3 results match your criteria: "The National Research and Development Center for Sustainable Agriculture (Estidamah)[Affiliation]"
Regulation of root growth and elongation in wheat.
Front Plant Sci
May 2024
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Currently, the control of rhizosphere selection on farms has been applied to achieve enhancements in phenotype, extending from improvements in single root characteristics to the dynamic nature of entire crop systems. Several specific signals, regulatory elements, and mechanisms that regulate the initiation, morphogenesis, and growth of new lateral or adventitious root species have been identified, but much more work remains. Today, phenotyping technology drives the development of root traits.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUsing Date Palm Waste as an Alternative for Rockwool: Sweet Pepper Performance under Both Soilless Culture Substrates.
Plants (Basel)
December 2023
The National Research and Development Center for Sustainable Agriculture (Estidamah), Riyadh Techno Valley, Riyadh 11422, Saudi Arabia.
The degradation of soil quality due to environmental conditions and improper management practices has caused a shrinkage in land areas suitable for crop cultivation. This necessitates a transition towards soilless culture systems, which offer desirable conditions for crop growth and development and increase resource use efficiency. One of the growth-limiting factors in soilless culture systems is the type of growing substrate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZaxinone mimics (MiZax) efficiently promote growth and production of potato and strawberry plants under desert climate conditions.
Sci Rep
October 2023
The BioActives Lab, Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Article Synopsis
- Climate change and population growth are major threats to global food security, leading to the exploration of plant growth regulators (PGRs) as solutions.
- The apocarotenoid compounds MiZax3 and MiZax5 have been found to enhance the growth of crops like potato and strawberry in Saudi Arabia under field conditions.
- These compounds proved to be effective at low concentrations, outperforming conventional treatments like humic acid, highlighting their potential for improving vegetable crop yields in challenging environments.