Colorado potato beetles have been reared successfully through 12 generations on artificial diets containing either 2.5% potato leaf powder or 2.5% lettuce leaf powder/0.75% potato leaf powder. For all but one of the treatment groups, the mean duration of each of the four larval stages was between 0.8 and 1.5 days longer than the durations exhibited by control beetles that had been fed on potato...

Plants of two varieties of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) and two varieties of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) were grown in controlled environments and subjected to water stress at various stages of growth. Leaf resistances and leaf water potentials were measured as stress developed. In soybeans the upper leaf surface had a higher resistance than the lower surface at all leaf water potentia...

Microbial fertilizers can activate and promote nutrient absorption help inflorescence elongation. To understand the molecular mechanisms governing grape ( Vitis vinifera ) elongation after microbial fertilizer application, we comprehensively analyzed transcriptome dynamics of ‘Summer Black’ at different leaf stages. With development inflorescence, gibberellic acid content gradually increased wa...

Previous research indicates a correlation between leaf area index (LAI) and yield of full-season soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill], which is a single crop planted early in the season. Leaf area index values of at least 3.5-4.0 in the reproductive stages are required for maximum potential yield. It is unknown how yields of double-crop soybean, which is planted late into harvested small grain fi...

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in order to evaluate the effects of wastewater irrigation on sugar content and morphological traits of sugar beet (beta vulgaris l.), an experiment was conducted in split plot design based on randomized complete block design with three replications at research station in shahrekord university in 2013. the treatments consisted of irrigation with urban wastewater at 2-4 and 8-12 leaf stages, and ...

in order to examination of dual purpose herbicides on some wheat physiological indexes in different stages of phenology of this corp, an experiment was conducted in 1386-1387, in kordkoy, golestan province with dry farming condition. this study was performed as factorial in randomized complete block design with 2 factors and 4 replications. the first factor included the type of herbicides: shov...

During their development, leaves progress through a highly controlled yet flexible developmental program. Transcription factors from the CIN-TCP family affect leaf shape by regulating the timing of leaf maturation. Characterization of mutants in the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) CIN-TCP gene LANCEOLATE (LA) led us to hypothesize that a threshold LA-like activity promotes leaf differentiation. H...

Quantitative levels of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) were determined in leaf blades of two sugarbeet cultivars by a double standard isotope dilution assay using column chromatography followed by reverse phase C(18) high performance liquid chromatography and gas-liquid chromatography with nitrogen thermionic detection. The double standard method was validated as a quantitative tool by gas chromatog...

abstract in order to determine the time of maximum demand of winter wheat (triticum aestivum l.) to phosphorous fertilizers and p and zinc (zn) distribution in different parts of wheat at various growth stages and study their relation to the contents of these elements in soil p and zn under field conditions, samples were collected from different parts of the plants at seven growth stages (i.e.,...