Abstract Two experiments with factorial arrangements on the basis of randomized complete block design in three replications were conducted in 2007 and 2008, to evaluate chlorophyll content index (CCI), fluorescence of chlorophyll, proline content and grain yield of three soybean cultivars (Williams, Zan and L17) under a non-saline (control) and three saline (3, 6 and 9 ds/m NaCl) conditions...

introduction worldwide salinization and degradation of soil is a widespread and important environmental challenge. soil salinization is one of the most common land degradation processes in arid and semi-arid regions, where evaporation exceeds over precipitation. under arid climatic conditions, soluble salts are accumulated in the soil, influencing soil properties and environment with ultimate d...

to investigate effects of temperature and salinity different levels on germination parameters of german chamomile (matricaria chamomilla), an experiment carried out in complete randomized design as factorial with three replication in department of agronomy, college of agriculture on the university of guilan, in 2014. treatments were including temperature levels (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 oc)...

Biological long-term data series in marine habitats are often used to identify anthropogenic impacts on the environment or climate induced regime shifts. However, particularly in transitional waters, environmental properties like water mass dynamics, salinity variability and the occurrence of oxygen minima not necessarily caused by either human activities or climate change can attenuate or mask...

Opisthorchis viverrini infection is associated with human cholangiocarcinoma and northeast Thailand has the highest incidence of this disease in the world. Bithynia siamensis goniomphalos is the major freshwater snail intermediate host of O. viverrini in this area and an analysis based on geographical information systems was used to determine the effect of variation in soil surface salt on the ...

Freshwater inflow is an important source of physical variability in estuaries. Effects of water flow are dynamic, and it is impossible to sample all conditions as they vary over space and time. Benthos, however, are fixed in place, continuously sample the overlying water conditions, and demonstrate a variety of consistent responses to multiple sources of stress. Benthic indices of biotic integr...

introduction salinity is an important abiotic stress that reduces the crop production potential and the efficiency of plants in arid and semi-arid regions. soil salinity can be increased by irrigation, inappropriate drainage, sea advancement to coastal regions and the accumulation of salts in desert and semi-desert regions. salinity is a limiting factor for plant growth because it limits the fe...

in recent years, alternative methods have been used for estimation of soil salinity. therefore, at present research, 600 soil samples collected from ardakan in central iran. then em38 and terrain parameters such as wetness index, land index and curvature as readily measured properties and soil salinity (0-30 and 0-100) as predicted variables were measured. after that, the data set was divided i...