application of salicylic acid (sa) as a phytohormone has been increased due to resistance to stresses such as drought. the main goal of this experiment was to evaluate the effects of sa on morphological and physiological characteristics of cucumber seedlings under drought stress. for this purpose a factorial trial based on completely randomized design was conducted with 5 levels of sa (0 (contr...

Inoculating olive plantlets with the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) Glomus mosseae, Glomus intraradices or Glomus claroideum increased plant growth and the ability to acquire nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium from non-saline as well as saline media. AMF-colonized plants also increased in survival rate after transplant. Osmotic stress caused by NaCl supply reduced stem diameter, number of ...

Zinc (Zn) deficiency reduces crop yields globally. This study investigated the importance of root morphological traits, especially root hairs, in plant growth and Zn uptake. Wild-type barley (Hordeum vulgare) Pallas and its root-hairless mutant brb were grown in soil and solution culture at different levels of Zn supply for 16 d. Root morphological traits (root length, diameter, and surface are...

Berry diameter was monitored during dry-down and rewatering cycles and pressurization of the root system of Vitis vinifera (cv. Merlot) and Vitis labruscana (cv. Concord) to test changes in xylem functionality during grape ripening. Prior to veraison (onset of ripening), berries maintained their size under declining soil moisture until the plants had used 80% of the transpirable soil water, beg...

Chrysanthemum indicum plant is a valuable and beneficial herb for human health. In this paper, we present the results of in vitro propagation Da Lat. The showed that MS medium supplemented with 25 g/l sucrose, 9 agar, pH 5.8 was best shoot regeneration growth (shoot height 2.41 - 2.47 cm, 1 shoot/explant). media BA (0.1, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 mg/l), Kinetin mg/l ) TDZ mg/l) were unsuitable C. indicum....

fire, as a natural ecological disturbance factor in forest, this study located in the marivan region, northern zagros forest, and western iranian state of kurdistan. in each burned and unburned area 30 circle sample plot (1000 m2) were collected by randomized–systematic method in the 100×200 m net (in total 60 plots). in every sample plot the kind of species, number of tree, the height of coppi...

tomato  (l.ycopersicon esculentum  mill.) cv. rio grande  seedlings were nutritionally conditioned with solutions complete fertilizer n(60% no3+40% nh4)-p-k (20-20-20) , n(30%no3+70% nh4)-p-k (15-5-30) , the first two week   n(60% no3+40% nh4)-p-k (20-20-20) and later two week  n(30%no3+70% nh4)-p-k (15-5-30)  and vice versa were  applied in  completely randomized experiment with three replicat...

There is substantial diversity in Achillea biebersteinii plants in Iran. It has considerable different biological activities including antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, insecticidal, herbicidal and wound healing. Research improvement for medicinal plants depends on the available genetic diversity. The assessment of genetic variability could increase the information for breeding programs. ...

Pistacia vera cv Badami-e-riz and P.vera cv Ghazvini are the most important and popular rootstocks in Iran, which tolerate salinity and phytophthora fungi. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of various concentrations of polyamines and IBA on root regeneration of transplanted bare- rooted ‘Badami-e-riz’ and ‘Ghazvini’ pistachio rootstocks. The mean comparison between IBA and polyam...