Drought stress as one of the major growth limiting factors in natural environments influences photosynthetic components and electron transfer process, elevating the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), leading to ...

Nanoparticles have unique physicochemical properties and provide great opportunities in plant science studies. In this study, we investigated the impact of ZnO, TiO2 and CuO nanoparticles (0, 20, 40, 60, and 80 mg/L) and ...

Drought stress causes changes in morphology, physiology and gene expression profile in the plants. One of the ways to respond to this stress is to change the synthesis of specific polypeptides such as LTP (Lipid transfer ...

Chili pepper (Capsicum annum L.) is a self-pollinating plant from Solanaceae family and one of the most important vegetables for food and medicinal consumption. Iran is one of the regions with the highest production level ...

Genotype×environment interaction is one of the most important production challenges for plant breeders. Line selection with desirable yield is severely affected by genotype×environment interaction. In order to consider ...

Being a large genus in the Asteraceae family, the genus Centaurea is a complex and problematic taxon. Centaurea virgata Lamark is a widespread and invasive species of the Centaurea genus. This species is found in different ...

Wheat is the first and the most important grain of the world and its bakery property depends on gluten quality. Gluten is a part of endosperm hard proteins that causes increased stickiness quality. Wheat glutenin is divided ...

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) is one of the four important sources of edible oil in the world. Fungal diseases are considered as major constraints for its seed yield and quality. Basal stem rot resulted by Sclerotinia ...

Drought stress is one of the most important environmental stresses that have limited the production of wheat, especially in arid and semi-arid regions of the world. To recognize drought tolerant rain-fed wheat genotypes ...

Woodland sage (Salvia nemorosa) is an important native medicinal plant in Iran and is considered as a rich source of phenolic and flavonoids compounds. The present research was conducted with respect to the ...

Nitraria schoberi (Ghar-e-Daghin in Persian) from Zygophyllaceae (Nitrariaceae) family is considered as a wonderful exquisite plant in terms of its economical, medicinal, animal feed, significant ...

Sainfoin (Onobrychis vicifolia Scop.) is one of the most important forage legumes cultivated as high quality forage. Fifty three species have been identified in this genus in Iran. A field experiment was conducted ...