AbstractThis study was undertaken to better understand the probable mechanisms of salt stress tolerance induced by seed priming of salicylic acid (SA) in barley. The barley seeds were pre-soaked by SA or water and then sown under different saline watering regimes including 0.62 (tapwater), 5, 10 and 15 dS m-1 in petri dishes and trend of water absorbing, seedling growth, germination rate and pe...

Among the oilseeds grown around the world, mustard is one of the important crop worldwide due to its wide adaptability and high yielding capacity. Owing to the importance of its utilities as condiment, cooking oil and some medical aids, the demand for its seed production is too high. The present study was carried out to evaluate the impact of Mr. Trivedi’s biofield energy treatment on mustard (...

a laboratory experiment was conducted to determine the allelopathic effect of residues aqueous extract of two ecotype of swallowwort(cynanchum acutum l.) on germination traits of wheat (triticum aestivum l.). a factorial experiment based on a completely randomized design with four replications was conducted at islamic azad university of karaj in 2012. factors were two swallowwort ecotype (ghazv...

Artificial excision of the distal part of acorns in order to promote germination is well researched in oak seedling cultivation studies. However, studies of combined effects of cotyledon excision and nursery fertilization on container seedlings are lacking, especially for seedling root growth and outplanting performance. This study aimed to explore the main effects of cotyledon excision on Quer...

UNLABELLED PREMISE OF THE STUDY Effects of drought stress and media type interactions on growth of Pinus ponderosa var. scopulorum germinants were investigated. • METHODS AND RESULTS Soil properties and growth responses under drought were compared across four growth media types: two native soils (dolomitic limestone and granite), a soil-less industry standard conifer medium, and a custom-m...

Annual Sainfoin (Onobrychis crista-galli (L.) Lam.) is widely adapted to moderate and cold regions of Iran and naturally grows in pasture and rangelands used for forage in these areas. In order to study the effects of priming on seed germination and seedling growth in O. crista-galli, two factorial experiments were conducted based on a randomized complete design with three replications under la...

Light is vital to plant life, not only as an energy source for photosynthesis but also as an important environmental signal regulating development and growth. Light affects almost every stage of plant development (Kendrick and Kronenberg, 1994), including seedling development, which represents one of the most dramatic and best characterized processes (von Arnim and Deng, 1996). In Arabidopsis t...

A laboratory trial was conducted to determine whether suspensions of ZnO nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) could interfere with the early growth of fenugreek. This plant species is one of the recommended species by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Nine concentrations of ZnO NPs (10, 50, 100, 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, and 5000 mg/L) were prepared in deionized )DI( water (co...