The research presented here highlights the use of a simple incubation procedure to evaluate the relative salt tolerance of currently available rice cultivars over a wide range of salt concentrations. Rice seeds were subjected to a series of salt solutions from 0 to 20 micromhos/cm, and the ability of each cultivar to germinate and develop to the S3 growth stage was evaluated. Germination values...

background: the iodine deficiency elimination program that began two decades ago resulted in iran becoming an iodine deficiency disorders free country in the middle east region. the present study was performed to evaluate the adequacy of iodine supplementation after 17 years of universal salt iodization in fars province.   methods: in a cross-sectional study, 1200 schoolchildren (480 girls and ...

Salinity is an important environmental factor that limits plant growth and production. Grape is classified as salt sensitive plants. The object of this study was to evaluate effects of salinity on membrane lipid peroxidation, antioxidant components, and antioxidative enzymes activity in ten grape genotypes native to the regions around Urmia Salt Lake.Malondialdehyde content and protective enzym...

in order to evaluate salt (nacl) tolerance in alfalfa (medicago sativa l.) half-sib families, a factorial experiment on the basis of completely randomized design, with 20-25 individuals in pot (replicates) was carried out under field conditions at the research station of university of tabriz. electrophoretic analyses were performed by using 7.5% slab polyacrylamide gels. two antioxidant enzymes...

in order to evaluate the effect of piriformospora indica fungi inoculation on antioxidant systems and photosynthetic pigments of stevia under salt stress, an experiment was conducted in a factorial based completely randomized design with four replications under in vitro culture conditions. factors include salinity at six levels (0, 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 mm of nacl) and inoculation of mycorr...

Crop performance is severely affected by high salt concentrations in soils. To engineer more salt-tolerant plants it is crucial to unravel the key components of the plant salt-tolerance network. Here we review our understanding of the core salt-tolerance mechanisms in plants. Recent studies have shown that stress sensing and signaling components can play important roles in regulating the plant ...