Cells of the terrestrial plant species bromegrass (Bromus inermis L.) are not naturally adapted to withstand the hydrostatic pressures encountered in aquatic environments. However, after treatment with the natural plant growth hormone abscisic acid (75 micromolar), bromegrass cells survived a hydrostatic pressure of 101.3 megapascals, approximating the limits of ocean depth (10,860 m). The incr...

Abstract Background Antibiotics used to treat livestock species enter agricultural fields when they are excreted by grazing animals or present in manure that is added as fertiliser. In the European Union, potential effects of such antibiotics on terrestrial plants must be evaluated following standardised OECD 208 method, which specifies crop and wild should serve “sentinels” for assessing antib...

Information on the tiller development of hybrid bromegrass (Bromus inermis × Bromus riparius Rehm) is limited. The objective this study was to evaluate effect clipping frequency at vegetative and reproductive stages concentrations sugars ‘AC Knowles’ compared ‘Kirk’ crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum L.). This experiment conducted in greenhouse using tillers vernalized plants dug from fiel...