Roots are the primary organs that first sense the soil environment. Plant growth and development are largely dependent on the plant root system, due to its crucial role in water and mineral uptake. Symbiotic microorganisms affect and improve the root response to stresses. Root endophytes and bacteria synthesize a wide array of plant-protecting chemicals, hormones, and compounds acting on hormon...

[1] Water trade and the establishment of water markets continue to gain popularity among legislators as a vehicle for progressing the reform of the water resources sector in Australia. This has manifested itself at the most recent meeting of the Council of Australian Governments, where a range of changes to address the declining health of inland rivers included the strengthening of water proper...

In this paper, the ultraviolet protection factor (UPF) of plain knitted fabrics made from 20Ne cotton yarns, Coolmax yarn and their combinations in wet, relaxed and stretched states were studied. According to the fiber composition, fabric samples are divided into three groups including Group I (single cotton yarn), Group II (cotton/cotton combination) and Group III (Coolmax/cotton combination) ...

A highly luminescent freestanding film composed of the quantum cluster, Au(15), was prepared. We studied the utility of the material for specific metal ion detection. The sensitivity of the red emission of the cluster in the composite to Cu(2+) has been used to make a freestanding metal ion sensor, similar to pH paper. The luminescence of the film was stable when exposed to several other metal ...

in this study, the comparative advantage of main agricultural products and its relation to cropping pattern was studied in ilam province. for data analyzing the comparative advantage and government policies effects indices, policy analysis matrix (pam) were used. the obtained results for the comparative advantage indices of domestic resource cost (drc), social cost benefit (scb) and net social ...