BACKGROUND AND AIMS Using two parental clones of outcrossing Trifolium ambiguum as a potential model system, we examined how during seed development the maternal parent, number of seeds per pod, seed position within the pod, and pod position within the inflorescence influenced individual seed fresh weight, dry weight, water content, germinability, desiccation tolerance, hardseededness, and subs...

in order to study the effect of sowing dates and cultivation methods on yield and other characteristics of two cultivars of common bean (phaseolus vulgaris l.) an experiment based on split plot design was carried out with three replications in 2007 at khorramdarreh region of zanjan province. treatments consisted of three sowing dates (may 21, june 4&19), two cultivation methods (furrow and basi...

Activities of the sucrose-cleaving enzymes, acid and neutral invertase and sucrose synthase, were measured in pods and seeds of developing snap bean (Phaseolus vulguris L.) fruits, and compared with t4C-import, elongation and dry weight accumulation. During the first 10d postanthesis, pods elongated rapidly with pod dry weight increase lagging behind by several days. The temporal patterns of ac...

in order to evaluate a better sowing date of chickpea cultivars in dry land conditions, a factorial experiment in randomized complete block design with four replications was carried out at research station of bahar (hamadan province) during 2005-2006 cropping season. two planting time included winter and spring and four chickpea cultivars (cvs.) including one local (check) and three improved cv...

abstract the present study was aimed to investigate the planting dates effects on yield associated traits and also determining stability of the result of factor analysis and stepwise regression analysis in different planting dates of rapeseed genotypes at biekol agriculture research station during 2011-12 cropping season. result of split plot analysis exhibited significant genotypes effects for...

two year field experiment was carried out on two early maturing varieties of soybean (glycine max (l.) men.) bred in russia. the purpose was to investigate the possibility of production and to study the effects of nitrogen supply on soybean seed yield and yield components. a range of zero to 100 kg n ha in 1995 when plants suffered from water deficiency and zero to 100 kg n ha -1 in 1996 when p...

Abstract This paper proposes a new biostimulant coating for soybean seeds. The aim of the study was to create Glycine max (L.) Merr. seeds, using root infusion from Arctium lappa L. as component. effectiveness produced evaluated in three-year field study. analysis developed based on evaluation plant biometric traits and yield. showed that designed manufactured seed can be considered agronomic s...

seed and oil yields, their components, and the relationships among trait performance were determined in 25genotypes of winter type oilseed rape (brassica napus l.). the experiment was carried out at the agricultural and natural resources research center of east azerbaijan, iran, in two consecutive growing seasons 2009-10 and 2010- 11. significant differences were observed in plant height, numbe...

Carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) is a perennial leguminous evergreen tree native to the coastal regions of the Mediterranean basin and is considered to be an important component of vegetation for economic and environmental reasons. Two constituents of the pod, pulp and seeds, can be used as feed or in food production. In this study, drying characteristics, texture and microstructure of carob p...