this experiment was conducted to evaluate eight new sugar beet genotypes with different drought tolerance responses to three irrigation schemes (including normal irrigation and early season and continuous stressed) in motahari research station of sugar beet seed institute (sbsi),karaj,iranduring 2005-2006. the study was accomplished in a split plot design (irrigation schemes and genotypes as ma...

Molecular and physiological traits imparting resistance/tolerance and susceptibility to a particular biotic and abiotic stress are important from crop production point of view. There are a number of biotic (viz., insect-pests and diseases) and abiotic stresses (viz., drought, water logging, salinity/alkalinity, low temperatures etc.), which affect crop, among abiotic stresses, high salinity str...

introduction water shortage in iran has always been a limiting factor for crop cultivation. drought stress at different growth stages, especially flowering and grain filling stages decreases the yield of the plants. drought stress may limit yield of medicinal and aromatic plants by reducing the harvest index (hi). this can occur even in the absence of a strong reduction in total medicinal and a...

the anatomical and epidermal characteristics, as well as the physiological response, of 'colombia' ecotype cape gooseberry plants treated or untreated with foliar applications of kaolin at 2 irrigation levels (well-irrigated plants vs. water-stressed plants) were evaluated. relative water content (rwc), stomatal density, and chlorophyll index were reduced under water stress. water stress increa...

in general, spring cultivation of sugar beet is prevalent, but nowadays because of water sources limitation and also plants low water use efficiency in this time of cultivation, autumn cultivation is growing up. several assessments also have showed that in compare with spring cultivation, autumn cultivation of sugar beet has other benefits including reducing the likelihood of plant disease and ...