Effects of long-chain aliphatic compounds on the germination and initial growth of corn, radish and spinach seedlings, and on hydrological properties of a sand growth medium

1992 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Dinel ◽  
M. Lévesque ◽  
P. Jambu
Keyword(s):  
Growth Medium ◽  
Hydraulic Properties ◽  
Plant Density ◽  
Germination Rate ◽  
Total Porosity ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Yield Reduction ◽  
Initial Growth ◽  
Aliphatic Compounds ◽  
Long Chain

A greenhouse and laboratory study was carried out to determine the effects of various amounts (0.5–2.0%) of long-chain aliphatic compounds (LCA) of beeswax on the germination and initial growth (25 d) of corn, radish and spinach seedlings, and on the hydraulic properties of the sand growth medium. Complete emergence was obtained for corn, irrespective of aliphatic addition, whereas, the germination rate of the other two species decreased gradually as the amount of aliphatics added increased. With 2% LCA, 40 and 60%, respectively, of radish and spinach seeds failed to germinate. Dry matter yields of the three crops were reduced by the incorporation of aliphatics. The inhibitory effect of LCA on radish and spinach seedlings, coupled with a reduced plant density, resulted in a more dramatic yield reduction. Although there was a slight increase in the total porosity of the sand treated with LCA, the addition of LCA markedly decreased amounts of pores in the 25- to 100-μm class. It was concluded that the LCA influenced seed germination to various degrees, depending on the plant species, and that these compounds had a definite inhibitory effect on growth of seedlings, mainly through changes in the hydraulic properties of the sand. Key words: Long-chain aliphatics, germination, hydraulic properties

Evaluation of the solid digestate from garage-type high solids anaerobic digestion of bundled rice straw and swine manure as a growth medium for seeding production

BioResources ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 3017-3028
Author(s):  
Jingjing Fu ◽  
Biao Ma ◽  
Binxing Xu ◽  
Chunsong Guan ◽  
Aibing Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Bulk Density ◽  
Rice Straw ◽  
Growth Medium ◽  
Germination Rate ◽  
Swine Manure ◽  
Total Porosity ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
High Solid ◽  
Water Holding

The solid digestate from high solid anaerobic digestion was used as growth medium for seeding production. The garage-type dry fermentation system using bundled rice straw and swine manure was performed to obtain solid digestate. The addition of solid digestate addition greatly influenced the properties of the growth medium. The bulk density increased and the total porosity, pH, and electrical conductivity (EC) values were decreased with the reduction of solid digestate. The solid digestate-based media had a bulk density < 0.3 g/cm3, total porosity > 70%, air filled porosity ~ 3%, water holding porosity > 60%, EC < 3 mS/cm, and 6.5 < pH < 8. Those properties almost satisfied the essential requirements of nursery substrate. Also, the concentrations of nutrients and heavy metals of the substrate exhibited a positive relationship with solid digestate addition, and they are all within acceptable ranges for plant growth. When the addition of solid digestate was 50% (v/v), the germination rate of tomato seeding cultivated in that solid digestate-based growth medium reached 85%. These findings showed that the solid digestate from the high solid anaerobic digestion could be successfully applied in the seeding nursery and merit consideration for industrial applications.

scholarly journals Allelopathic Potential of Sorghum bicolor at Different Phenological Stages

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. ZUCARELI ◽  
E.M.P. COELHO ◽  
W.V. FERNANDES ◽  
E.M. PERES ◽  
J. STRACIERI
Keyword(s):  
Sorghum Bicolor ◽  
Aqueous Extract ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Germination Rate ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Allelopathic Effect ◽  
Initial Growth ◽  
Bioindicator Species ◽  
Phenological Stages ◽  
Allelopathic Potential

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to assess the allelopathic potential of the aqueous extract of the shoot of Sorghum bicolor at different phenological stages on seed germination and initial growth of kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) seedlings, which is considered a bioindicator species. The experiment was carried out at five development stages of S. bicolor (40, 50, 60, 70, and 80 days after emergence), which was used as aqueous extract at six concentrations (0, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100%) applied in four replications per treatment in 10 or 50 kale seeds per plot. The percentage of germination, germination rate index, root growth, shoot length, and dry matter of kale seedlings were analyzed in the presence of this extract on different days of collection and concentrations. The aqueous extract of S. bicolor presented an allelopathic effect on germination and initial growth of kale seeds, with a higher inhibitory effect when more concentrated extracts from pre-flowering plants were used, which corresponds to 60 days after emergence. Thus, this stage should be recommended in the use of S. bicolor straw to help in controlling weeds.

