Susceptibility to drought stress has restrained chickpea productivity at a global level, and the development of drought-tolerant varieties is essential maintain its productivity. Therefore, present study was conducted evaluate genetic divergence in selected genotypes their morpho-physiological responses under irrigated stressed conditions identify traits that account for better performance thes...

MAHMOOD, I., A. RAZZAQ, M. RASHEED, A. QAYYUM and M. AHMAD, 2014. Employment of immature embryo culture for in vitro selection of drought tolerant somaclones of wheat. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 20: 155-161 Drought, a serious threat to world agriculture, demands neo-breeding approaches. Tissue culture being a mutagenic process induces somaclonal variations, which can be manipulated for improving dro...

Selaginella lepidophylla is one of only a few species of spike mosses (Selaginellaceae) that have evolved desiccation tolerance (DT) or the ability to 'resurrect' from an air-dried state. In order to understand the metabolic basis of DT, S. lepidophylla was subjected to a five-stage, rehydration/dehydration cycle, then analyzed using non-biased, global metabolomics profiling technology based on...

Previous studies have shown that a negative relationship exists between transpiration efficiency (TE) and carbon isotope discrimination (Delta) and between TE and specific leaf area (SLA) in Stylosanthes scabra. A glasshouse experiment was conducted to confirm these relationships in an F(2) population and to study the causal nature of these relationships through quantitative trait loci (QTL) an...

The role of plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) in plants under drought stress (DS) is crucial in modulating physiological responses that eventually lead to adaptation to an unfavorable environment; however, the role of this hormone in modulation of glycinebetaine (GB) metabolism in maize particularly at the seedling stage is still poorly understood. Some hydroponic experiments were conducted to ...

Vegetation moisture and dry matter content are important indicators in predicting the behavior of fire and it is widely used in fire spread models. In this study, leaf fuel moisture content such as Live Fuel Moisture Content (LFMC), Leaf Relative Water Content (RWC), Dead Fuel Moisture Content (DFMC), and Leaf Dry Matter Content (LDMC) (hereinafter known as moisture content indices (MCI)) were ...

Abstract Althought safflower is a tolerant crop against many environmental stresses, but its yield and performance reduce under stress. The aim of this experiment was to investigate the effect silicon (Si) application on possibility increasing salinity resistance related mechanisms in safflower. A greenhouse conducted effects Si spraying (0, 1.5 2.5 mM) plants grown salt stress condition (non-s...

Direct seeded rice (DSR) production has been recognised as a more efficient way for conserving both labour and water. However, in regards to irrigation brown manuring (BM), DSR gotten relatively little attention. Hence, field study was conducted findout the effect of on physiological characters yield (TRY 3) under sodic soil condition. The experiment laid out split plot design each replicated t...

Environmental stress factors affect plant production more and every day. One of these is salinity. The use biostimulants increasing day by gaining importance in order to reduce the effects increase yield quality production. Chitosan (Ch) one whose agriculture Seeds rapeseed cultivars were used this study, it an important oil plant. In times priming applications with Ch (3 times) [0 (control) (C...