The present work was undertaken to investigate the possible role displayed by some phenolic compounds such as shikimic and salicylic acids or their combination in regulating growth, metabolism and productivity of faba bean plants infected by Botrytis fabae. In vitro, phenolic compounds inhibited mycelial growth of B. fabae. A pot experiment was conducted to evaluate the beneficial effect of seed presoaking in phenolic compounds on faba bean plants (Giza 429) as alternatives to fungicide to increase faba bean resistance against chocolate spot disease. Treatment of infected faba bean with...

The book can be used as a text for undergraduate courses or as a self-study guide for interested botanists. The book follows botany as it moves through different botany branches. The text deals with principles and is not a review of recent literature. The book has knowledge about plant anatomy, physiology, ecology and taxanomy. Because plant anatomy is often no longer taught at universities, chapters review root, stem, and leaf anatomy. Numbers of tables and figures are included in the book to facilitate understanding and comprehension of the information presented throughout the text.

This book deals with plant growth and development as regulated by hormones. This book deals only with the better known or better studied aspects of plant growth regulation by hormones. The book is written for third and fourth year undergraduates and beginning graduate students who have had basic botany and some introduction to biochemistry and molecular biology. It is designed to complement texts in plant physiology. Like most other text books, it originated because there was no single text that covered the burgeoning field of hormonal and environmental regulation of plant growth that was...

This work was conducted to evaluate the impact of seawater irrigation on growth, metabolism and ultrastructure of chloroplasts and oleosomes in flag leaf of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), salt sensitive "Gemmieza-9" and salt resistant "Sids-1," cultivars. Among the cultivars, Sids-1 "salt tolerant" showed a better performance and produced more biomass under salt stress when compared with Gemmieza-9 "salt sensitive." Furthermore, it is clear from this work that the impact of seawater irrigation at 10% or 25% on both wheat cultivars particularly sensitive one had a negative effect on growth...

The objective of this study was designed to investigate the effect of seed priming with different concentrations of growth bioregulators (i.e. indole acetic acid, gibberellic acid or kinetin) on growth and metabolism as well as productivity of Vigna sinensis L. Cream 7 plants throughout various stages of plant growth and development. It is clear from this investigation that seed priming with different doses of IAA, GA3 or kinetin improves the growth parameters of cowpea plants by increasing turgidity, stimulating leaf expansion, enhancing the production of photosynthetic pigments as well as...

This work was conducted to evaluate the beneficial effect of grain presoaking in kinetin (0.1 mM), spermine (0.3 mM) or their interaction on wheat plants (Triticum aestivum L. variety Sakha 93) irrigated with seawater. It is clear from this investigation that irrigation of wheat plants with 25% seawater had negative effects on growth, metabolism and productivity of wheat plants. On the other hand, grain presoaking in kinetin, Spm or their interaction displayed a positive role in improving the ability of the wheat cultivar (Sakha 93) to become more salt-tolerant. On the basis of the results...

The present study was carried out in a greenhouse to evaluate the positive effect of foliar application of glycine betaine (10mM), grain presoaking in salicylic acid (0.05 M) and their interaction on drought tolerance of two wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars (sensitive, Sakha 94 and tolerant, Sakha 93). Exogenous application of glycine betaine (GB), salicylic acid (SA) or their interaction could counteract the adverse effects of drought by improvement of growth vigor of root and shoot, leaf area, retention of pigment content, increasing the concentration of organic solutes (soluble...