We examine the usefulness of various imaging techniques, including optical ow, for measuring plant growth for corn seedlings and Caster Oil Bean leaves. A near-infrared camera, which allows one to measure optical ow in the light and in the dark, is used. For corn seedlings we have already used optical ow to obtain 3D image velocity as a measure of growth performance. We propose two new growth m...

This study was conducted to assess the effects of irrigation and plant growth promoting bactera on seed yield and qualitative characteristics of Black cumin (Nigella sativa L.) at the Experimental Station of the Research Institute of Forest and Rangeland, Damavan region, Iran. A split-plot experimental design, based on Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications, was used. I...

an experiment was conducted as a split plot based on complete randomized block design with three replications in the fall of 2010 at the farm of lorestan university, khorramabad, iran. four winter wheat cultivars (marvdasht, azar, shiraz and line m-79-7) as the main plot and levels of iron oxide nanoparticles (ion) along with control treatment were the subplot. iron fertilizer spraying was done...

this research was conducted at torogh agricultural research station in khorasan-e razavi province to determine the impact of irrigation cutoff at different growth stages and percentage of water use on the yield and water use efficiency (wue) of wheat cultivars using sprinkler irrigation. the study was done from 2006-2008. the experimental design was a randomized complete block design with a str...

Miscanthus is a C4 herbaceous perennial species and it was chosen as bioenergy crop due to high biomass yield. sinensis has many phenotypes which are adaptated various environments in China. In this study, 421 accessions of M. were collected from 22 provinces, the genetic polymorphisms amongst these germplasm collections identified using 20 primer pairs designed against 10 each eSSR gSSR transf...

Alterations in leaf adaxial-abaxial (ad-ab) polarity are one of the main factors that influence leaf curvature. In Chinese cabbage, leaf incurvature is an essential prerequisite to the formation of a leafy head. Identifying ad-ab patterning genes and investigating their genetic variation may facilitate elucidation of the mechanisms underlying leaf incurvature during head formation. Comparative ...