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Erratum to: Optimal Maize Ripeness by Application of Dynamic Ripening and Analysis (DRA) System Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2021-01-08 Reinhard Amler
An Erratum to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10343-020-00528-0
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Erratum to: Enhanced Tolerance to Cold in Common Bean Treated with Biostimulant Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2021-01-07 Vanessa do Rosário Rosa, Anna Luiza Farias dos Santos, Adinan Alves da Silva, Mariana Peduti Vicentini Sab, Flávio Barcellos Cardoso, Mario Antonio Marin, Marcelo de Almeida Silva
An Erratum to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10343-020-00526-2
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The Effect of Foliar Fertilization with Micronutrients on the Incidence and Severity of Leaf and Stem-base Diseases in Winter Triticale (x Triticosecale Witmm.) and Winter Rye ( Secale cereale L.) Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-12-28 Bożena Cwalina-Ambroziak, Małgorzata Głosek-Sobieraj, Marta Damszel, Arkadiusz Stępień
Winter triticale (Triticale) cv. Dinaro and winter rye (Secale cereale L.) cv. Dańkowskie Diament were grown in 2012 and 2013 in a field-plot experiment in Tomaszkowo near Olsztyn (NE Poland). The experiment consisted of 7 treatments: absolute control (without fertilizers or the growth stimulator), control-NPK fertilizer, NPK fertilizer + micronutrients applied alone or in combination (4 treatments)
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Evaluation of Economically Viable and Environmental Friendly Weed Control Methods for Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-12-15 M. Abu Hena Sorwar Jahan, Akbar Hossain, Muhammad Arshadul Hoque, Kowshik Kumar Saha, Khokan Kumer Sarker, Sharif Ahmed, Jagadish Timsina
During the past few decades, extensive use of herbicides has created ecological and environmental problems such as dominance of minor weeds due to their resistance to herbicides, and human health hazards. Recognising these problems, an experiment was conducted in two consecutive wheat seasons during 2012–2014 in Central Bangladesh to evaluate five weed control methods: (i) control (weedy check), (ii) one
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Green Compost Combined with Mycorrhizae and Rhizobia: A Strategy for Improving Alfalfa Growth and Yield Under Field Conditions Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-12-07 Raja Ben-Laouane, Mohamed Ait-El-Mokhtar, Mohamed Anli, Abderrahim Boutasknit, Youssef Ait Rahou, Anas Raklami, Khalid Oufdou, Said Wahbi, Abdelilah Meddich
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is one of the most important forages and legume crops in the Mediterranean region, where extensive soil exploitation and low soil fertility are among the factor limiting its production. In this study, a field experiment was carried out in the semi-arid area of Morocco, in order to assess the influence of the individual and combined application of autochthonous arbuscular
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Chitosan-Mediated Changes in dry Matter, Total Phenol Content and Essential Oil Constituents of two Origanum Species under Water Deficit Stress Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-12-07 Hamid Mohammadi, Leila Aghaee Dizaj, Ahmad Aghaee, Mansour Ghorbanpour
Origanum is one of the most important medicinal plants used worldwide due to the economic importance, quantity and quality of essential oil and antioxidant properties. Drought is one of the major abiotic stresses that cause deleterious damage to plants. As a bio-elicitor, chitosan prevents severe damage to plants under stress conditions by triggering plant defense mechanisms. To investigate the effects
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Improvement of Garlic Growth, Physiology, Biochemical Traits, and Soil Fertility by Rhizophagus Irregularis and Compost Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-12-04 Abderrahim Boutasknit, Youssef Ait-Rahou, Mohamed Anli, Mohamed Ait-El-Mokhtar, Raja Ben-Laouane, Abdelilah Meddich
The present work aimed to study the effect of compost and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on soil physicochemical parameters on garlic (Allium sativum L.) growth, physiology, biochemical traits, and yield under environmental conditions. The application of AMF or compost increased both carbonic and mineral contents in soil. An improvement of 92% and 35% was observed in case of total organic carbon
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Physio-biochemical and Agronomic Response of Ascorbic Acid Treated Sunflower ( Helianthus Annuus ) Grown at Different Sowing Dates and Under Various Irrigation Regimes Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-12-03 Hani Saudy, Mohamed El-Bially, Ibrahim El-Metwally, Mostafa Shahin
Maximizing the utilization of water unit is of paramount importance in arid zones and worldwide. This is even more significant when plants are subjected to both thermal and water stress. Hence, a two-year (2014 and 2015 seasons) field trial was carried out to study the effect of three sowing dates (April 21, May 21, and June 21); two irrigation levels (I100 and I85) and two ascorbic acid rates, ASA
