Salinity is a major threat to rice production worldwide. Several studies have been conducted to elucidate the molecular basis of salinity tolerance in rice. However, the genetic information such as quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and molecular markers, emanating from these studies, were rarely exploited for marker-assisted breeding. To better understand salinity tolerance and to validate previou...

Morpho-physiological response of 7 rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties viz., Moroberekan, Co39, Azucena, Bala, IR64, Kalinga-III and Nipponbare was assessed under control and 100 mol m NaCl + 5 mol m CaCl2 stress in a flood bench system in greenhouse. Physiological and growth parameters were recorded after 21 or 42 days of salt stress. The statistical analysis revealed significant differences amon...

Three strains of facultatively anaerobic thermotolerant and moderately halophilic bacteria were isolated from two Jordanian hot spring locations. The novel Bacillus strains were short rods, Gram-positive, motile and spore formers. The strains were capable of anaerobic (but not aerobic) growth at 63C, moderately halophilic, able to grow at NaCl concentration range of 12 15 % and at temperatures ...

By 2050, the rice production needs to be increased by at least 50% in order meet growing food demands of global population. Among various yield limiting factors, high temperature is fast becoming a major threat sustain yields due its frequency occurrence and severity stress events. The development heat-resilient cultivars has been slow lack relevant donors for heat tolerance traits limited info...

The success of the rice harvest is influenced by various factors, one which selection quality seeds. Good seeds are those obtained during physiological maturity where moisture content in not too low/high. cooking time can be done calculating heat accumulation and testing germination. Heat total energy from solar radiation received plants, this value calculated recording maximum, minimum, humidi...

In this paper, we presented the information on growth and yield parameters of rice genotype (BPT5204 and IR64) in field condition. Investigated strains are related to the research article "Assessment of zinc solubilizing potentiality of Acinetobacter sp. isolated from rice rhizosphere" [1]. The article describes the inoculation effect of Acinetobacter sp. on rice genotypes. The statistical anal...

In semiarid regions, soil salinity, like drought, restricts crop productivity, causing food shortages among most inhabitants—the smallholder subsistence farmers. Seasonal wetlands formed in these regions during the rainy seasons could be utilised for rice (Oryza spp.) cultivation to increase security, but is sensitive salinity. Field and greenhouse-pot experiments were performed at University o...

Face recognition is important in human identification. The biological recognition technique acts as a good method and broad applications in security areas. This work presents a method to improve the face recognition accuracy using a combination of Principal Component Analysis (PCA), and Wavelet Transform. Wavelet Transform is used to decompose the input image with different levels and rearrange...