In this study, the effect of two allelochemicals, benzoxazolin-2(3H)-one (BOA) and cinnamic acid (CA), on different physiological and morphological characteristics of 1-month-old C(3) plant species (Dactylis glomerata, Lolium perenne, and Rumex acetosa) was analysed. BOA inhibited the shoot length of D. glomerata, L. perenne, and R. acetosa by 49%, 19%, and 19% of the control. The root length o...

The effects of water deficit modelling by polyethylene glycol (PEG), metal nanoparticles (NPs) and their combined action on status, chlorophyll fluorescence pigments composition in the leaves three drought tolerant wheat genotypes – Triticum aestivum L. (Trypilska Favorytka cultivars) dicoccum Schrank. (cv. Holikovska), have been studied. Water deficit, induced PEG, as well treatment with NPs (...

Microgreens are an excellent source of health-maintaining compounds, and the accumulation of these compounds in plant tissues may be stimulated by exogenous stimuli. While light quality effects on green basil microgreens are known, the present paper aims at improving the quality of acyanic (green) and cyanic (red) basil microgreens with different ratios of LED blue and red illumination. Growth,...

The influence of the specific Descolea antarctica (Da) and the non-specific Pisolithus tinctorious (Pt) ectomycorrhizal fungi on some physiological leaf parameters of the Chilean evergreen Nothofagus dombeyi subjected to a low soil water potential (-1.6 to -1.9 MPa in a growth chamber for 35 days) and a high water potential (-0.07 to -0.09 MPa, control) was studied. Drought decreased the water ...

Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) is the most abundant lipid on earth and constitutes about 50% of polar lipids in thylakoid membrane higher plants. MGDG synthase (MGD) key enzyme responsible for synthesis However, so far, function MGD gene plant stress responses still unknown, especially crop In this study, performances wild-type rice (Oryza sativa L. Nipponbare), OsMGD overexpression, RNA i...

With the continuous improvement of mechanization level and development new crop varieties, optimal strip width for intercropping crops is important. In this study, field experiments were conducted to analyze effects different row spacings planting patterns on photosynthesis, chlorophyll fluorescence, related enzyme activities maize ear leaves in a maize–soybean system using two (wide–narrow row...

Hibiscus syriacus, a woody ornamental plant with great economic value, is vulnerable to salinity. Hence, its cultivation in saline areas severely restricted. Although grafting H. syriacus onto hamabo rootstock can greatly improve syriacus’s salt resistance, the photosynthetic response of and stress remains largely unknown. To address this question, self-rooted (Hs), self-grafted (Hs/Hs), hamabo...