Blackgram is one of the most highly prized pulse crops, cultivated in almost all parts of India.Soil salinity is one ofthe major factors responsible for losses in agriculturalproduction in most of the arid and semi-arid regions in theworld leading to loss in yield. The experiment...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i1030501
Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) is widely considered as a functional food mainly due to its various beneficial components including vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, bioactive and antioxidant compounds that stimulate health beyond basic nutrition. The overwhelming agricultural c...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2021/v20i330283
Nearly one billion hectares of arid and semiarid areas of the world are salt affected and remain barren due to salinity or water scarcity. These lands can be utilized by adopting appropriate planting techniques and integrating trees with tolerant crops, forage grasses, oil yieldi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i730209
Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) represents a major source of protein for animal and human nutrition, and provides several benefits such as improved soil quality. The Giza cultivar 87 (Vicia faba L.) was evaluated in three different salinity levels (6.9, 8.7 and 14.8 dSm-1) during two s...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v29i630184
Aims: The aim of the experiment was to investigate the effect of thiourea on physiological characteristics of two rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties under impact of salinity. Study Design: Experiment includes two rice varieties named as B-515 and KS-282, salinity level of 150 mM, t...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/41352
Aims: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of salinity by using a different concentration of sodium chloride (NaCl), on growth, chlorophyll fluorescence and secondary metabolites production of Centella asiatica. Study Design: Centella asiatica plants were exposed to...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/41014
To investigate salt stress and inoculation effects on nodulation and growth of forage cowpea (Vigna unguiculata cv. Baladi), experiments were conducted under laboratory, greenhouse and field conditions. Six isolates were tested for salt tolerance by culturing in liquid medium sup...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/40727
The longitudinal zonation of polychaetes was studied across 13 stations on the Bonny River estuary. A total of eighty-eight (88) species of polychaetes, from 68 genera, belonging to 31 families, were identified. Based on salinity values, three major salinity zones were identified...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/23682
Kochia plant adapting to extreme environmental factors provide an important part of forage requirements for livestock grazing in arid and semi-arid regions. Many wild Kochia species are undervalued mainly because of insufficient knowledge about their potential feeding value, yiel...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/25315
Daniela Conti, Stefania Balzamo, Andrea Paina, Cristina Martone, Elisa Raso, Fabio Cadoni, Federica Savorelli, Manorama Croppo, Vanessa Bellaria & Alessandra Pati·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2015
Aim: The current study was designed to evaluate whether European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L. 1758) can be used as a sentinel species to test contaminants. For this aim the acute lethality (96 h) of anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) on sea bass juveniles at two...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/20527
The present study was carried out to show the effect of brassinolide on normal and salt stressed wheat plant. Grains of wheat (Triticum aestivum sakha 93) were divided into four groups: seeds supplemented with 20 ml distilled water (control); seeds treated with NaCl solutions (25...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/11089
Aim: To determine the importance of proline in protection of photosynthetic capacity under salt stress in mustard cultivars (Brassica juncea L. Czern and Coss.). Design of the Study: Mustard plants were grown with or without 100mM NaCl treatments. Place and Duration of Study: The...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/10564