Soybean production chain is facing serious challenges for high quality seed and grain production. This paper proposes a simple method to select genotypes with tolerance excess moisture. The study was divided into three stages. Stage I consisted in plant standardization of maturity 25 seeding Passo Fundo-RS during 2013-2014 growing season 500 plants were harvested from each genotype at R7-R8 sta...

The changes in yields and nutritive composition of whole crop wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) during maturation and effects of maturity stage and lactic acid bacteria (LAB) inoculants on the fermentation quality and aerobic stability were investigated under laboratory conditions. Whole crop wheat harvested at three maturation stages: flowering stage, milk stage and dough stage. Two strains of LAB ...

Information on quality characteristics of forage species help the range managers to select a suitable grazing program that minimizes the damages to vegetation. Water Soluble Carbohydrates (WSC) -the main photosynthetic products- are stored in various plant parts and are more likely to be consumed when plants require them. In order to investigate the changes of WSC in distinguishable organs in t...

The green area displayed by a crop is a good indicator of its photosynthetic capacity, while chlorophyll retention or 'stay-green' is regarded as a key indicator of stress adaptation. Remote-sensing methods were tested to estimate these parameters in diverse wheat genotypes under different growing conditions. Two wheat populations (a diverse set of 294 advanced lines and a recombinant inbred li...

Information about the extent of variation in quality traits among plants sampled at the same developmental stage but on different dates would be useful to forage researchers. The primary purpose of this study was to obtain such information for five forage sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] cultivars. Percent dry matter, crude protein, and in vitro dry matter disappearance of leaf, stem, and ...

in order to study the effects of different salinity levels on turnip (brassica rapa l.), an investigation was conducted at yasouj university, iran, in 2010. the effects of four salinity levels including 1.92, 9.87, 19.6 and 21.94 ds m-1 (20:1 ratio of nacl: cacl2 in hoagland solution) on germination, vegetative and maturity stages of turnip (baherghan landrace) were investigated. the results re...

Purple eggplant fruits often turn brown during maturity stages, severely influencing their market value and shelf life. However, the metabolites genes accounting for fruit color changes are largely unknown. Here, gene expression analyses were used to explore candidates underlying differences in between two genotypes, ‘14-345’ ‘CGN23829’, with contrasting development. We found that flavonoids mo...

Abstract Determination of gene effects and combining abilities is a critical stage in maize hybrid breeding. In the present study, 20 S6 lines as female and three S6 inbred lines (K18, K19 and K1264/5-1) as tester were crossed and the resulting  test cross progenies were evaluated in a randomized complete block design with three replications in 2008. During the growing period, several agronomi...

sensitivity of tomato fruits to chilling injury limits its storage and marketability. this study investigated the effect of hot water treatment (hwt) on reducing the consequences of chilling injury (ci) with respect to quality attributes of tomatoes during storage. tomatoes were harvested at three ripening stages: mature green, pink, and red; dipped in hot water at 45°c for 15 min; and stored a...