plant density affects yield components and seed yield by influencing the changing vegetative growth and environmental resources. these effecting factors were studied in the spring of 2006 at ramin agricultural research and natural resources university, mollasani in northeast of ahwaz, using a randomized complete block design of a factorial layout with 4 replications. main factors were planting ...

α-Tomatine was not highly phytotoxic and slightly inhibited the stem elongation (7 to 13%) when applied as a spray to etiolated 4-day-old seedlings of sesbania [Sesbania exaltata (Raf.) Rybd.], sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia L.), mungbean (Vigna radiata L.), wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and sorghum (Sorghum vulgare L.). Tomatidine had less effect on stem elongation than tomatine and reduced the e...