Volume 7 Issue 12 | November 2013 issue
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Australian Journal of Crop Science | November 2013
Volume 7 Number 12 2013
Efficacy of ascorbate-glutathione cycle for scavenging H2O2 in two contrasting rice genotypes during salinity stress
M. Alamgir Hossain, Mohd Razi Ismail, Md Kamal Uddin, M.Z. Islam and M. Ashrafuzzaman*
Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Department of Crop Botany, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Division of Microbiology, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Summary
Twenty day-old seedling of Pokkali (salt-tolerant) and BRRI dhan 29 (salt-sensitive) rice genotypes were exposed to 0, 75 and 150 mM NaCl salinity levels for 7 days to investigate the efficacy of ascorbate-glutathione cycle for scavenging H2O2 during salinity stress.
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Optimization of supercritical CO2 extraction and characterization of antifungal activity of essential oils in Cuminum cyminum L.
Lin-Feng Hu, Jun He, Jun-Tao Feng*, Xing Zhang
Research and Development Center of Biorational Pesticide/Shaanxi Province Technology and Engineering Center of Biopesticide, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, China
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, China
Summary
Supercritical CO2 extraction of essential oils from Cuminum cyminum seeds was optimized by the adjustment of pressure, particle size, CO2 flux and extraction temperature. An orthogonal test of L16 (45) was designed to obtain an optimized combination of these four factors.
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The effect of genome duplication on seed germination and seedling growth of rice under salt stress
Aiming Jiang, Lu Gan, Yi Tu, Hongxia Ma, Jinming Zhang, Zhaojian Song, Yuchi He*, Detian Cai1*, and Xiaoqiao Xue
Faculty of Life Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, P.R. China
Faculty of Biochemistry and Environmental Engineering, Yunyang Teachers' College, Shiyan 442000, P.R. China
Summary
Polyploidy was widely believed to facilitate increased plant adaptability to environmental extremes. Reports of the effect of genome duplication on rice development under salt stress are rare. In this study, tetraploid rice cultivars and the diploid ancestors were subjected to six levels of salinity, and the effects of genome duplication at seed germination and at the seedling growth stage were investigated.
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Intercropping annual medic (Medicago scutellata L.) with barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) may improve total forage and crude protein yield in semi-arid environment
Amir Sadeghpour*, Emad Jahanzad, Masoud Hashemi, Alireza Esmaeili, Stephen J. Herbert
Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, University of Tehran, Karaj, Tehran, 3158777871, Iran
Summary
In arid and semi-arid conditions, production of high-yielding quality forage is still a challenge. Intercropping of cereals with annual forage legumes may improve forage yield and increase on-farm protein production. A two-year field experiment was conducted during the growing seasons of 2009 and 2010 at the experimental farm of University of Tehran, Iran to determine whether intercropping of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and annual medic (Medicago scutellata L.) could produce sufficient amount of forage with higher protein content.
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Postharvest petal senescence of two cultivars of carnation flowers with different vase lives
Asghar Ebrahimzadeh, Silvia Jimιnez-Becker*, Libia Acened Chaparro-Torres, Juan Pablo Fernandez-Trujillo, Maria Serrano-Mula, Maria Teresa Lao-Arenas
Department of Horticultural Sciences. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Maragheh 55181-83111, Iran
Department of Crop Production, University of Almerνa (UAL), Ctra, Sacramento, s/n. La Caρada de San Urbano, s/n. 04120 Almerνa, Spain
Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering, Universidad Politιcnica de Cartagena (UPCT), Paseo Alfonso XIII, 48. ETSIA. 30203 Cartagena (Murcia), Spain
Department of Applied Biology, Universidad Miguel Hernαndez (UMH) (Campus de Orihuela), Orihuela (Alicante), Spain
Summary
This work studies the influence of variations in free polyamines, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid and ethylene, and their possible relationship, during the different development stages of two carnation cultivars (Dianthus caryophyllus L. cultivars Domingo and Famosa) with noticeable differences in vase life.
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Differential effect of nitrogen forms on physiological parameters and micronutrient concentration in maize (Zea mays L.)
Muhammad Sabir*, Mohamed Musa Hanafi, Muhammad Tahir Malik, Tariq Aziz, Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman, Hamaad Raza Ahmad, Khalid Rehman Hakeem and Muhammad Shahid
Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia
School of Plant Biology, M084, The University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia
Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Vehari, Pakistan
Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia
Summary
This study investigated the effects of urea, ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulphate and calcium nitrate on growth, physiological parameters and absorption of micronutrients by maize. Nitrogen forms significantly affected shoot and root dry weights, leaf stomatal conductance, transpiration rate, photosynthetic rate and concentrations of zinc, manganese and copper in maize shoots and roots.
