All cells respond to osmotic challenges, including those imposed during normal growth and development. Mechanosensitive (MS) ion channels provide a conserved mechanism for regulating osmotic forces by conducting ions in response to increased membrane tension. We previously demonstrated that the MS ion channel MscS-Like 8 (MSL8) is required for pollen to survive multiple osmotic challenges that ...

The objective of this study was to determine effect of germination on total anthocyanin content (TAC) and antioxidant activity of colored rice (Oryza sativa L). The normal, non-waxy rice variety Phitsanulok 2 was used as a control and two pigmented rice including black glutinous rice (local name Niew Dam), and black non-waxy rice (local name Hom Nil) were used in this study. Rough rice and dehu...

investigations were initiated this year to develop field and laboratory viability assays for stored walnut pollen, indentify conditions suitable for in vitro pollen germination and pollen tube growth, and determine pollen tube growth rates in pistillate flowers. Results of this project will provide background information for future investigations of transmission of pollen-borne virus, factors i...

abstract r. ficaria is an invasive perennial and tuberous roots weed. the most important means of its reproduction and dispersion are tubers. in order to study the effect of droughty and freezing on germination of lesser celandine tubers, two experiments were conducted at weed science laboratory of faculty of agriculture ferdowsi university of mashhad in 2008. the experiment was a completely ra...

Ageing induces seed deterioration expressed as the loss of seed vigor and/or viability. Priming treatment, which consists in soaking of seeds in a solution of low water potential, has been shown to reinvigorate aged seeds. An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of naturally and accelerated aging on seed germination traits and enzyme activities (proxidase, catalase and superoxid dis...

Seed germination, a critical stage initiating the life cycle of a plant, is severely affected by salt stress. However, the underlying mechanism of salt inhibition of seed germination (SSG) is unclear. Here, we report that the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS1 (COP1) counteracts SSG Genetic assays provide evidence that SSG in loss of function of the COP1 mutant ...

Larkin, J. M. (Washington State University, Pullman), and J. L. Stokes. Isolation of psychrophilic species of Bacillus. J. Bacteriol. 91:1667-1671. 1966.-Ninety psychrophilic isolates of Bacillus were obtained from soil, mud, and water by selective enrichment at 0 C. They grew well at 0 C, optimally at 20 to 25 C, and failed to grow at 30 or 35 C. Their minimal and maximal growth temperatures w...

in order to evaluate the effects of methanol on germination percentage, germination speed index, plumule and radicle length, plumule and radicle dry weigh, vigor index and consumed endosperm of bean in condition of water deficit, a factorial experiment done based on completely randomized design with three replications. the first factor was different levels of methanol included 0 (control), 5, 1...

production of beneficial halophytes such as kochia (kochia scoparia) using saline waters and soils is one of the most sustainable methods of conservation in desert ecosystems. kochia is one of the most common annual halophytes grown in iran. seed germination of four ecotypes of kochia in saline conditions was carried out using factorial based on completely randomized design with four replicates...

this study was conducted to investigate the effects of different temperatures on seed germination of plantago ovata and also to evaluate cardinal temperatures. various constant temperatures (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35ºc) were conducted in a completely randomized design with four replications. the germinated seeds were counted every day and the rate of germination percentage, cumulative germin...