BACKGROUND AND AIMS Different populations of the Mediterranean xerohalophyte species Atriplex halimus exhibit different levels of resistance to salt and osmotic stress depending on the nature of the osmocompatible solute they accumulate. There is, however, no conclusive description of the involvement of abscisic acid (ABA) in the plant response to NaCl or osmotic stress in this species. METHO...

We isolated and identified four rice genes, OsBIERF1 to OsBIERF4 (Oryza sativa benzothiadiazole (BTH)-induced ethylene responsive transcriptional factors (ERF)) and analyzed their expressions in rice disease resistance response and under various abiotic stress conditions. The OsBIERF1-4 proteins contain conserved ERF domains, but are categorized into different classes of the previously characte...

to find the protective role of exogenous nitric oxide (no) on salinity-stressed rice seedlings, a crd-based factorial experiment with three replications was conducted in agronomy laboratory of the faculty of agricultural sciences, university of guilan, in 2012. the experimental design consisted of healthy and vigorous seedlings of two rice cultivars, khazar and goohar, the last already known as...

phytophthora root and crown rot of soybean is known as a destructive disease of soy-bean both through out the world and in iran. physiologic races of phytophthora soja were determined in this research and also a fast, accurate and simple method for inoculation of soybean to test race specific resistance. during the years　2001-4, infected soybean plants at different growth stages were collected ...

Osmotic and ionic stresses were the primary and instant damage produced by salt stress. They can also bring about other secondary stresses. Soybean is an important economic crop and the wild soybean aroused increasing attention for its excellent performance in salt resistance. For this reason, we compared the different performances of Glycine max L. (ZH13) and Glycine soja L. (BB52) in both you...

The effects of salicylic acid (SA) on growth and metabolism of Brassica oleracea var. Capitata under salt stress was studied in a hydroponic culture. NaCl at 50 mM concentration and SA at 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5mM concentrations were used as treatments.  The results showed that salt exhibited inhibitory effects on shoot and root length, fresh and dry weight, and RWC of the seedlings. NaCl at 50 mM co...

the changes of chl a fluorescence induction curve in response to different salinity levels in canola (barassica napus, l.) plants were investigated. the canola seedlings were exposed to salt stress (100 mm and 200 mm nacl) for 7 days and chl a fluorescence induction kinetics was analysed. by using the ojip-test, various parameters like vj, area, n, φpo, φeo, ψo, rc/abs and piabs were calculated...