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Effect of Microwave Radiation on Bacteria, Fungi and Some Growth Characteristics of Cowpea Vigna unguiculata L. Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-12-01 Wael Mohammed Mahdi, Khaled Saeed Lateef Al-Badri, Mustafa R. M. Alqaisi
In this study, an experiment was conducted to describe the effects of using microwaves and chemical fertilization (isolated and combined) on the number of bacteria and fungi in the soil and on the growth of cowpea plants Vigna unguiculata L. Several times of exposure to microwave radiation (0, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 s) and several concentrations of chemical fertilizer NPK (0, 0.9, 1.8 g 3 kg−1 soil) were
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Characterization of Antixenosis and Antibiosis of Corn Genotypes to Dichelops melacanthus Dallas (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-11-30 Nádia Maebara Bueno, Edson Luiz Lopes Baldin, Vinicius Fernandes Canassa, Leandro do Prado Ribeiro, Ivana Fernandes da Silva, André Luiz Lourenção, Robert Lee Koch
Stink bugs are considered limiting pests to important crops worldwide. In Brazil, the green-belly stink bug, Dichelops melacanthus Dallas (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), has become a key pest to the young phase of corn crop, being a problem especially when it succeeds soybean in the field. Injuries caused by this species vary from holes on new leaves to plant death in severe attacks. The main control technique
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Environmentally Sustainable Production of Silver Nanoparticles and Their Effect on Glycine max L. Seedlings Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-11-30 Hina Sharif, Ansar Mehmood, Aneela Ulfat, Khawaja Shafique Ahmad, Imtiaz Hussain, Rizwan Taj Khan
Nanoparticles are regularly released into our atmosphere, and the study of their effect on edible crop plants is of great interest today. This study accounts the enviro-friendly production of silver nanoparticles (SNPs) using Sarcococca saligna (D.Don) Muell.-Arg. leaf extract and the effect of these SNPs on growth and biochemical attributes of soybean (Glycine max L.). The nanoparticles obtained were
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Efficacy of Entomopathogenic Fungi Alone and in Combination with Buprofezin Against Sogatella Furcifera (Horváth) on Rice Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-11-27 Ijaz Haider, Muhammad Sufyan, Muhammad Akhtar, Muhammad Jalal Arif, Shahbaz Talib Sahi
The whitebacked planthopper, Sogatella furcifera Horváth (Homoptera: Delphacidae), is a serious pest of rice crop in Pakistan. In the current study the efficacy of entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae and Akanthomyces lecanii was evaluated against whitebacked planthopper (WBPH) under laboratory and field conditions. There were two concentrations of entomopathogenic fungi
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Foliar Application of Ascorbic Acid and Gamma Aminobutyric Acid Can Improve Important Properties of Deficit Irrigated Cucumber Plants ( Cucumis sativus cv . Us) Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-11-26 Zahra Ghahremani, Marjan Mikaealzadeh, Taher Barzegar, Mohammad Ebrahim Ranjbar
Cucumber and other Cucurbitaceae plants have a high transpiration rate and sensitivity to water deficit stress. Ascorbic acid (AsA) and gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) participate in a variety of plant processes and increase plant resistance to different stresses. The current study was aimed to assess the efficacy of the foliar application of AsA (100, 200 and 300 mg l−1) and GABA (20 and 40 mM) on
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The Response of Growth and Yield of Canola Genotypes to Humic Acid Application in Different Plant Densities Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-11-24 Anaz Nasiri, Morteza Sam-Daliri, AmirHossein Shirani-Rad, AmirAbbas Mousavi, Hamid Jabbari
To determine the effect of plant density and humic acid on canola yield, a 2-year field experiment was conducted as a factorial split-plot during the 2014–2016 cropping years. The factors included two humic acid levels (humic acid solution at 3/1000 [v/v] concentration and distilled water) and three plant densities (40, 60, and 80 plants per m2) in the main plots and six canola genotypes (Ahmadi, Okapi
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Improved Quinoa Growth, Physiological Response, and Yield by Hydropriming Under Drought Stress Conditions Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-11-24 Fathollah Nadali, Hamid Reza Asghari, Hamid Abbasdokht, Vajiheh Dorostkar, Mahmoud Bagheri
Quinoa is a traditional Andean seed crop highly tolerant to abiotic stresses. Since most seed crops cultivars are sensitive to drought stress, quinoa is considered as a valuable candidate for severe environmental conditions to which the plant is exposed. In this study we focused on the impact of hydropriming on drought tolerance in three quinoa cultivars (Q26, Q29 and Titicaca) in two arid regions
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Exploring the Allelopathic Potential of Plant Extracts for Weed Suppression and Productivity in Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-11-24 Ali Raza Gurmani, Sami Ullah Khan, Tariq Mehmood, Waseem Ahmed, Mazhar Rafique
