Effect of cadmium on barley seeds treated with kinetin and gibberellic acid was investigated. As usual, cadmium has inhibited seed germination, and showed important inhibitory effects on roots and coleoptile growth after germination. In general, increase in cadmium concentration caused a greater inhibition of germination, root and coleoptile growth. The adverse effect of cadmium on root and col...

The experiment was carried out during the year 2017-18 and 2018-19 at Horticultural Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, B. A. College Agriculture, AAU, Anand to study “Effect post shooting spray covering material on bunch for yield, yield attributes banana (Musa paradisiaca L.) cv. Grand Naine”. comprises involving six levels sprays namely; control, humic acid 2 %, 2, 4-D 30 mg/l, gibber...

Gladiolus is commonly propagated from corms. The multiplication rate of corms low and to increase the propagation rate, we examined a combination apical bud removal application growth regulators. experiments were conducted in two varieties, ‘Rose Supreme’ ‘White Prosperity’, over seasons. buds on planting either removed or left intact before same soaked suspension with 100 ppm benzyladenine (BA...

The farmers have widely used vegetative propagation of plants due to the low germination percentage seeds various plant species. So study asexual technique Populus deltoides, present was conducted where a number stem cuttings Poplar were treated with growth hormones: IBA (Indole-3-butyric acid), NAA (1-Naphthaleneacetic acid) and GA3 (Gibberellic at different concentrations (100 ppm, 200 ppm 30...

Transgenic technology is an excellent alternative for improvement of crop production and disease free crops such as potato, which is one of the most important crops worldwide. One of the first steps to apply the transgenic technique is the establishment of an efficient plant regeneration protocol. This is a limiting step in this kind of study, since most protocols are species-specific and some ...

The plant-specific WUSCHEL-related homeobox (WOX) nuclear proteins have important roles in the transcriptional regulation of many developmental processes. Among the rice (Oryza sativa) WOX proteins, a loss of OsWOX3A function in narrow leaf2 (nal2) nal3 double mutants (termed nal2/3) causes pleiotropic effects, such as narrow and curly leaves, opened spikelets, narrow grains, more tillers, and ...

Carica papaya (papaya) seed germinate readily fresh from the fruit, but desiccation induces a dormant state. Dormancy can be released by exposure of the hydrated seed to a pulse of elevated temperature, typical of that encountered in its tropical habitat. Carica papaya is one of only a few species known to germinate in response to heat shock (HS) and we know little of the mechanisms that contro...

Inoculants are biological formulations that combine a stable microorganism population and various types of compounds produced and released during fermentation, such as phytohormones and plant growth regulators. Azospirillum brasilense strain Az39 and Brayrhizobium japonicum strain E109 were previously shown to produce indole 3-acetic acid (IAA), gibberellic acid (GA3) and zeatin (Z). We tested ...

Browning disorder, which usually occurs post-harvest in pears subjected to long-term storage, can cause browning of the pear flesh and/or core. In 2011, investigators in China found a novel type of brown spot (designated as surface brown spot, SBS) in pre-harvest 'Dangshansuli' pears (Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd.). SBS has a large impact on the exterior quality of the pears. Interestingly, the br...