With frequent fluctuations in global climate, plants are exposed to co-occurring drought and pathogen infection and this combination adversely affects plant survival. In the past, some studies indicated that morpho-physiological responses of plants to the combined stress are different from the individual stressed plants. However, interaction of drought stressed plants with pathogen has not been...

Efficient nitrogen (N) nutrition has the potential to alleviate drought stress in crops by maintaining metabolic activities even at low tissue water potential. This study was aimed to understand the potential of N to minimize the effects of drought stress applied/occur during tillering (Feekes stage 2) and jointing (Feekes stage 6) growth stages of wheat by observing the regulations and limitat...

The aim of the present investigation was to determine the allelopathic effect of aqueous extract from either fresh or oven dried leaves and root of unstressed or water stressed maize plants on soybean growth and its effects on rhizosphere soil treated with maize plant extract. The extracts were applied for 10h to soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] as seed soaking treatment prior to sowing. The ap...

Elaeagnus angustifolia L. is a drought-resistant species. Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis is considered to be a bio-ameliorator of saline soils that can improve salinity tolerance in plants. The present study investigated the effects of inoculation with the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis on the biomass, antioxidant enzyme activities, and root, stem, and leaf ion accumula...

Sugarcane stalks that were drought stressed and not stressed were sampled 50 days after applying Fusilade Super (fluazifop-butyl). The stalks were sectioned and analysed for structural (fibre) and soluble (brix) carbohydrates. Levels of sucrose, glucose and fructose were determined by HPLC. The data show that total stalk dry matter was not reduced by fluazifop-butyl, regardless of whether the c...

Prunus mongolica Maxim, which is widely established in the Gobi Desert, shows extreme tolerance to drought. However, there is a lack of available transcriptomic resources for this species related to its response to water deficiency. To investigate the mechanisms that allow P. mongolica to maintain growth in extremely arid environments, the response of P. mongolica seedlings to drought stress wa...

photosynthetic characteristics and induction of crassulacean acid metabolism (cam) by drought stress were investigated in sedum album, sedum stoloniferum and rosularia elymaitica from crassulaceae. titratable acidity, malate content, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (pepc) activity and gas exchange parameters were determined in plants at the end and beginning of the photoperiod. results showed t...