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Glucosinolate accumulation in three important radish (Raphanus sativus) cultivars
Sun-Ju Kim, Md Romij Uddin* and Sang Un Park*
Department of Bio Environmental Chemistry, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-764, Korea
Department of Horticultural Science, College of Industrial Sciences, Kongju National University, <javascript:link(215)> 1 Daehoe-ri, Yesan-kun, Chungnam, 340-720, Korea
Department of Crop Science, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-764, Korea
Summary
Radish, Raphanus sativus, is an important dietary vegetable in Asian countries, especially in China, Japan, and Korea. In this study, the variation of glucosinolate (GSL) contents among three radish cultivars, including Seo Ho, Man Tang Hong, and Hong Feng No. 1 were evaluated.
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Culturable total and beneficial microbial occurrences in long-term nutrient deficit wetland rice soil
Umme Aminun Naher, Radziah Othman* and Qurban Ali Panhwar
Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Department of Land Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Gazipur 1701, Bangladesh
Summary
A study was conducted to find the effect of long term (24 years) soil macro nutrient deficit condition on total soil microbial population and occurrences of free-living nitrogen fixing and phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB) population in wetland rice cultivation system.
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Quantitative responses of tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] and weeping love grass [Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees] varieties to acid soil
Ermias Abate*, Shimelis Hussein, Mark Laing and Fentahun Mengistu
African Center for Crop Improvement, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X0, Scottsville 3209, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute, P.O.Box-527, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Summary
Tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] is the most widely produced and consumed cereal crop in Ethiopia. It is a gluten-free crop with growing popularity worldwide. This experiment was conducted to assess the quantitative responses among some grain and pasture varieties of tef. Strongly acidic soil (pH 3.94 and acid saturation of 78%) was used to evaluate the tef varieties.
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Phenolic compounds in different organs of tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum Gaertn.) cultivars
Md Romij Uddin, Xiaohua Li, Yeon Bok Kim, Soo Cheon Chae, Sun-Ju Kim*, Sang Un Park*
Department of Crop Science, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-764, Korea
Department of Horticultural Science, College of Industrial Sciences, Kongju National University, <javascript:link(215)> 1 Daehoe-ri, Yesan-kun, Chungnam, 340-720, Korea
Department of Bio Environmental Chemistry, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-764, Korea
Summary
Tartary buckwheat contains variety of secondary metabolites. The present study investigates the variation of phenolic compounds among tartary buckwheat cultivars of different geographical origin. Different parts of tartary buckwheat at flowering stage under greenhouse condition was analyzed.
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Effects of saline and mannitol induced stress on some biochemical and physiological parameters of Carthamus tinctorius L. varieties callus cultures
Zhaleh Soheilikhah, Naser Karimi*, Hamid Reza Ghasmpour, Ali Reza Zebarjadi
Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, I.R. Iran
Department of Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran
Department of Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Razi University, Kermanshah, I.R. Iran
Summary
The aim of this study was to evaluate the physiological responses of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) calli exposed to water stress and salinity in order to elucidate some acclimatory mechanisms. Therefore, different calli of safflower genotypes, G1 (LRV-51-51), G2 (Lesaf), G3 (Gila), G4 (Kino-76) and G5 (Isfahan), were exposed to different concentrations of mannitol and NaCl for one month.
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Analysis of the promoter activity of a wheat dehydrin gene (DHN-5) under various stress conditions
Siwar Ben Amar, Hιla Safi, Malika Ayadi, Jalel Azaza, Habib Khoudi, Khaled Masmoudi and Faοηal Brini*
Plant Protection and Improvement Laboratory, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS)/University of Sfax, B.P 1177 3018, Sfax -Tunisia
International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, P.O. Box 14660, Dubai, UAE
Summary
A wheat dehydrin gene (DHN-5) is inducible by either treatment with abscisic acid (ABA) or by abiotic stress such as drought and salinity. To further investigate the regulation of the gene, a 1,128-bp genomic fragment upstream of the DHN-5 translated sequence was isolated, cloned, and designated as the PrDHN-5 promoter.
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Molecular cloning, characterization and bacterial overexpression of D-myo-inositol 3-phosphate synthase (MIPS1) gene from soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.)
Swati Kumari and Archana Sachdev*
Division of Biochemistry, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
Summary
In the present study, we report the cloning and molecular characterization of the MIPS1 gene from developing seeds of soybean (GmMIPS1). A full-length GmMIPS1 cDNA (Glycine max cv. Pusa 16) of 1,791bp revealed an ORF of 1,533 bp predicting 510 amino acids. In silico analysis further revealed its striking homology (80-99%) at both the nucleotide and the deduced amino acid sequence levels with other plant MIPS, particularly with the dicots, Vigna radiata and Phaseolu svulgare.