Weeds infestation poses huge threat to agricultural crop production systems and their management in modern agriculture. It is imperative to reduce yield losses and ensure food security. In order to minimize herbicide application, a study was carried out to evaluate the allelopathic potential of leaves extracts tested on weed suppression in wheat crop under rainfed conditions. Leaves extracts of Moringa
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Optimal Maize Ripeness by Application of Dynamic Ripening and Analysis (DRA) System Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-11-24 Reinhard Amler
The superiority of the dynamic ripening and analysis (DRA) system based on a filter for all directions of use compared to the currently valid ripening system with the usage-specific ripening figures separated into silage and grain maize in Germany is demonstrated in a system-biological way. The silage maize ripeness index (SRI) as the sole indicator for the fixation of the harvest time, the evidence
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Enhanced Tolerance to Cold in Common Bean Treated with Biostimulant Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-11-24 Marcelo de Almeida Silva, Vanessa do Rosário Rosa, Anna Luiza Farias dos Santos, Adinan Alves da Silva, Mariana Peduti Vicentini Sab, Flávio Barcellos Cardoso, Mario Antonio Marin
Plants exposed to suboptimal temperatures suffer damage to physiological processes, growth, development and yield. Acting as enhancers of physiological and metabolic performance of plants, biostimulants have been used to mitigate crop damage caused by abiotic stresses. This study aimed to determine which formulation and dosage of FH Attivus® biostimulant have the best effects on the development of
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Camera-guided Weed Hoeing in Winter Cereals with Narrow Row Distance Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-10-29 Roland Gerhards, Benjamin Kollenda, Jannis Machleb, Kurt Möller, Andreas Butz, David Reiser, Hans-Werner Griegentrog
Farmers are facing severe problems with weed competition in cereal crops. Grass-weeds and perennial weed species became more abundant in Europe mainly due to high percentages of cereal crops in cropping systems and reduced tillage practices combined with continuous applications of herbicides with the same mode of action. Several weed populations have evolved resistance to herbicides. Precision weed
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Changes in the Biological Characteristics of Plutella xylostella Using Ethanolic Plant Extracts Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-10-13 Irys Fernanda Santana Couto, Silvana Aparecida Souza, Fabricio Iglesias Valente, Rosicléia Matias da Silva, Silvana de Paula Quintão Scalon, Fabrício Fagundes Pereira, Sandra Verza da Silva, Emerson Machado de Carvalho, Rosilda Mara Mussury
The indiscriminate use of synthetic insecticides has led to the emergence of resistant populations of Plutella xylostella L. (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), hindering its control and causing economic damage to brassica production. Thus, in order to seek control alternatives, this study aimed at assessing the bioactivity of the ethanolic extracts of Schinus terebinthifolius (Anacardiaceae), Annona coriacea
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Effect of Salicylic Acid and Salinity Stress on the Performance of Tomato Plants Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-10-09 Mohammad Naeem, Abdul Basit, Imran Ahmad, Heba I. Mohamed, Humaira Wasila
A pot experiment was conducted to observe the effect of salicylic acid on qualitative and quantitative attributes of tomato plants under salinity stress at Agriculture Research Institute Tarnab, Peshawar during the summer season 2016. The experiment was conducted in a shade house and laid out in a completely randomized design (CRD) having 12 treatments and replicated thrice. After 15 days of transplantation
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Kann die Saatgutbehandlung mit dem Safener Cyprosulfamid die Verträglichkeit von Isoxaflutole in Mais steigern, die Unkrautbekämpfung verbessern und die Wirkstoffmenge verringern? Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-10-08 Roland Gerhards, Hans-Joachim Santel
Herbizide Wirkstoffe werden in kommerziellen Produkten manchmal mit Safenern kombiniert, um die Verträglichkeit des Herbizids für die Kulturpflanze zu gewährleisten. Dabei regen Safener meist die Metabolisierung von Herbiziden in der Kulturpflanze an. Das Herbizid Isoxaflutole (IFT) wird in Mais mit dem Safener Cyprosulfamid (CSA) als Co-Formulierung angewendet. In dieser Arbeit wurde untersucht, ob
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Resistance Assessment of Different Cultivars of Okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus ) Against Whitefly ( Bemisia tabaci ) Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-10-06 Ahmad Nawaz, Habib Ali, Muhammad Dildar Gogi, Sajid Fiaz, Muhammad Arfan, Muhammad Ahsan Khan, Muhammad Qasim, Muhammad Atiq, Khalid Ali Khan
Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), is a substantial pest of Okra crop, Abelmoschus esculentus, that caused substantial losses through sucking cell sap. On the basis of susceptibility, a field experiment was carried out to assess the different genotypes of A. esculentus during growing season (July–August) against B. tabaci. Plant genotype resistance and vigor were also evaluated in this
