The research was conducted to determine the effect of different temperatures on germination and early seedling growth grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.). Two cultivars (Gürbüz-2001, Karadağ) a population (Pop-Diyarbakır) were used as experimental materials. study in complete randomized split-plot design with four replications chamber. rate, mean time, shoot length, root dry weight, fresh weight de...

I t has been known for over twenty years that the feeding of sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) seeds to rats causes skeletal deformities (osteolathyrism) (1). Recently, Ponseti and co-workers (2) have revived interest in the experimental disease of osteolathyrism (or odoratism as it is sometimes called). The condition is characterised by severe and dramatic changes induced in the mesenchymal tissue...

During the course of some investigations of ex perimental lathyrism in salamanders, we noted and reported that, if the eggs of the salamander Ambysioma punctatum were placed in solutions of the lathyrism factor, the larval forms exhibited tumors of the notochord (2) . Since that time, no reports have appeared concerning the production of experimental ehordomas in other animals. In our original ...

Callus cultures from root explants of Lathyrus sativus L. ‘Derek’ were tested for their morphogenic capacity. Primary explants (fragments of roots) were cultivated on three induction media. We obtained three lines of callus tissue among which we identified two non-embryogenic lines and one embryogenic line. Callus originally cultivated on modified MS medium supplemented with 0.05 mgL picloram, ...