in order to investigate the effect of cycocel on different growth aspects of two olive cultivars (mary and mission), a greenhouse experiment was conducted taking into account three factors of: cycocel at three levels (0, 500 and 1000 mg l-1), drought stress of three levels (irrigated at 5, 10 and 15 days intervals) and two olive cultivars (mary and mission) in a factorial experiment based on ra...

Differences in reproductive costs between male and female plants have been shown to foster sex-related variability in growth and C-storage patterns. The extent to which differential secondary growth in dioecious trees is associated with changes in stem carbohydrate storage patterns, however, has not been fully assessed. We explored the long-term radial growth and the seasonal variation of non-s...

Morphology changes in bacterial cellulose produced by Acetobacter xylinum ATCC23769 were ob­ served in the presence of /3 -glucodisaccharides such as gentiobiose and cellobiose. Endo-/3 -1,4-glucanase ac­ tivity in culture broth was higher than that in the absence of those sugars. So we have investigated the prop­ erties of endo-/3 -1,4-glucanase (AEG) produced by this bacterium. This enzyme co...

Drought stress is a major factor in reduce growth, development and production of plants. Stress was applied with polyethylene glycol (PEG) 6000 and water potentials were: zero (control), -0.15 (PEG 10%), -0.49 (PEG 20%), -1.03 (PEG 30%) and -1.76 (PEG40%) MPa. The solutes accumulation of two maize (Zea mays L.) cultivars -704 and 301were determined after drought stress. In our experiments, a hi...

Specific metabolic network responses to mineral deficiencies are not well-defined. Here, we conducted a detailed broad-scale identification of metabolic responses of tomato leaves and roots to N, P or K deficiency. Tomato plants were grown hydroponically under optimal (5mM N, 0.5mM P, or 5mM K) and deficient (0.5mM N, 0.05mM P, or 0.5mM K) conditions and metabolites were measured by LC-MS and G...

Citation: Tarkowski ŁP and Van den Ende W (2015) Cold tolerance triggered by soluble sugars: a multifaceted countermeasure. In their natural habitat, plants are continuously challenged by adverse environmental conditions. Among them, cold stress (CS) is a major environmental factor limiting agricultural productivity and geographic distribution (Chinnusamy et al., 2007). In this respect, chillin...

Soluble sugars and organic acids are important components of fruit flavor and have a strong impact on the overall organoleptic quality of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) fruit. Several studies have analyzed the expression levels of the genes related to soluble sugar accumulation and the dynamic changes in their content during watermelon fruit development and ripening. Nevertheless, to date, ther...

Olive leaves are considered to have great potential as natural sources of antioxidants and phenolic compounds. In this study, dried olive were extracted using four different solvents (water, methanol, ethanol, 80:20(v/v) methanol-water) with ultrasonic-assisted extraction. The biochemical (total phenolics flavonoids, total protein, free amino acids, soluble, reducing sugars) antioxidant activit...