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Alibertia spp. (Rubiaceae) Extracts Interfere with the Development and Reproduction of Plutella xylostella L. (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-09-17 Rosicléia Matias da Silva, Letícia Paula dos Santos, Gabriela Brito Silva, Leandro Oliveira Miranda, Claudemir Antonio Garcia Fioratti, Silvana de Paula Quintão Scalon, Munir Mauad, Rosilda Mara Mussury
Considering that some bioactive compounds are more soluble in ethanol than in water, we tried to evaluate the bioactivity of the ethanolic extracts of Alibertia edulis, Alibertia intermedia and Alibertia sessilis leaves at concentrations of 1 and 3% on the biological characteristics of parental and F1 generations of Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). Thus, the ethanolic
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Interactive Effects of Nitrogen and Drip Irrigation Rates on Root Development of Corn (Zea Mays L.) and Residual Soil Moisture Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-08-28 Hossein Dehghanisanij, Nader Kouhi
Deficiencies in water and nitrogen (N) can lead to poor crop growth and production. This study was carried out during 2012–2014 to determine (1) the effect of drip irrigation regimes and N fertilizer rates on root length density (RLD) of corn (Zea mays L. cv. Single cross 704) and soil moisture dynamics and (2) the relationship between root development and water availability. The experiment was arranged
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Parsley Extract Improves Physio-biochemical Traits and the Activity of the Defense System in Mallow ( Corchorus Olitorius L.) Under Na 2 SO 4 Salinity Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-08-25 Khalil M. Saad-Allah, Afaf A. Nessem
Salinization of the agricultural soil, caused by natural factors or human activities, is one of the greatest challenges facing food production in the current time, as it negatively affects soil construction along with growth and yield of crops. In this study, an experiment was conducted on mallow plants (Corchorus olitorius L.) growing in pots to determine the effect of Na2SO4 stress on growth, physio-biochemical
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Increasing of NPK Fertilizer Efficiency by Arbuscular Mycorrhiza in Common Bean ( Phaseolus Vulgaris L.) Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-08-25 Audry Tshibangu Kazadi, Geert Baert, Jonas Lwalaba wa Lwalaba, Bibich Kirika Ansey, Geert Haesaert, Robert-Prince Mukobo Mundende
Tropical soils are mostly poor in phosphorus and sometimes in nitrogen and potassium. Arbuscular mycorrhizae increase the efficiency of chemical fertilizers applied to crops, and this work is part of this framework. NPK (nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium) was applied at 100 kg per ha and 200 kg per ha alone or in combination with inoculum from sorghum or leek in soil (pH 4.28). The trial was conducted
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Secondary Metabolites of Alpinia galanga Induce toxic Effects in Polyphagous Lepidopteran Pest, Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-08-21 Rahul Datta, Amandeep Kaur, Isha Saraf, Inder Pal Singh, Sanehdeep Kaur
Crude plant extracts have been used as insecticides from ancient times. Keeping in view the environmental issues related to the excessive use of insecticides, plant derived products have been intensively investigated for their insecticidal potential. Alpinia galanga, a medicinal plant belonging to family Zingiberaceae exhibits a wide range of biologicial activities. Thus, the present study aims to
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Potential Effect of Horse Manure-green Waste and Olive Pomace-green Waste Composts on Physiology and Yield Of Garlic ( Allium sativum L.) and Soil Fertility Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-07-03 A. Boutasknit; M. Anli; A. Tahiri; A. Raklami; M. Ait-El-Mokhtar; R. Ben-Laouane; Y. Ait Rahou; H. Boutaj; K. Oufdou; S. Wahbi; C. El Modafar; A. Meddich
The use of composts appears to be a promising strategy to promote plant growth performance and to enhance soil fertility under field conditions. The objective of the present study was to select the best organic amendment able to enhance garlic growth, yield, physiological and biochemical parameters, as well as to improve soil fertility. The experiment was carried out under field conditions using three
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Control of Cotton Seedling Damping-off by Treating Seed with Inorganic Salts Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-06-17 Mahmoud T. M. Mansour; Aly A. Aly; Marian M. Habeb; Heba I. Mohamed
The efficacy of forty treatments of inorganic salts as possible alternatives to synthetic fungicides for suppressing damping-off of cotton seedlings was evaluated. Seed treatments at rates of 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 g salt per kg seeds were applied. The results showed that potassium phosphate monobasic (2 g per kg seeds) was the least effective salt in controlling the disease, while ammonium phosphate dibasic
