l-Ascorbic acid functions as a precursor of oxalic acid in several oxalate-accumulating plants. The present study extends this observation to include Rumex crispus L. (curly dock), Amaranthus retroflexus L. (red root pigweed), Chenopodium album L. (lamb's-quarters), Beta vulgaris L. (sugar beet), Halogeton glomeratus M. Bieb. (halogeton), and Rheum rhabarbarum L. (rhubarb). Several species with...

This study aimed to determine total antioxidant and antioxidant activity of selected local varieties of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.). Five varieties (iceberg, butterhead, romaine, green coral and red coral) were subjected to DPPH radical scavenging activity and ferric reducing antioxidant power assay (FRAP) assays for determination of antioxidant activity. Total phenolic content and total flavon...

in order to study the effect of vermicompost individually and enriched with chemical fertilizer on soil micronutrient content and micronutrient concentration of lettuce (lactuca sativa l.), athree year experiment was conducted with randomized complete block design in two factors and three replications at the experimental farm of sari agricultural sciences and natural resources university in 200...

Grand Rapids lettuce seeds (Lactuca sativa L.) with 6 to 8% water content show no light-induced germination responses, whereas in seeds with 15% or more water content, germination is promoted or retarded by red and far red light respectively. By adjusting seed water content, persistent potentiated responses to light are induced in the seeds at seed water levels much below that required for germ...

To assess soil arsenic (As, in the form of arsenate) toxicity to plants, 6-d root elongation tests on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and lettuce (Lactuca sativa) were conducted in six Chinese soils freshly spiked with As. Plants were treated with 7 or 10 levels of As to establish concentration-effect curves. Median effective concentration and 10% effective concentration values were derived with r...

Phytoextraction field experiments were conducted on soil contaminated with 0.39 to 8.7 Bq/g of 137Cs to determine the capacity of five plant species to accumulate 137Cs and the effects of three soil treatments on uptake. The plants tested were redroot pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus L. var. aureus); a mixture of redroot pigweed and spreading pigweed (A. graecizans L.); purple amaranth (A. crute...

Nitrate toxicosis associated with consumption of pigweed red-root (Amaranthus retroflexus) wasdiagnosed in a small herd of cattle in the suburb of Mashhad, northeastern Iran. The clinical signs wereruminal tympany, incoordination, tachycardia, dyspnea, head pressing, aggressive movements and jugulardistension. Seven animals including 3 young calves and 4 cows died of intoxication; other affecte...

Prolonged far red irradiation of imbibed lettuce seeds (Lactuca sativa L. cv. Grand Rapids) makes them unresponsive to subsequent treatment with gibberellin. It has been found that this effect is overcome by supplying gibberellin buffered at a low pH. On the basis of this and other evidence it is suggested that an extended far-red exposure causes a loss of gibberellin sensitivity through an eff...