Several species of Phytophthora cause crown and root rot diseases of herbaceous and woody plants. Crown and root rot of pistachio trees cause significant damages in infected orchards. The effect of foliar application with Elite (fosetyl-Al) in 2 and 2.5 g/l was evaluated in greenhouse experiments. The frequency of mortality, fresh and dry weight of roots and shoots, height, intensity of crown r...

ABSTRACT Seed treatment with Trichoderma harzianum strain T22, which results in colonization of plant roots but little or no colonization of shoots or leaves, had substantial effects on growth of and disease expression in maize inbred line Mo17. Shoots and roots of 10-day-old seedlings grown in a sandy loam field soil were larger (roots were nearly twice as long) in the presence of T22 than in ...

An efficient protocol was established for rapid in vitro propagation of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni, using explants from mature plants. The effect of 1/2MS, MS and B5 culture media, also 27 different combinations of auxins and cytokinins was studied on in vitro growth and development of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. The best culture medium for shoot and root formation was 1/2MS, producing 1.30 shoot...

Terrestrial higher plants are composed of roots and shoots, distinct organs that conduct complementary functions in dissimilar environments. For example, roots are responsible for acquiring water and nutrients such as inorganic nitrogen from the soil, yet shoots consume the majority of these resources. The success of such a relationship depends on excellent root-shoot communications. Increased ...

the use of nitrogen in nutrient media is essential for growth and helps identify highly productive media for potato (solanum tuberosum l.) micropropagation and adventitious shoot formation. three potato cultivars (agria, marfona and savalan cultivars) were examined for their growth response with medium containing four different levels of kno3 (1, 1.25, 1.5 and 1.75 times as much 1.9 g l-1) and ...

Somatic embryos of Arabidopsis thaliana can be produced from explants of developing zygotic embryos. Cultivation of explants on maturation medium results in development of three main classes of regenerative structures: adventitious shoots, fused shoots, and complete somatic embryos. The ontogeny and anatomy of these structures was examined using serial plastic sections. Furthermore, two molecul...