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Residual Efficacy of Pyriproxyfen on Grain Commodities Against Stored Product Insect Pests Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-06-09 Muhammad Yasir; Mansoor ul Hasan; Muhammad Sagheer; Muhammad Fiaz; José Eduardo Serrão
Studies on residual efficacy of insecticides with reduced risk are necessary for strategies on their use and application frequency. Within these insecticides, insect growth regulators, such as pyriproxyfen, have been successfully used to control stored grain pests. The objective of this study was to evaluate the residual efficacy of pyriproxyfen in larvae of the stored grain pests Oryzaephilus surinamensis
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Effects of Different Organic Fertilizers on Some Bioactive Compounds and Yield of Cherry Tomato Cultivars Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-06-08 Rasha Irfanulden Abdulhadı Qahraman; Osman Gülşen; Adem Güneş
The tomato is an important fruit, both fresh and processed, for human nutrition worldwide, and plays a significant role in agriculture. Especially in the agricultural system where chemical fertilizers are not used, there may be significant differences in the quantity and quality of tomatoes. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of four types of fertilizer applications (microbial
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Trockener Sommer, nasser Sommer – können Untersaaten Unkräuter im Maisanbau begrenzen? Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-05-26 Jens Wienberg; Rolf Bünte; Bärbel Gerowitt
In den Jahren 2017 und 2018 wurden im Landkreis Leer im Nordwesten Niedersachsens neun Versuche zum Einfluss von Untersaaten auf die Unkrautvegetation im langjährigen Maisanbau durchgeführt. Es wurden drei Versuchsglieder getestet, in denen der Mais ohne Untersaat oder mit zwei verschiedenen Gräsern (Lolium spp., Festuca rubra) als Untersaat angebaut wurde. Die Unkrautbekämpfung mit Herbiziden wurde
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Agro-Biofortification of Zinc and Iron in Wheat Grains Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-05-19 Arshad Jalal; Shahen Shah; Marcelo Carvalho Minhoto Teixeira Filho; Ayesha Khan; Tariq Shah; Muhammad Ilyas; Poliana Aparecida Leonel Rosa
Zinc (Zn) and Iron (Fe) are essential micronutrients for both human and plants, but their deficiency is prevalent in the world, especially in developing countries including India and Pakistan. Therefore, zinc and iron biofortification of wheat and other cereal crops is being urgently addressed and highly prioritized as a research topic. Thus, a field study was planned in a silty-loam soil under conventional
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Mitigation of Chromium Toxicity in Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) Through Silicon Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-05-19 Urmi Sarkar; Sharaban Tahura; Urmi Das; Md Ruhul Amin Mintu; Ahmad Humayan Kabir
Chromium (Cr) is a toxic metal usually found in soil and water, causing environmental pollution. Silicon (Si), however, has excelled in alleviating the stress caused by toxic elements in plants, and its beneficial role was mainly based on external and internal plant mechanisms. This study investigates whether and how Si influences the alleviation of Cr toxicity in wheat at the physiological and biochemical
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The Effect of Benzyladenine and Salicylic Acid on Morphological and Biochemical Traits of Asiatic Hybrid Lilium ‘Navona’ Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-05-19 Fereshteh Abbasi; Alireza Khaleghi; Ali Khadivi; Mousa Solgi
Lilies are one of the most important bulbous plants as cut flowers. In the present study, the effect of foliar sprays of different concentrations of benzyladenine (BA) (0.00, 0.25, and 0.50 mM) and salicylic acid (SA) (0.00, 0.10, 0.50, and 1.00 mM) was investigated at four stages of pre-harvest on qualitative and quantitative traits of Lilium ‘Navona’. The studied traits included number of buds, number
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Bioefficacy of Some Aqueous Phytoextracts Against Clavibacter Michiganensis Subsp. Michiganensis (Smith), the Cause of Bacterial Canker of Tomato Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-05-07 Muhammad Siddique; Naseerud Din; Musharaf Ahmad; Asad Ali; Ishrat Naz; Syed Sartaj Alam; Najeeb Ullah
The ability of some medicinal plants was explored to control bacterial canker of tomato caused by Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis. The plants tested included Peganum harmala, Allium sativum, Withania somnifera, Melia azedarach, Calotropis procera, Mentha piperita and Nerium oleander. Aqueous extracts of P. harmala and M. piperita proved to be very effective under in vitro conditions
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Evaluation of Biocontrol Potential of Seven Indigenous Trichoderma Species against Charcoal Rot Causing Fungus, Macrophomina phaseolina Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-04-15 Umer Iqbal; Tariq Mukhtar
Charcoal rot incited by Macrophomina phaseolina is one of the major diseases of green gram and black gram in Pakistan reducing yields up to 40%. As there are no long-term control strategies for this seed- and soil-borne pathogen, therefore, in the present study, seven indigenous species of Trichoderma were evaluated for their in vitro and in vivo effectiveness against M. phaseolina with the objective
