Diversity of the Ry gene conferring resistance to potato virus Y in wild relatives of potato.

Background: Potato virus Y (PVY) is among the economically most damaging viral pathogen in production of potato (Solanum tuberosum) worldwide. The gene Ry derived from the wild potato relative Solanum stoloniferum confers extreme resistance to PVY.

Results: The presence and diversity of Ry were investigated in wild relatives of potato (298 genotypes representing 29 accessions of 26 tuber-bearing Solanum species) using PacBio amplicon sequencing.

Effect of melatonin foliar sprays on morphophysiological attributes, fruit yield and quality of Momordica charantia L. under salinity stress.

Soil salinity is one of the increasing problems in agricultural fields in many parts of the world, adversely affecting the performance and health of the plants. As a pleiotropic signal and antioxidant molecule in both animals and plants, melatonin has been reported to possess significant roles in combating with stress factors, in general and salt stress, in particular. In this study, the interactive effects of melatonin (0, 75, and 150 μM) and salt stress (0, 50 and 100 mM NaCl) were investigated by assaying the some agronomic, physlogical and biochemical attributes and essential oil compounds of bitter melon (Momordica charantia).

Antioxidant Compounds of Potato Breeding Genotypes and Commercial Cultivars with Yellow, Light Yellow, and White Flesh in Iran.

Potatoes are a staple food with high antioxidant properties that can positively affect population health. The beneficial effects of potatoes have been attributed to tuber quality. However, the tuber quality related researches at genetic levels are very few.

Polyethylene Glycol and Sorbitol-Mediated In Vitro Screening for Drought Stress as an Efficient and Rapid Tool to Reach the Tolerant L. Genotypes.

An efficient method to instantly assess drought-tolerant plants after germination is using osmoregulation in tissue culture media. In this study, the responses of three Iranian melon genotypes to sorbitol (0.1, 0.

Comparing the toxicity of tungsten and vanadium oxide nanoparticles on Spirulina platensis.

The production and release of nanoparticles and their impacts on living organisms are among the most important concerns in the world. Spirulina platensis was chosen because of its ability to absorb more elements than other algae. Therefore, an experiment was conducted to improve the product quality of spirulina exposed to new type of nanoparticles.

Discernment of grape rootstocks base on their response to salt stress using selected characteristics in combination with chemometric tools.

In the present study, first, the 19 parameters of 21 grapevine rootstocks under salinity were measured. Then chemometrics methods including principal component analysis (PCA) and quadratic discriminant analysis (QDA) were used to select the most significant and responsible characteristics for discrimination of grapevine rootstocks. For QDA, the 19 parameters were arranged in 4 sets.

Chitosan-Selenium Nanoparticle (Cs-Se NP) Foliar Spray Alleviates Salt Stress in Bitter Melon.

Salt stress severely reduces growth and yield of plants. Considering the positive effects of selenium (Se) and chitosan (Cs) separately against abiotic stress, in these experiments, we synthesized chitosan-selenium nanoparticles (Cs-Se NPs) and investigated their ability to reduce the negative effects of salt stress on growth and some biochemical parameters of bitter melon (). Bitter melon plants were grown at three NaCl salinity levels (0, 50, and 100 mM) and a foliar spray of Cs-Se NPs (0, 10, and 20 mg L) was applied.

QTLs position of some important ornamental traits in recently developed OO lily population.

L. is a perennial ornamental bulbous species, belonging to family, which consists of about 100 species. One of the most important hybrids in L.

In vitro study on regeneration of Gladiolus grandiflorus corm calli as affected by plant growth regulators.

In this study, in vitro organogenesis of Gladiolus grandiflorus cultivar pink corm segments were evaluated by culturing corm calli in modified MS medium supplemented with 3% sucrose and 0.7% agar with different concentration of BAP (0, 1, 2 and 4 mg L(-1) medium) and NAA (0, 0.5, 1 and 2 mg L(-1) medium) in factorial experiment of Completely Randomized Design (CRD).