Enhancement of Salt Tolerance via <i>Glomus geosporum</i> Inoculation in <i>Telfairia occidentalis</i> Hook. F. Seedlings

Vesicular-arbuscular (VA) mycorrhizae improve salinity tolerance in pre-inoculation subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum) seedlings

Effects of the mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices on establishment of subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.) seedlings in saline conditions were studied in a glasshouse experiment. Growth and nutrient uptake were determined 10, 20 and 30 days after transplanting of mycorrhizal and nonmycorrhizal matched seedlings into soils with five different levels of salinity. Mycorrhizal plants...

Overexpression of DgWRKY4 Enhances Salt Tolerance in Chrysanthemum Seedlings

High salinity seriously affects the production of chrysanthemum, so improving the salt tolerance of chrysanthemum becomes the focus and purpose of our research. The WRKY transcription factor (TF) family is highly associated with a number of processes of abiotic stress responses. We isolated DgWRKY4 from Dendranthema grandiflorum, and a protein encoded by this new gene contains two highly conser...

Characteristics of hook formation by bean seedlings.

Explants were isolated from 6-day-old etiolated bean seedlings (Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. Black Valentine) containing the cotyledons with 4 mm of hypocotyl just below the node and/or the epicotyl. During incubation on distilled water, uneven growth of the hypocotyl or epicotyl occurred resulting in the formation of a hook. The more rapid growth of the side which became convex was not dependent ...

Increased Tolerance of Trifoliate Orange (poncirus Trifoliata) Seedlings to Waterlogging after Inoculation with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

Growth suppressive role of waterlogging (WL) as an important abiotic stress to perennial plants is well known. A pot experiment was conducted to study a potential contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF, Diversispora spurca) on WL tolerance of trifoliate orange (Poncirustrifoliata L. Raf.) seedlings on the basis of growth, root system architecture, and antioxidant enzymes. Four-month-...

Salt tolerance of sunflower varieties during germination