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Influence of Anaerobic Digestion Processes on the Germination of Weed Seeds Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-02-18 Lijun Zhou; Benedikt Hülsemann; Wolfgang Merkle; Jianbin Guo; Renjie Dong; Hans-Peter Piepho; Roland Gerhards; Joachim Müller; Hans Oechsner
Anaerobic digestion (AD) produces bioenergy and bio-fertilizer. However, weed seeds can contaminate the substrates for biogas production. This work assesses seed viability of four weeds species origin from Germany and China under AD conditions at 37, 42 and 52 °C with different retention times. All investigated seeds were inactivated after 12 h at 52 °C, 128 h at 42 °C and 512 h at 37 °C under AD treatment
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Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Inoculation to Enhance Chilling Stress Tolerance of Watermelon Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-02-05 Siamak Shirani Bidabadi; Mohammad Mehralian
In this study the positive effects of Glomus intraradices symbiosis on growth, physiological and biochemical attributes of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) cv. “Crimson Sweet” and “Charleston Gray” in response to chilling stress were investigated. When subjected to chilling stress, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)-inoculated watermelon seedlings exhibited significantly higher root and shoot dry mass
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Investigation of Varietal Characteristics of Tomato Plants for Determining the Diverse Preferences of Bemisia Tabaci (Aleyrodidea: Hemiptera) Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2020-01-16 Hamid Rehman; Aslam Bukero; Abdul Ghani Lanjar; Lubna Bashir
The whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) is a well-known pest of vegetables and ornamental cash crops including tomato plant. Tomato plant disorders, in many instances, are related mostly with the silver leaf whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) feeding. It is well thought out that tomato plant is one of the most favorable host plants for the whitefly. Thus we aimed to study distinctive morphological characteristics of
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The Effect of Salicylic Acid on Physiological and Morphological Traits of Cucumber ( Cucumis sativus L. cv. Dream) Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2019-12-23 Fereshteh Abbasi; Alireza Khaleghi; Ali Khadivi
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is one of the most widely consumed fruit vegetables throughout the world. In the present study, the effects of different concentrations of salicylic acid (0.00, 0.001, 0.01, 0.10, and 1.00 mM) and two methods of its application (foliar spraying or seed priming) were investigated on morphological and physiological traits of greenhouse cucumber cv. Dream. The application
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Ecofriendly Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles and Their Effects on Early Growth and Cell Division in Roots of Green Pea ( Pisum sativum L.) Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2019-12-12 May Labeeb; Abdelfattah Badr; Soliman A. Haroun; Magdy Z. Mattar; Aziza S. El-Kholy; Ibrahim M. El-Mehasseb
The present study deals with the eco-synthesis and effects of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) on pea (Pisum sativum L.). AgNPs were synthesized by using gelatine/glucose mixture as a reducing/stabilizing agent for silver nitrate. The AgNPs were characterized and their effects on early growth and cytotoxicity on cell division and chromosomes have been studied. Seeds of Pisum sativum cv. Master B were soaked
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Erratum to: Micropropagation of Three Commercial Cultivars of Hazelnut ( Corylus avellana L.) Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2019-12-06 Neda Mardani, Ali Khadivi, Ali Vatanpour-Azghandi
Erratum to: Gesunde Pflanzen 2019 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10343-019-00481-7 Unfortunately the authors have forgotten to add the “Acknowledgments” section to this paper. The section should be as …
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Growth Inhibition, Residual Contact and Translaminar Toxicity of Annona -based Bioinsecticides on Tomato Leafminer: Laboratory and Greenhouse Assessments Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2019-11-29 Elaine Ferrari de Brito; Edson Luiz Lopes Baldin; Gabriel Luiz Padoan Gonçalves; Leila Gimenes; João Batista Fernandes; Leandro do Prado Ribeiro
This study aimed to evaluate the bioactivity of ethanolic extracts from different parts of some Annona species (A. montana, A. muricata and A. sylvatica) against T. absoluta. In the initial screening, the ethanolic extracts from leaves and seeds of A. muricata promoted pronounced lethality and growth inhibition of T. absoluta larvae by means of residual contact and translaminar action. However, these
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Management of Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Wilt in Tomato Using Green Manure of the Medicinal Plant Adhatoda vasica (L.) Nees Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2019-11-29 Raja Asad Ali Khan; Najeeb Ullah; Syed Sartaj Alam; Asad Ali; Ishrat Naz; Bilal Ahmad; Musharaf Ahmad; Inam Ullah
