Leaves of a pepper cultivar harboring the L(3) resistance gene were inoculated with Obuda pepper virus (ObPV), which led to the appearance of hypersensitive necrotic lesions approx. 72 h post-inoculation (hpi) (incompatible interaction), or with Pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV) that caused no visible symptoms on the inoculated leaves (compatible interaction). ObPV inoculation of leaves resulted...

Salinity is one of the main abiotic stresses, and stomatal conductance (gs) an important physiological index in plants that used to measure their responses salt stress, as closure leads lower yields. However, factors affect gs after biochar application saline soil remain unclear. To explore adaptation mechanisms facility vegetables under stress addition biochar, Chinese cabbage was selected for...

Water and nitrogen supply are the two primary factors limiting productivity of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). In our study, two winter wheat varieties, Xinong 979 and large-spike wheat, were evaluated for their physiological responses to different levels of nitrogen and water status during their seedling stage grown in a phytotron. Our results indicated that drought stress greatly reduced the ne...

• The staygreen (SGR) gene encodes a chloroplast-targeted protein which promotes chlorophyll degradation via disruption of light-harvesting complexes (LHCs). • Over-expression of SGR in Arabidopsis (SGR-OX) in a Columbia-0 (Col-0) background caused spontaneous necrotic flecking. To relate this to the hypersensitive response (HR), Col-0, SGR-OX and RNAi SGR (SGRi) lines were challenged with Pseu...

Atmospheric depositions pose significant threats to biodiversity and ecosystem function. However, the underlying physiological mechanisms are not well understood, and few studies have considered the combined effects and interactions of multiple pollutants. This in situ study explored the physiological responses of two epiphytic bryophytes to combined addition of nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur....

A wheat stay-green mutant, tasg1, was previously generated via mutation breeding of HS2, a common wheat cultivar (Triticum aestivum L.). Compared with wild-type (WT) plants, tasg1 exhibited delayed senescence indicated by the slower degradation of chlorophyll. In this study, the stability of proteins in thylakoid membranes was evaluated in tasg1 under drought stress compared with WT plants in t...

Aims: To assess heat-induced PSII damage and efficiency in eight promising backcross introgression lines (BC2F6) of KMR-3R/N22 possessing qHTSF1.1 qHTSF4.1.
 Study Design: Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications.
 Place Duration Study: ICAR-Indian Institute Rice Research, Hyderabad India during wet/rainy (Kharif) season 2018.
 Methodology: Eight ILs parent...

Soil salinization is the leading environmental factor that restricts crop growth. This study studied effects of Bacillus cereus (B. cereus) on growth, photosynthesis, and antioxidant metabolism in salt stressed-cucumber seedlings. The results showed B. could maintain high activity environment (4% NaCl). significantly increased plant height, stem diameter, fresh weight, dry weight cucumber seedl...