Agricultural practices determine the level of food production and, to great extent, the state of the global environment. During the last decades, the indiscriminate recourse to fertilizers as well as the nitrogen losses from land application have been recognized as serious issues of modern agriculture, globally contributing to nitrate pollution. The development of a reliable Near-Infra-Red Spec...

Nanochlorum eucaryotum is a very small species of unicellular coccoid green algae (1.5 nm). The growth of Nanochlorum under different conditions of salinity, pH and light intensities was studied. Optimal growth rates were observed with normal sea water salinity and low light conditions at pH 7.0. The contents of chlorophylls, carotinoids, soluble proteins and the chlorophyll a to chlorophyll b ...

The content of individual chlorophyll and carotenoid pigments is determined in three spinach varieties (Lorelei, Springfield, and Ballet) after processing. Raw spinach and spinach that is steam-blanched for 3, 9, or 15 min is stored frozen at -24 degrees C for 6 months. In addition, spinach is air-dried at 75 degrees C, packed in atmospheric air or nitrogen, and stored at ambient temperature fo...

The anthocyanin and chlorophyll contents in leaves provide valuable information about the physiological status of plants. Thus, there is a need for accurate, efficient, and practical methodologies to estimate these biochemical parameters of vegetation. In this study, we tested the performance and accuracy of several nondestructive, reflectance-based techniques for estimating anthocyanin and chl...

abstract background and objectives: soil salinity is one of the most important limited factors of plant productions. physiological drought resulting from salinity stress is one of the main reasons of limiting water absorption from soil. moreover, increasing the salt absorption by plants cause to disorder in physiological and cellular processes. spearmint (mentha spicata l.) is from lamiaceae fa...

The effects of different concentrations (0, 25, 50, 75 and 100%) of aqueous leachate of Achillea biebersteinii on germination characteristics, seedling growth, photosynthetic pigments and protein contents of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) were investigated through conducting laboratory and greenhouse experiments. Leachate of A. biebersteinii affected negatively germination percentage, germination ...

Effect of cobalt (Co) stress on morphological parameters and pigments of Arachis hypogaea L. were studied. Growth parameters such as, root and shoot length, number of nodules, total leaf area and root and shoot dry weights; photosynthetic pigments viz., chlorophyll ‘a’, chlorophyll ‘b’, total chlorophyll and carotenoid contents were analysed. Growth parameters and pigments have beneficial value...

Cadmium as a heavy metal is also considered as a serious threat for the environment. This element is accumulated in soil through industrial processes as well as phosphate fertilizers and aggregates into the food chain. This study was conducted in order to investigate the different levels of cadmium effects on growth features of rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) plants. Root and shoot weight and heig...