Aqueous extracts and green manures of different parts of Adhatoda vasica, a wild medicinal shrub plant, were tested in vitro and in vivo for the control of bacterial wilt (BW) in tomato. Higher concentration (14%, w/v) of aqueous extracts of leaf, succlent shoot and stem were more effective than the lower concentrations and inhibited the in vitro growth of the pathogen by 94, 89, and 65% respectively
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Efficacy of Entomopathogenic Fungi Against Brown Planthopper Nilaparvata Lugens (Stål) (Homoptera: Delphacidae) Under Controlled Conditions Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2019-11-04 Bilal Atta; Muhammad Rizwan; Arshed Makhdoom Sabir; Muhammad Dildar Gogi; Muhammad Asif Farooq; Yacoub Ahmad Batta
The current study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) as an alternative strategy for the sustainable control of Nilaparvata lugens. Three species of EPF, Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae and Lecanicillium lecanii, were tested against N. lugens with two suspensions of each tested EPF applied in different treatments. The observed mortality of N. lugens adults
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Indole-3-Acetic Acid Rescues Plant Growth and Yield of Salinity Stressed Tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum L.) Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2019-10-25 Mehboob Alam; Muhammad Ayaz Khan; Muhammad Imtiaz; Muhammad Ali Khan; Muhammad Naeem; Syed Asim Shah; Samiullah; Sayed Hamad Ahmad; Lajbar Khan
Soil is a medium for plant growth and provides support, minerals and water to the plant for survival. Soil salinity declines availability of water to the plant, affect microorganisms growth, and water drainage capacity of soil, which adversely affect plant growth and development. In the present work the effect of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) on growth and yield of salinity stressed tomato (Lycopersicon
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Sublethal Effect of Six Insecticides on Predatory Activity and Survival of Coccinella Septempunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Following Contact with Contaminated Prey and Residues Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2019-10-10 Rahat Afza; Muhammad Asam Riaz; Muhammad Afzal
Coccinella septempunctata L. is a dominant predator of herbivorous pest insects (e.g. aphids) in various crops in Pakistan. A series of bioassays were conducted to determine the sublethal and residual activities of six insecticides, which are commonly used in canola crop (Brassica napus L.) in Pakistan on adult and fourth instar larvae of Coccinella septempunctata L. in laboratory conditions. We measured
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Wachstumsverhalten der Beifußblättrigen Ambrosie ( Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) auf landwirtschaftlichen Nutzflächen Brandenburgs – Schlussfolgerungen für die Bildverarbeitung kameragestützter Monitoring-Strategien Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2019-10-09 Karl-Heinz Dammer; Joachim Intreß; Michael Schirrmann; Andreas Garz
Eine Voraussetzung für die Verhinderung der weiteren Ausbreitung des invasiven Neophyten Beifußblättrige Ambrosie (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) aus Nordamerika ist ein effektives Monitoring zum Auffinden von Nestern und Einzelpflanzen in den entsprechenden Naturräumen. Berührungslos arbeitende Kamerasensoren an landwirtschaftlichen, kommunalen und Luft-Fahrzeugen sind ein geeignetes Mittel, um große
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Erratum to: Effects of Chronic Dust Load On Leaf Pigments of the Landscape Plant Murraya Paniculata Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2019-10-07 Kamran Shah, Noor ul Amin, Imran Ahmad, Gulshan Ara, Xiaolin Ren, Libo Xing
Erratum to: Gesunde Pflanzen 2019 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10343-019-00469-3 Unfortunately there was a technical problem with the conversion of the formulas in the PDF file of this article. The hyphen between chlorophyll‑a and chlorophyll‑b, as well as between pheophytin‑a and pheophytin‑b was not inserted …
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Antifungal Effect of Saussurea lappa Roots Against Phytopathogenic Fungi and Resulting Morphological and Ultrastructural Changes Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2019-09-25 Fatimah Al Otibi; Humaira Rizwana; Raedah Ibrahim Alharbi; Najla Alshaikh; Gadah Albasher
Phytopathogenic fungi infect plants during growth, development, and harvest and their products during postharvest storage and transport. Fungicides are applied indiscriminately to combat these pathogens, posing a serious threat to humans, animals, and the environment. Some filamentous fungi also produce mycotoxins, which pose further problems. In this study we evaluated the antifungal activity of Saussurea
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Antagonistic Potential of Macrolepiota sp. Against Alternaria Solani as Causal Agent of Early Blight Disease in Tomato Plants Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2019-09-20 Jesús S. Hernández-Ochoa; Laura N. Levin; Carlos E. Hernández-Luna; Juan Francisco Contreras-Cordero; Guillermo Niño-Medina; Abelardo Chávez-Montes; Iosvany López-Sandin; Guadalupe Gutiérrez-Soto
