CROSS-TOLERANCE MECHANISM INDUCTION IN MELON SEEDS BY PRIMING PRIOR DRYING

Cross-Priming as a Predominant Mechanism

Drying Rates following Priming Affect Temperature Sensitivity of Germination and Longevity of Lettuce Seeds

Seed priming (controlled hydration followed by drying) is used to alleviate high temperature inhibition of germination and improve seedling emergence of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) and other species. However, seed priming can also reduce the longevity of seeds during dry storage. Alternative drying methods [i.e., slow drying or moisture content reduction (MCR) before drying] can extend seed lon...

Increasing Salt Tolerance and Antioxidant Activity in Artemisia aucheri by H2O2-Priming

Recent studies have introduced seed priming with H2O2 as an effective technique to alleviate abiotic stresses in plants. In the current study, accomplished at Faculty of Sciences, Shahrekord University, seeds of medicinal plant Artemisia aucheri were primed with H2O2 (0, 10, 50, 90 and 140 µM) and grown under salt stress (0 and 150 mM NaCl) for one month. Results showed a decrease in H2O2 and m...

Alloantibodies prevent the induction of transplantation tolerance by enhancing alloreactive T cell priming.

Circulating alloantibodies in transplant recipients are often associated with increased Ab-mediated as well as cellular rejection. We tested the hypothesis that alloantibodies facilitate cellular rejection by functioning as opsonins to enhance T cell activation using a BALB/c to C57BL/6 heart or skin transplant model. Long-term heart and skin survival induced with anti-CD154 alone or in combina...

Impact of Priming by Methyl Jasmonate on Seed Germination, Growth and Development Indices and Fruit Yield in Melon Cultivars

This study was conducted having the goal of investigating the effects of Methyl Jasmonate on germination, growth and development indices  and fruit yield in melon cultivars through two experiments separately performed at Labarotary and Research Station of Agricultural College, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman in 2011. Germination test was conducted as a factorial experiment on the basis of c...