Smoke tree (Cotinus coggygria Scop.) is an attractive ornamental tree in landscape that has medicinal properties. In this study, the effects of different levels of salt, cow manure and vermicompost on plant growth were investigated. In a factorial experiment and completely randomized design (CRD), three levels of organic amendments (1- soil 2- 80% v/v soil + 20% v/v vermicompost, 3- 80% v/v soi...

Mass production of medicinal and aromatic plants under hydroponic systems and especially in areas with saline soils is very important. An experiment was conducted to evaluate the interaction of salinity stress and foliar application of zinc (Zn) on hydroponically-grown basil (Ocimum basilicum L.). The factorial experiment was arranged as randomized complete blocks design, with two salinity leve...

This study was conducted to study the effects of different priming methods on germination rate and percentage under salinity stress and to determine the stability of primed seeds. In order to accomplish this, three different experiments were conducted separately, including the experiment of water uptake, the experiment of salinity stress, and the experiment of storability of primed seeds. Primi...

The effect of salinity and nitrogen on yield, vitamin C, citric acid and nutrient distribution of tomato in hydroponics culture was investigated. Tomato seeds were first let germinate in yonolit pots with wet coco peat and then their seedlings were transferred to plastic tanks containing 5 liters nutrient solution. Treatments were three levels of salinity (0, 30 and 60 mM as NaCl and CaCl2) and...

This study was performed to investigate interactions of different levels of vermicompost extract and salinity stress on germination characteristics of chickpea seedlings. The factorial experiment was conducted in completely randomized design with three replications. Concentrations of vermicompost extract (0, 5, 10 and 20 volumetric percentage) and salinity levels (0, 30, 60 and 90 mM NaCl). Res...

In order to evaluate the effect of salinity stress on growth, yield, and some physiological traits of forage sorghum cultivars, an experiment was conducted as split-plot based on a randomized complete block design with four replications at experimental farm of College of Agriculture, Shiraz University at 2014 growing season. Treatments were three levels of saline irrigation water (0.4 as contro...