Response of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Growth Towards the Foliar Application of Gibberellic Acid at Different Growth Stages

2001 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Fakhar Iqbal . ◽  
A. Tahir . ◽  
M.N. Khalid . ◽  
I-ul-Haq . ◽  
A.N. Ahmad .
2005 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 317 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Pande ◽  
K. H. M. Siddique ◽  
G. K. Kishore ◽  
B. Bayaa ◽  
P. M. Gaur ◽  
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Ascochyta blight (AB), caused by Ascochyta rabiei is a major disease of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), especially in areas where cool, cloudy, and humid weather persists during the crop season. Several epidemics of AB causing complete yield loss have been reported. The fungus mainly survives between seasons through infected seed and in infected crop debris. Despite extensive pathological and molecular studies, the nature and extent of pathogenic variability in A. rabiei have not been clearly established. Accumulation of phenols, phytoalexins (medicarpin and maackiain), and hydrolytic enzymes has been associated with host-plant resistance (HPR). Seed treatment and foliar application of fungicides are commonly recommended for AB management, but further information on biology and survival of A. rabiei is needed to devise more effective management strategies. Recent studies on inheritance of AB resistance indicate that several quantitative trait loci (QTLs) control resistance. In this paper we review the biology of A. rabiei, HPR, and management options, with an emphasis on future research priorities.


2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-11
Author(s):  
Siraj Ahmed Veesar ◽  
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Ghulam Mustafa Laghari ◽  
Muhammad Ali Ansari ◽  
F.C. Oad ◽  
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Horticulturae ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Alessandro Miceli ◽  
Filippo Vetrano ◽  
Alessandra Moncada

Seed germination and early seedling growth are the plant growth stages most sensitive to salt stress. Thus, the availability of poor-quality brackish water can be a big limiting factor for the nursery vegetable industry. The exogenous supplementation of gibberellic acid (GA3) may promote growth and vigor and counterbalance salt stress in mature plants. This study aimed to test exogenous supplementation through foliar spray of 10−5 M GA3 for increasing salt tolerance of tomato and sweet pepper seedlings irrigated with increasing salinity (0, 25, and 50 mM NaCl during nursery growth. Tomato and sweet pepper seedlings suffered negative effects of salinity on plant height, biomass, shoot/root ratio, leaf number, leaf area, relative water content, and stomatal conductance. The foliar application of GA3 had a growth-promoting effect on the unstressed tomato and pepper seedlings and was successful in increasing salinity tolerance of tomato seedlings up to 25 mM NaCl and up to 50 mM NaCl in sweet pepper seedlings. This treatment could represent a sustainable strategy to use saline water in vegetable nurseries limiting its negative effect on seedling quality and production time.


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