The present study was aimed to investigate the response of the growth and physiological parameters of stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) medicinal plant to salinity stress using a pot experiment in 2014. Ten levels of salt stress (0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240 and 270 mM of NaCl) were arranged in randomized complete block design with three replicates. Regression analysis of data indica...

In this research, the effects of cysteine on alleviation of heavy metal stress in purple basil plants were studied and some parameters such as fresh weight of shoot and root, chlorophyll a and b content, carotenoids, anthocyanin, and total phenolic compounds and reducing sugar was measured. Research was conducted in two separate trials for the two group pre-treated cysteine and cysteine -cobalt...

Mint is an important medicinal herb that is cultivated in different parts of the world. In order to investigate the effects of salinity stress on morphological characteristics of spearmint (Mentha spicata L.), an experiment was conducted in 2013, based on complete randomized design, under hydroponic conditions, at Research Greenhouse of Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Ir...

Reduction in rainfall and shortage of water resources has caused major damages to agricultural sector. Therefore, it is necessary to employ new methods in order to optimize use of water resources. In this research, the effect of irrigation method of PRD on tomato growth was compared with the conventional irrigation method. The results showed an increase in water use efficiency and total soluble...

     Mutations induced by gamma irradiation are part of improving some important agronomic traits in crops.  Identifying the optimal mutagenic dose is considered to be the most crucial step in trials and generating mutated genetic materials. The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of different doses of gamma ray (0, 150, 200, 250 and 300 Gy) on some plant early stages traits and bioch...