Global climate change presents a threat for the environment, and it is aggravated by mismanagement of water use in agricultural sector. Since plants are intermediate component soil–plant–atmosphere continuum, their physiology directly affected availability, plant-based approaches proved to be sensitive effective estimating plant status can used as possible water-saving strategy crop irrigation ...

Climate and land-use change profoundly affect plant species distribution (SD) composition, the impact of these processes is expected to increase in coming years. As a proxy global changes, knowledge SD diversity along climatic gradients essential determine efforts needed for conservation. Plant spectral an emerging approach used as based on remote sensing. Thus, research aim was develop compreh...

introduction: to study the prevalence of most common β-thalassemia mutations in lorestan province and use the results for epidemiologic study and prenatal diagnosis of β_thalassemia major. material and methods: 130 chromosomes from 65 unrelated homozygous β_thalassemia patients from lorestan province of iran (west-central) were investigated for β globin gene mutations by arms pcr. results: most...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of age, menopause, anthropometry, nutrition and lifestyle on bone status of women of the Northern Mediterranean Region ofCroatia, which is considered the Adriatic Coast of Southeast Europe. METHODS Quantitative ultrasound measurement was performed on the women's right heel and the values of the primary parameters (the Broad Ultr...

Recent regional climate-change models indicated significant changes in the temporal and spatial distribution of rainfall in the Mediterranean-Basin region. Understanding the consequences of rainfall alterations for soil respiration and carbon processing in these regions is essential, considering their crucial functions for soil fertility and ecosystem functioning. Our aim was to evaluate the ef...

Sulla genus (Hedysarea) includes six Mediterranean species constituting an important phytogenetic patrimony primarily used to promote feed production chiefly in arid and semi arid regions. In order to perform a phylogenetic analysis of Sulla species, both morphological and molecular data were used. The morphological data was comprised of 10 characters, while the molecular characters were compri...

Caper (Capparis spinosa L.) is a xerophytic shrub with a remarkable adaptability to harsh environments. This plant species is of great interest for its medicinal/pharmacological properties and its culinary uses. Its phytochemical importance relies on many bioactive components present in different organs and its cultivation can be of considerable economic value. Moreover, taxonomic identificatio...