background: a pot experiment was conducted to determine the toxic effects of some heavy metals on the plant growth and seed yield of maize (zea mays l.). materials and metheds: heavy metals mn, pb, cd, cr and co individually and in combinations were added as chloride salts in solutions to the pots before sowing. the test plants for were harvested after 80 days of germination and evaluated for n...

in order to evaluate the variation of some of quantitative and qualitative traits of different varieties of linseed under different plant densities, an experiment was conducted in the research station of the faculty of agriculture in shahrekord univerity in 2009. this experiment was arranged as factorial in rcbd design with three replications. four linseeds originated from australia, canada, fr...

Background: Newcastle disease is a major avian disease that causes enormous economic loss in poultry industry. There have been a number of reports on the suitability of plant-based recombinant vaccine against this disease. Fusion (F) and hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) epitopes of the Newcastle disease virus (NDV) represent the major immunogenic sites for development of recomb...

three experiments were conducted in tissue culture and biotechnology laboratory of horticulture department of mohaghegh ardabili university in 2012. for the regeneration of plant from seed, different concentrations of naoh (5, 10, 15, 20 m) and various scarification methods with sandpaper (soft scarification, medium scarification and hard scarification) were used based on completely randomized ...

October 2006 | Volume 4 | Issue 10 | e359 | e364 Fusion of two plasma membranes is central to exocytosis, the process by which a cell secretes neurotransmitters, digestive enzymes, and other products. If you believe the simple diagrams in introductory biology textbooks, you’d think this fusion occurs as soon as two membranes touch. Not so—in fact, membrane fusion requires interaction among a co...

The food industry is under pressure to improve production and reduce its impact on the environment. Furthermore, consumers today are increasingly shifting more sustainable diets. In this context, plant-based protein sources appear as a promising solution. This study investigates perceptions of company representatives operating in Greece who produce or intend produce, products containing protein...