The aim of this study was to identify a Mexican native basidiomycete strain with antagonistic potential against phytopathogenic fungi. The antifungal activity of fifteen isolates against Fusarium oxysporum, Fusarium solani, Colletotrichum truncatum, Colletotrichum coccodes, Colletotrichum sp., Stemphylium solani, Botrytis cinerea, Epicoccum nigrum, Phomopsis sp. and Alternaria solani was studied in
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Micropropagation of Three Commercial Cultivars of Hazelnut ( Corylus avellana L.) Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2019-09-13 Neda Mardani; Ali Khadivi; Ali Vatanpour-Azghandi
The traditional methods of propagation of hazelnuts are time-consuming and not satisfactory at the commercial level. Therefore, the goal of current investigation was to optimize micropropagation of three commercial cultivars of hazelnut including ‘Gercheh’, ‘Gerdooyi’ and ‘Pashmineh’. In the present experiment, the effects of four levels of Benzylaminopurine (BAP; 0.50, 1.00, 2.00 and 4.00 mg L−1)
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Effects of Deficit Irrigation and Mulching on Morpho-physiological and Biochemical Characteristics of Konservolia Olives Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2019-09-13 Rahmatollah Gholami; Seyed Morteza Zahedi
The present study aimed at investigating the effect of deficit irrigation and mulching on morpho-physiological and biochemical characteristics of 15-year-old Konservolia olive trees in Dallaho Olive Research Station in Kermanshah province, Iran, in 2014 and 2015. The experiments were conducted in factorial randomized complete block design with three replications. The first factor included irrigation
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AMF and Bacillus megaterium Neutralize the Harmful Effects of Salt Stress On Bean Plants Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2019-09-02 N. A. Abdel Motaleb; S. A. Abd Elhady; A. A Ghoname
Two pot experiments were directed under open field conditions where green bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) plants cv. Valentino were irrigated with four levels of salinity (1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000 ppm) combined with two anti-salinity agents (Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi [AMF] Glomus irradicans 10% w/w, Bacillus megaterium [10 ml/pot] and non-inoculated plants as control) to counteract the negative effect
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Seed Bio-priming to Improve Germination, Seedling Growth and Essential Oil Yield of Dracocephalum Kotschyi Boiss, an Endangered Medicinal Plant in Iran Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2019-08-26 Siamak Shirani Bidabadi; Mohammad Mehralian
The study was conducted to evaluate the effects of 10 and 20 min seed soaking in Azotobacter chroococcum and Bacillus polymixa suspension culture on seed germination, seedling growth and essential oil yield of Dracocephalum kotschyi Boiss. Up to day 13, 20 min of B. polymixa suspension culture soaking seeds had shown germination more than 20%, whereas control seeds did not begin germination until day
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Growth and Seed Production Response of Commelina Communis L. to Water Stress Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2019-08-02 Muhammad Haroon; Yu Hai-yan; Cui Hailan; Li Xiang-ju
A greenhouse-based in vitro investigation was carried out to determine the adaptation of Commelina communis L. to water stress and its deleterious influence on growth and seed production of C. communis. Plant height and number of leaves were regressed for two experiments (degree of water stress and durations of water stress) using three parameter sigmoid model. Different degree of water response for
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Effects of Chronic Dust Load On Leaf Pigments of the Landscape Plant Murraya Paniculata Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2019-07-22 Kamran Shah; Noor ul Amin; Imran Ahmad; Gulshan Ara; Xiaolin Ren; Libo Xing
In the past few years, a considerable decrease in growth and development of landscape plants was recorded, possibly due to chronic exposure to toxic pollutants, with dust probably playing a major role. In the current study, Murraya paniculata were grown in a greenhouse for a period of 4 months, during which roadside dust was sprinkled daily on the slightly damp leaves at different concentrations:
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Regulation of Reactive Oxygen Species Metabolism and Glyoxalase Systems by Exogenous Osmolytes Confers Thermotolerance in Brassica napus Gesunde Pflanz. (IF 0.738) Pub Date : 2019-07-11 Mirza Hasanuzzaman; Kamrun Nahar; M. Iqbal R. Khan; Jubayer Al Mahmud; M. Mahabub Alam; Masayuki Fujita
In the current study, the beneficial role of proline (Pro) and glycinebetaine (GB) in alleviating high temperature (HT) stress was investigated in Brassica napus L. (rapeseed) seedlings. Ten-d-old rapeseed seedlings were treated with and/or without 2 mM Pro and 2 mM GB and exposed to 38/28 °C day/night (16 and 8 h) temperature for 24 and 48 h. Heat stress induced high amount of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)
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