A sand culture experiment was conducted to answer the question whether or not exogenous KNO(3) can alleviate adverse effects of salt stress in winter wheat by monitoring plant growth, K(+)/Na(+) accumulation and the activity of some antioxidant enzymes. Seeds of two wheat cultivars (CVs), DK961 (salt-tolerant) and JN17 (salt-sensitive), were planted in sandboxes and controls germinated and rais...

HIGHLIGHTS The yield of wheat cultivar yunhan-20410 was the highest. Water and nutrient are main limiting factors production in dryland. Wheat varieties (YH20410, YH618, YH805, JM92, LH6 C6359) with high yield.

Cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) catalyses the final step in the biosynthesis of monolignols. In the present study, a cDNA encoding a CAD was isolated from wheat, designated as TaCAD1. A genome-wide data mining in the wheat EST database revealed another 10 CAD-like homologues, namely TaCAD2 to TaCAD11. A phylogenetic analysis showed that TaCAD1 belonged to the bona fide CAD group involved i...

Pre-planting factors have been associated with the late-season severity of Stagonospora nodorum blotch (SNB), caused by the fungal pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum, in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum). The relative importance of these factors in the risk of SNB has not been determined and this knowledge can facilitate disease management decisions prior to planting of the wheat crop. In this st...

The effects of cultivar mixture cropping on yield, biomass, and water use efficiency (WUE) in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) were investigated under non-irrigation (W0, no irrigation during growth stage), one time irrigation (W1, irrigation applied at stem elongation) and two times irrigation (W2, irrigation applied at stem elongation and anthesis) conditions. Nearly 90% of cultivar mixtur...

Abstract Tilletia controversa Kühn is the causal agent of dwarf bunt disease in wheat. Understanding infection T. practical and scientific importance for management. Here, we used scanning electron microscopy to characterize histological changes at seedling (Z12) stem elongation stages (Z31) resistant susceptible wheat cultivars after infection. At stage (Z12), structure mesophyll cells slightl...

consequence in the plots each year, and no supplemental inoculum of P. herABSTRACT Herrman, T., and Wiese, M. V. 1985. Influence of cultural practices on incidence of foot rot in potrichoides was added. winter wheat. Plant Disease 69:948-950. The three preplant tillage systems evaluated in this study were 1) conCrop rotation, preplant tillage, cultivar selection, nitrogen fertilization, and ben...