution on fig’s quality and sensory traits as well phenolic content during storage was examined. Fresh figs were frozen without any treatment (control - CON), sucrose (30%) (SUC) with ascorbic acid (2%) (SUCAA), stored at -18 ⁰C for 210 days. Samples analyzed every seventy days pH, total soluble solids (TSS), sugars phenolics composition, skin pulp color, t...

This study aimed to evaluate the concentrations of main macroelements in leaves and fruit grown following organic conventional practices, relate them physico-chemical parameters during commercial harvests. Three samplings were carried out maturation. Nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg) determined two flesh areas: basal apical. Weight, color, firmness, solub...

various destructive and non-destructive methods are used to measure the maturity and internal quality parameters of fruits. destructive methods often consume time and are costly. in this study, the ability of near infrared spectroscopy for prediction of the quality properties such as soluble solids content, titratable acid, ph, total phenol and extract anthocyanin of 'bidaneh ghermez'...

In the present study, Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers were used to analyze the genetic diversity in 20 varieties of Philodendron. The polymerase chain reaction was performed with 60 RAPD primers, out of which 21 primers showed clear amplification as well as more polymorphism. In total, 354 scorable RAPD loci with 348 polymorphic bands (98%) were observed. Percentages of polymo...