Investigation of different irrigation methods on plants is necessary due to limited water resources and the increasing need for food products. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of sprinkler and drip irrigation systems and hormones on morphological and physiological characteristics of potato. Treatments included sprinkler and drip irrigation systems and hormones (gibbere...

Methyl jasmonate and Epi-brassinolide as plant growth regulators have significant biological effects on plant growth, including increased tolerance to salt stress in plants. In this study, the effects of salinity stress and its interaction with methyl jasmonate and Epi-brassinolide on chlorophyll concentration, rate of photosynthesis, transpiration, stomatal conductance and resistance and chlor...

After feeding of 24-epi-castasterone to the cockroach Periplaneta americana an organ-specific epimerization of the brassinosteroid to 2,24-diepi-castasterone could be detected in female insects. The metabolite being observed only in the ovaries and not in the testes of the insect was identified by GC/MS in comparison with a synthesized authentic sample. Contrary, 24-epi-brassinolide is not meta...

Brassinosteroids are steroidal hormones essential for the growth and development of plants. Brassinolide, the most biologically active brassinosteroid, has a seven-membered lactone ring that is formed by a Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of its immediate precursor castasterone. Despite its potential key role in controlling plant development, brassinolide synthase has not been identified. Previous wor...

Brassinosteroids (BRs) hormones are important for plant growth, development and immune responses. They are sensed by the transmembrane receptor kinase Brassinosteroid-Insensitive 1 (BRI1) when they bind to its extracellular Leu-rich repeat (LRR) domain. We cloned and characterized the TaBRI1 from T. aestivum and raised overexpression transgenics in Arabidopsis to decipher its functional role. T...

dione); 1 1flOH-P (1 1/?-hydroxyprogesterone; 1 1 /?-hydroxypregn-4ene-3,20-dione); 1 I-0x0-P (1 1-oxoprogesterone; pregn-4-ene-3,11,20trione); 21-d-F (2 I-deoxycortisol; 11/?,17a-dihydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20dione); 2 1 -d-E (2 1-deoxycortisone; 17a-hydroxypregn-4-ene-3,11,20trione); 1 1-deoxycortisol (Reichstein’s substance S ; cortexolone; 1 7 ~ 2 l-dihydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione); DHS (dihydro...

The natural occurrence of 22-hydroxylated steroids in cultured Catharanthus roseus cells and in Arabidopsis seedlings was investigated. Using full-scan gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis, (22S)-22-hydroxycampesterol (22-OHCR), (22S,24R)-22-hydroxyergost-4-en-3-one (22-OH-4-en-3-one), (22S,24R)-22-hydroxy-5alpha-ergostan-3-one (22-OH-3-one), 6-deoxocathasterone (6-deoxoCT), 3-epi-6-de...

Low-temperature stress is a type of abiotic that limits plant growth and production in both subtropical tropical climate conditions. In the current study, effects 24-epi-brassinolide (EBR) as analogs brassinosteroids (BRs) were investigated, terms hormone content, antioxidant enzyme activity, transcription several cold-responsive genes, under low-temperature (9 °C) two different tomato species ...