abstract several root measuring methods have been developed until now but there is no single method of root measurement applicable for all situations. this study was conducted to evaluate the effects of a single trinexapac-ethyl (te) and paclobutrazol application on kentucky bluegrass root growth under three irrigation treatments. evaluating of root length density (rld), root surface area (rs) ...

1 Population dynamics of the biennial plant Tragopogon pratensis have been monitored 2 in the Park Grass Experiment at Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK, over many 3 years. Observations of diseased T. pratensis, systemically infected by the autoecious 4 demicyclic rust Puccinia hysterium, were made over the period 1995-2008, and 5 confirmed an outbreak pattern of dynamics, characterised by an ...

Heat stress is a detrimental abiotic stress limiting the growth of many plant species and is associated with various cellular and physiological damages. Expansins are a family of proteins which are known to play roles in regulating cell wall elongation and expansion, as well as other growth and developmental processes. The in vitro roles of expansins regulating plant heat tolerance are not well...

The biological value of fodder is estimated on the basis of its content of particular macroelements (N, P, K, Ca, Mg). Concentration of these components in fodder depends on many factors, mainly on the properties of soil, type of land use and growth phase of crops. The aim of this paper was to estimate the effect of soil properties, land use and species composition of a sward mixture on the con...

Effective population size (N(e)) is the key parameter for predicting genetic drift associated with germplasm regeneration. A major factor reducing N(e) below the census population size (N(c)) is variation in seed production among plants in a given population. The objectives of this study were to estimate N(e)/N(c) associated with variation in seed production in three model wind pollinated, pere...

A study was conducted to evaluate the influence of weather (precipitation and temperature) and plant communities on grasshopper density over a 14-year period (1996-2009) in Benito Juárez County, Southern Pampas, Argentina. Total density strongly varied among plant communities. Highest values were registered in 2001 and 2003 in highly disturbed pastures and in 2002 and 2009 in halophilous grassl...