this experiment was conducted to study the effect of plastic mulch on the growth and some physiological characteristics of two strawberry cultivars (paros and queen elisa) under drought stress. a factorial experiment was performed based on randomized complete block design with four treatments, including mulch, without mulch, normal irrigation (control) and deficit irrigation (-10 bar) with thre...

greenhouse and laboratory studies were conducted to examine the allelopathic effects of water extracts of pigweed (amaranthus retroflexu l.) leaf, stem, root and flower at different growth stages on canola seed germination and seedling growth. water extracts of leaf, stem, root and flower as individually, binary, ternary and quadri mixtures at 0, 50 and 100% concentrations were made and their e...

in order to evaluate the effect of nitrogen rates and green manure crops on dry matter mobilization and mobilization efficiency indices of wheat (triticum aestivum l.) a field experiment was conducted in agricultural faculty of shahid chamran university, ahvaz during growing season of 2010-2011. the experimental design was split-plot based on randomized complete block with three replications. m...

The relative contribution of nitrogen (N) reserves from seeds or uptake by the roots to the growth and N content of young seedlings has received little attention. In this study, we investigated the contribution of N from the acorn or uptake by the roots to the N content of holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) seedlings and determined if remobilization of acorn N was affected by nutrient availability in t...

We developed an equation for estimating Arundo donax shoot dry weight from shoot length. The equation, shoot dry weight (g) = 14.254 (standard error = 0.275) shoot height (m), was as effective at explaining a high proportion of total variation in shoot dry weight (R = 0.90) as more complicated equations containing additional morphometric parameters. Tested against two independent datasets, the ...

iron is an essential microelement for plant growth. low content of organic matter and excess application of phosphate fertilizer in soils can be affected on availability of iron. in this study the effect of iron, phosphorus and organic matter on growth and iron uptake of mays was evaluated. a greenhouse experiment was conducted with two levels of cattle manure (0 and 1 %), three levels of phosp...

Drought is a major abiotic factor adversely affecting wheat productivity. Water deficit reduces significantly photosynthesis and hence the remobilization of stored assimilate reserves from stem becomes important sources for grain filling. We assessed ability different internodes leaf sheaths to deposit remobilize reserve assimilates as well their role in yield formation 6 winter varieties under...