Abstract The present study evaluated the effect of silicon (Si) seed priming and sulfur (S) foliar spray on drought tolerance two contrasting maize hybrids viz. tolerant Hi-Corn 11 susceptible P-1574. seeds were primed with (3 mM Na 2 SiO 3 ) or without Si (hydropriming) later sown in pots filled sandy loam soil. Drought stress (25–30% water holding capacity WHC) was initiated at cob developmen...

Leguminous Broad bean (Vicia faba L.) is an excellent source of minerals, vitamins and proteins that makes it higly valuable food for human feed animal consumption. The plant has important characteristic to fix atmospheric Nitrogen play role establish a natural balance N in the atmosphere. It highly self-pollinated problem low variation with limited genetic pool. Moreover, previous studies iden...

this study was aimed to assess of priming effects on soluble proteins and antioxidant enzymes of as a nigella sativa medicinal plant under different levels of salinity and drought. two greenhouse factorial experiments with three replicated randomized complete block design were conducted.treatments included five levels of priming (potassium nitrate 1% and salicylic acid 0.2 mm in 6 hours, potass...

introduction corn (zea mays l.) is the third most important cereal crop in the world after wheat and rice (lashkari et al., 2011). corn production has been extended in to the whole world during the course of the last century due to its compatibility. it has more diversity compare to other cereal. many corn types are cultivated, including field corn, ornamental corn, popcorn, sweet corn and seve...

One of the methods for achieving more yields is to use seed priming technique correctly. When it comes to using seed priming, practically important issues should be taken into account including interval between priming to planting and conditions for storage of primed seeds. Thus, it is very crucial to be informed of duration and temperature for storage of primed seeds. This research seeks to co...

to determine the effects of priming and planting density on improvement of morphological and physiological traits of the two hybrid corns sc (s.c. 704) under double cropping in sari, a split plot experiment as randomized complete block design with four replications was conducted in 2010. treatments included two densities of 80 and 100 thousand plants per hectare as the first factor and osmoprim...

Seaweeds tend to have the property of acting as a biofertilizer for plants. Endophytes are organisms that are capable of mimicking and producing secondary metabolites similar to the host. In this report, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were synthesized from a marine endophytic fungus, Fusarium equiseti which was isolated from marine seaweed and identified using ITS sequencing. The synthes...