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Differential antioxidative responses of three different rice genotypes during bacterial blight infection
Anirudh Kumar, Mir Zahoor Gul, Ayesha Zeeshan, Waikhom Bimolata, Insaf Ahmed Qureshi, Irfan Ahmad Ghazi*
Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Prof. C. R. Rao Road, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046, India
Centre for Integrated Studies (CIS), School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Prof. C. R. Rao Road, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046, India
Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Prof. C. R. Rao Road, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046, India
Summary
Using three rice genotypes exhibiting different disease symptoms towards bacterial blight (BB) disease, O. longistaminata (BB-highly resistant), IRBB21 (BB-resistant) and Pusa Basmati 1 (BB-sensitive), we investigated the variable antioxidant profile and oxidative damages resulting from bacterial blight infection to elucidate the antioxidative protective mechanism governing differential BB resistance.
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Effects of green manure crops and tillage practice on maize and rice yields and soil properties
Nazmus Salahin, Md. Khairul Alam and Md. Monirul Islam*, Laila Naher and Nik M. Majid
Soil Science Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur, Bangladesh
Department of Forest Management, Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Summary
Improper tillage with no manure may cause a range of undesirable processes (destruction of soil structure, accelerate erosion, depletion of organic matter and fertility). A field experiment was conducted to observe the change in soil properties after incorporation of green manure crops and to find out the residual effect of green manure crops along with tillage on maize and rice-yields during 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 at grey terrace soil (poorly drained, grey and clay loam).
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Selection of core SSR markers for fingerprinting upland cotton cultivars and hybrids
Muhammad Mahmood Ahmed, Huanle Guo, Cong Huang, Xianlong Zhang and Zhongxu Lin*
National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement & National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, PR China
Summary
Precise identification of cotton cultivars and hybrids is requisite to facilitate management of germplasm resources and successful hybridization programs. Fingerprinting based on minimal core set of highly informative primers will be more enlightening to unveil genetic constitution among cotton cultivars and hybrids from distinct growing regions of china.
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Polyphenol composition and antioxidant activity from the vegetable plant Artemisia absinthium L.
Ye-Ji Lee, Muthu Thiruvengadam, Ill-Min Chung, Praveen Nagella*
Department of Applied Bioscience, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Konkuk University, Seoul - 143 701, South Korea
Summary
The aim of this work was to establish the antioxidant capacity and the polyphenolic profile of Artemisia absinthium that could potentially be used in the human diet. An ultra-high performance liquid chromatographic method was used to identify and quantify individual phenolic compounds of the A. absinthium leaves.
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Nutritional and metabolic profiling of the globe artichoke (Cynara scolymus L. 'Capuanella' heads) in province of Caserta, Italy
Roberta Dosi, Addolorata Daniele, Vincenzo Guida, Luigia Ferrara, Valeria Severino, Antimo Di Maro*
Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, Second University of Naples, Via Vivaldi 43, 81100 Caserta, Italy
Summary
Globe artichoke (Cynara scolymus L.) is a typical vegetable of the countries of the Mediterranean basin. It produces edible immature flower bud and his cultivation has a great economic importance in Italy, first world producer. In this framework, the aim of this research is the nutritional and metabolic characterization of the Cynara scolymus L. 'Capuanella', a typical artichoke of the Campania Region.
Pages 1927-1934 | Full Text PDF
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Assessment of genetic diversity of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) genotypes under saline irrigation water based on some selection indices
Manal Mohamed Hefny, Ehab Mohamed Rabei Metwali* and Ahmed Ibrahem Mohamed
Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
Division of Genomic and Biotechnology, Biological Science Department, Faculty of Science, North Jeddah, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
Department of Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
Department of Soil and Water, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
Summary
In order to study the reaction of twenty two genotypes of sorghum to saline irrigation treatments (0.33, 6.25 and 9.37 dS m-1), a split-plot experiment was conducted under randomized complete block design with three replications. The results showed that sorghum genotypes differed in their response to salinity levels, and genotypes G3, G8, G9, G20, and G14 recorded reasonable forage yield under saline and non-saline irrigation water treatments. Such genotypes are considered new valuable sources for sorghum breeding programs under saline affected areas.
Pages 1935-1945 | Full Text PDF
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Review article
Alleviating potato seed tuber shortage in developing countries: Potential of true potato seeds
Jane Muthoni*, Hussein Shimelis1 and Rob Melis
African Centre for Crop Improvement, University of KwaZulu-Natal, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Private Bag X01, Scottsxille 3209, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), National Potato Research Centre, Tigoni. Kenya
Summary
Although potato is an important food and cash crop globally, its production in developing countries is hampered by constraints such as low soil fertility, pest and diseases and inadequate supply of good quality seed tubers. Lack of good quality seed is mostly a consequent of the prevailing seeds system; in most developing countries, majority of farmers recycle their own seeds or get them from informal sources.
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Diallel analysis of cotton leaf curl virus (CLCuV) disease, earliness, yield and fiber traits under CLCuV infestation in upland cotton
Naqib Ullah Khan*
Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar 25130, Pakistan
Summary
Genetic effects of CLCuV, earliness, yield, and lint traits were studied in a 6 Χ 6 F1 and F2 diallel populations of upland cotton. Hayman and Mathers genetic model (D and H) was used to determine the genetic mechanism and mode of inheritance for selected variables.
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