Limited information is available on the effects of foliar boron (B) application on soybean seed composition. The objective of this research was to investigate the effects of foliar B on seed composition (protein, oil, fatty acids, and sugars). Our hypothesis was that since B is involved in nitrogen and carbon metabolism, it may impact seed composition. A repeated greenhouse experiment was condu...

Stomatal aperture responses of Commelina communis L. between well watered plants and water stressed plants were investigated. To see the very rapid response to water stress, the plants were directly rooted out from the soil and exposed to the air immediately. Stomata, rooted out from the soil, were totally closed within 10 minutes without any detention time while the stomata of the plants in th...

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) plants grown under field water deficits exhibited an 80 to 85% reduction in leaf area index, plant height, and dry matter accumulation compared with irrigated controls. Midday photosynthetic rates of dryland plants decreased 2-fold, and canopy temperatures increased to 40 degrees C at 80 days after planting compared with canopy temperatures of 30 degrees C for irr...

Urban green infrastructures offer thermal regulation to mitigate urban heat island effects. To gain a better understanding of the cooling ability transpiring plants at leaf level, we developed method measure time series data with miniaturized, uncalibrated infrared camera. We examined canopy temperature four characteristic living wall (Heuchera x cultorum, Bergenia cordifolia, Geranium sanguine...

triamidefon is a triazole derivative, which have both fungicidal and plant growth regulator (pgr) properties, and also protect plants from several types of abiotic stresses. the influential mechanism of triamidefon on plants is not much studied. in this study effect of this compound on the drought stressed in tomato plants was investigated. the plants were subjected to 5 day interval drought st...

The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of drought stress on the kinetics of leaf elongation in relationship to the variation of sugar concentrations and their net deposition rates along the elongation zone of leaf 4 of durum wheat plants. Plants were grown in soil in a naturally illuminated greenhouse, and water...