ABSTRACT Flooding is an important limiting factor for plant growth and development. Recent studies have shown that endophytic fungi symbiotic with extreme environmental plants can help hosts resisting various stresses. Previously, a styrene antioxidant NFA (Z-N-(4-hydroxystyryl) formamide) in riparian endophytic Aspergillus fumigatus was reported to effectively improve drought resistance in rice. To

ABSTRACT Relatively little is known about the physiological significance of betalain pigments. To investigate a possible protective role for betalains (betacyanin), from UV-B irradiation, two cultivars of A. tricolor, Red-Leaf (RL) and Green-Leaf (GL) were obtained and VIGS method was used to produce isogenic derivatives of RL. Short-term responses to UV-B in the leaves were compared with and without

ABSTRACT The effect of a soil thermophilic bacteria (STB), Ureibacillus sp. 18UE/10 on the status of wheat plants was evaluated. A greenhouse assay was performed, mimicking scenarios of soil impoverishment and aridity, which included Rhizophagus irregularis, a crop enhancer AMF, for effect comparison. Treatments with strain 18, R. irregularis or both had no significant effect on biomass production

ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate the optimum time for γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) application to improve the yield and quality in fragrant rice. Pot and field experiments were conducted during 2016–17 with two fragrant rice cultivars (for pot experiment), and five fragrant rice cultivars (for field experiment) which were applied with five GABA levels i.e. no GABA application (CK), application

ABSTRACT Most flowering plants are visited by various pollinator insects. To understand floral specialization for pollinators, the relative importance of different flower visitors to the focal plant species should be revealed. In the present study, we observed the insects that visited the orchid Platanthera hologlottis throughout the day and night using interval timer photography to reveal the relative

ABSTRACT Drought is a major cause of the present decrease in crop yield and agricultural productivity around the globe. The disastrous effects of drought on plants call for a renewed concern on effective strategies to improve plant growth and yield under drought stress. This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of Arthrobacter arilaitensis and Streptomyces pseudovenezuelae to improve maize

ABSTRACT A detailed assessment of a pasture’s functioning based on soil properties characterization, floristic composition, and ‘functional summary’ by evaluating competitor–stress tolerator–ruderal (CSR) strategies is provided for a doline in Central Italian Alps. A floristic survey was carried out at 35 sampling points, representative of the main topographic features, soil and vegetation types; the