Publications by authors named "Asmaa Sharfeldin"
Wheat leaf rust, caused by , poses a growing threat to global wheat production, necessitating alternative strategies for effective disease management. This study investigated the potential of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) to enhance resistance to leaf rust in two wheat cultivars: the susceptible Morocco and moderately resistant Sakha 94 cultivar. Our findings revealed that GABA significantly improved resistance in both cultivars to , particularly in Morocco, by mitigating disease severity and reducing pustule density and size while extending both incubation and latent periods.
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- * Treatment with SiONPs (0.25 g/L foliar spray) significantly improved various growth indicators and increased levels of chlorophyll, proline, and key antioxidant enzymes, while reducing oxidative damage.
- * Analysis revealed that SiONPs treatment elevated the expression of certain proteins related to photosynthesis while downregulating others associated with osmotic stress, suggesting SiONPs play a crucial role in improving drought tolerance in maize.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown have significantly altered many aspects of the health care services. We investigated the impact of the restrictive measures during the pandemic on the volume and spectrum of operated neurosurgical cases at two University hospitals in Egypt.
Results: The total number of surgeries dropped during the lockdown (second quarter of the year 2020) by 38%, compared with the total number of surgeries in the first quarter of the same year, with an increase in the proportion of urgent surgeries to the total number of surgeries from 46 to 69% ( < 0.
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the technostress creators and outcomes among University medical and nursing faculties and students as direct effects of the remote working environment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Background: Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, shifting to virtual learning that implies utilizing the information and communication technologies (ICTs) is urgent. Technostress is a problem commonly arising in the virtual working environments and it occurs due to misfitting and maladaptation between the individual and the changeable requirements of ICTs.