Wheat is affected by various biotic and abiotic stresses, especially salinity, which reduces the growth yield drastically. With this view, an experiment was conducted to observe genotypic differences in agro-morphological, yield, biochemical responses salinity. Experimental variables consisted of five salt-tolerant genotypes (G 13, G 20-1, 9, 22, 20-2), one susceptible genotype 24) standard che...

A hydroponic experiment was carried out to study the ameliorative effects of exogenous glycinebetaine (GB) upon cadmium (Cd) toxicity in cucumber seedlings. The results indicated that 50 μmol/L Cd stress decreased soil plant analysis development (SPAD) value, height, root length, seedling biomass, activities ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and ATPase leaves, stems roots; however, increased (POD) sup...

GB is a zwitterionic, fully N-methyl-substituted derivative of Gly that is found in a large variety of microorganisms, higher plants, and animals (Rhodes and Hanson, 1993). At high concentrations, GB does not interfere with cytoplasmic functions and it efficiently stabilizes the structure and function of many macromolecules. Thus, it belongs to a group of compounds that are known collectively a...