Tomato plants often grow in saline environments in Mediterranean countries where salt accumulation in the soil is a major abiotic stress that limits its productivity. However, silicon (Si) supplementation has been reported to improve tolerance against several forms of abiotic stress. The primary aim of our study was to investigate, using comparative physiological and proteomic approaches, salin...

Abstract Background Salinity is an important global problem with destructive impacts on plants leading to different biochemical and metabolic changes in through induced oxidative stress that disturbs metabolism, growth, performance productivity of plants. Given putrescine (Put) carbon quantum dots (CQDs), individually, have promising effects plant processes, the idea their combination a nano-st...

Under osmotic stresses, proline accumulation is an important response of plants to these conditions. Proline is a compatible osmolyte which affects many cellular and molecular aspects of plant in both normal and stressful situations. Proline is shown to be involved in plant development in normal condition and in conferring resistance to plant under biotic and abiotic stresses. Therefore, many s...

A novel approach for the authentication of olive oil samples representing different quality grades has been developed. A new type of ion source, direct analysis in real time (DART), coupled to a high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOFMS) was employed for the comprehensive profiling of triacylglycerols (TAGs) and/or polar compounds extracted with a methanol-water mixture. The main ...

Data from Spanish and Italian olive orchards with different cultivars (‘‘Manzanilla’’, ‘‘Frantoio’’, ‘‘Leccino’’, ‘‘Razzola’’ and ‘‘Taggiasca’’) growing in different environments (southern Spain; north, centre and south of Italy) were used to illustrate how models on water use and photosynthetic behaviour of the olive tree can be useful tools for choosing pruning intensity and canopy shape for ...

Understanding the mechanisms used by halophytic members of the Poaceae to cope with salt stress will contribute to the knowledge necessary to genetically engineer salt-tolerant crops. In this study, we identified a genotype of Sporobolus virginicus, a halophytic turf grass collected in Japan, and investigated its growth rate, ion concentration and secretion, and proline concentration in compari...

abstract soil microbiological criteria are a complex reflection of interactive metabolic processes that may not be evaluated only by measuring a single parameter but rather it requires the simultaneous determination of more parameters and combining them. the objective of this research was to study enzyme activities: microbial biomass carbon ratios in salinized and none-saline soils in the prese...

Salinity is major abiotic stress limiting plant growth worldwide. Plant adaptation to salinity involves diverse physiological and metabolic pathways. In this study, we assessed the effects of foliar application zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) Moringa leaf extract (MLE) on salt tolerance in faba beans (cultivar, Sakha 4). Morphological, chemical, biochemical parameters plants grown under salin...

Most vegetable crops are salt sensitive, growing inadequately in salinised soils due to the accumulation of toxic ions from prolonged irrigation regimes. Plant biostimulants a potential tool that can be used counteract salinity stress and increase crop yield. The aim this study was investigate ability proprietary protein hydrolysate Ascophyllum nodosum-derived biostimulant PSI-475 activate tole...

under osmotic stresses, proline accumulation is an important response of plants to these conditions. proline is a compatible osmolyte which affects many cellular and molecular aspects of plant in both normal and stressful situations. proline is shown to be involved in plant development in normal condition and in conferring resistance to plant under biotic and abiotic stresses. therefore, many s...