Publications by authors named "Dhafer A Al-Bakre"
Background: Environmental stresses pose a significant threat to plant growth and ecosystem productivity, particularly in arid lands that are more susceptible to climate change. Strigolactones (SLs), carotenoid-derived plant hormones, have emerged as a potential tool for mitigating environmental stresses.
Methods: This review aimed to gather information on SLs' role in enhancing plant tolerance to ecological stresses and their possible use in improving the resistance mechanisms of arid land plant species to intense aridity in the face of climate change.
Prediction Models Based on Soil Characteristics for Evaluation of the Accumulation Capacity of Nine Metals by Forage Sorghum Grown in Agricultural Soils Treated with Varying Amounts of Poultry Manure.
Bull Environ Contam Toxicol
January 2023
Article Synopsis
- Predictive models were developed to assess how nine different metals (like Cadmium, Lead, Zinc, etc.) are absorbed by the different parts of forage sorghum grown in soil mixed with varying levels of poultry manure.
- The study found that most metals were predominantly found in the roots, with some having a bioaccumulation factor greater than 1, indicating higher accumulation in the plants compared to the soil.
- The models showed high accuracy, confirming their usefulness in assessing the safety of using poultry manure in forage sorghum cultivation, especially regarding human health risks.
The present study aimed to assess the efficiency of the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms) plant for the reduction of nitrogen and phosphorus pollutants from glass industry effluent (GIE) as batch mode phytoremediation experiments. For this, response surface methodology (RSM) and artificial neural networks (ANN) methods were adopted to evidence the optimization and prediction performances of E.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGlycinebetaine (GB) is an osmoprotectant found in plants under environmental stresses that incorporates drought and is associated with drought tolerance in several plants, such as the woody pear. However, how GB improves drought tolerance in pears remains unclear. In the current study, we explored the mechanism by which GB enhances drought tolerance of whole pear plants (Pyrus bretschneideri Redh.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLivestock grazing is one of the main causes of rangeland degradation in Saudi Arabia. Fencing to exclude grazers is one of the main management practices used to restore vegetation and conserve biodiversity. The main objectives of this study were to investigate the changes in plant diversity and abundance, floristic composition and plant groups of the major life forms in response to thirty-five years of grazing exclosure in western Saudi Arabia.
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