The relationship between ammonium accumulation and senescence of detached rice leaves caused by excess cadmium (Cd) was investigated. CdCl(2) was effective in increasing ammonium content in detached rice leaves under both light and dark conditions. Both CdCl(2) and CdSO(4) induced ammonium accumulation in detached rice leaves, indicating that ammonium accumulation is induced by Cd ions. CdCl(2)...

Growth and quality attributes were quantified in Cichorium intybus L. endivia response to the nitrate supply. Chicory was grown Italy, a cold greenhouse from 11 of February 2020, pot with commercial soil sand without 12 mM Ca(NO3)2. Seventy-six days after sowing, growth variables, contents leaf root carbohydrates (glucose, fructose sucrose starch fructans), carbon, sulphate phosphate measured. ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Genotypic variation in tillering can be caused by differences in the carbon supply-demand balance within a plant. The aim of this study was to understand and quantify the effects of genotype on tillering as a consequence of the underlying internal competition for carbohydrates. METHODS Five sorghum hybrids, derived from inbred lines with a common genetic background and wit...

Exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) has become an issue of concern for a great many people and is an active area of research. Phytoplasmas, also known as mycoplasma-like organisms, are wall-less prokaryotes that are pathogens of many plant species throughout the world. Effects of electromagnetic fields on the changes of lipid peroxidation, content of H(2)O(2), proline, protein, and carbohy...

to study of some cryoprotectives in cold tolerant rice genotypes (irctn33 and irctn34) and cold-sensitive rice genotype (hoveize) were selected in previous experiment, fourteen-day rice seedlings exposed fourteen days in 13/15oc (respectively night-day) temperatures as the stress treatment and 22/28oc (night-day) temperature as control treatment in phytotrone. this experiment was conducted in f...

silicon is known to ameliorate the deleterious effects of drought on plant growth. we evaluated growth of wheat (triticum aestivum l. cv. chamran) under water-deficit stress induced by polyethylene glycol as affected by si application. in this article, the effects of si (as potassium silicate) on some parameters related to growth, chlorophyll concentration relative water content (rwc), electrol...

metal pollution has become one of the most serious environmental problems resulting from human activity. phytoremediation utilizes plants to uptake contaminants and can potentially be used to remediate metal-contaminated sites. the present study investigates heavy metal uptake (cd, cr, and ni) from soil by different organs of populus alba and morus alba. for this purpose, cd (40, 80, and 160 mg...

In flowering plants, sink tissues rely on transport of carbohydrates from photosynthetic tissues (sources) for nutrition and energy. However, how sugar partitioning in plants is regulated at the molecular level during development remains unknown. We have isolated and characterized a rice (Oryza sativa) mutant, carbon starved anther (csa), that showed increased sugar contents in leaves and stems...

An important part in the understanding of the regulation of carbon partitioning within the leaf is to investigate the endogenous variations of parameters related to carbon metabolism. This study of diurnal changes in the activities of sucrose-synthesizing enzymes and levels of nonstructural carbohydrates in intact leaves of field-grown soybean plants (Glycine max [L.]) showed pronounced diurnal...