scholarly journals Weak Static and Extremely Low Frequency Magnetic Fields AffectIn VitroPollen Germination

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 875-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucietta Betti ◽  
Grazia Trebbi ◽  
Fabio Fregola ◽  
Michela Zurla ◽  
Pietro Mesirca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Growth Medium ◽  
Pollen Germination ◽  
Copper Wire ◽  
Germination Rate ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Biological Marker ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Extremely Low Frequency

This study concerns the effects of a weak static magnetic field (MF) at 10 μT oriented downward, combined with a 16-Hz sinusoidal MF (10 μT), onin vitropollen germination of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa). Extremely low frequency magnetic field (ELF-MF) exposure was carried out by a signal generator unit connected to a copper wire solenoid, inside which samples where placed. Two different kinds of treatment were performed: direct and indirect. In the direct treatment, pollen samples were directly exposed during rehydration, germination, or both. In the indirect treatment, the pollen growth medium was prepared with water aliquots (at standard temperature of 20°C and pH = 6.74) that were exposed before use for 8 or 24 h. The main purpose of our research was to identify a biological marker (in vitropollen germination in a stressing growth medium without Ca2+) susceptible to the effects of direct or indirect ELF-MF exposure. The working variable was the pollen germination rate, as detected blind after 3 h 30 min by an Axioplan microscope. A directionally consistent recovery of germination percentage was observed both for direct exposure (during germination and both rehydration and germination phases) and water-mediated exposure (with water exposed for 24 h and immediately used). Our results suggest that the ELF-MF treatment might partially remove the inhibitory effect caused by the lack of Ca2+in the culture medium, inducing a release of internal Ca2+stored in the secretory vesicles of pollen plasma membrane. Although preliminary, findings seem to indicate thein vitropollen performance as adequate to study the effects of ELF-MFs on living matter.

scholarly journals The influence of water extracts of selected turfgrass species on germination and initial growth of Poa annua L

2013 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 677-681 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Kovár ◽  
Ľuboš Vozár ◽  
Ján Jančovič
Keyword(s):  
Lolium Perenne ◽  
Festuca Arundinacea ◽  
Poa Pratensis ◽  
Germination Rate ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Poa Annua ◽  
Festuca Rubra ◽  
Initial Growth ◽  
Influence Of Water ◽  
Negative Effect

The effect of Lolium perenne L., Festuca rubra L., Festuca arundinacea Schreb., Poa pratensis L. and Poa annua L. aqueous extracts on germination rate and total germinability of Poa annua L. seeds and length of Poa annua L. leaves and roots was studied in a laboratory experiment. Germination of seeds was conducted in the growth chamber at the light and temperature regime – day/night – 12/12 hours, 23/15˚C, rh 70 %, for 42 days. Extracts significantly affected the total germinability and germination rate of Poa annua L. seeds (p = 0.000). The lowest germinability (27.3 ± 7. 1 %) and germination rate (0.7 ± 0.2 seeds per day) had Poa annua L. seeds germinated in Poa pratensis L. aqueous extract. Used extracts (except for Festuca rubra L. extract) had significantly inhibitory effect on length of Poa annua L. roots in comparison with control variant. The positive effect of extract from Lolium perenne L. and Festuca rubra L. (not– significant) and the negative effect of extract from Poa pratensis L. and Poa annua l. (significant) were apparent on length of Poa annua L. leaves.

scholarly journals Effects of Saffron Corm and Leaf Extracts on Early Growth of Some Plants to Investigate the Possibility of Using Them as Associated Crop

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 282-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid-Reza FALLAHI ◽  
Arezoo PARAVAR ◽  
Mohammad-Ali BEHDANI ◽  
Mahsa AGHHAVANI-SHAJARI ◽  
Mohammad-Javad FALLAHI
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Extract ◽  
Germination Rate ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Germination Percentage ◽  
Control Treatment ◽  
Final Decision ◽  
Initial Growth ◽  
Growth Indices ◽  
Leaf Extracts ◽  
Randomized Design

Saffron intercropping with other plants needs to preliminary investigations about the possible negative interactions between saffron and associated crop. In this study, allelopathic effects of saffron leaf and corm extracts on germination and seedling growth indices of alfalfa (Medicago sativa), arugula (Eruca sativa) and rapeseed (Brassica napus) was investigated in six separate experiments based on completely randomized design. Experimental treatments were consisted of different levels of saffron leaf and corm extracts including 0, 0.75, 1.5, 3 and 6%. The maximum germination percentage of all selected crops was obtained at control treatment (on average 92%) and then decreased with increasing extracts concentration. So that, the germination percentage of arugula, canola and alfalfa in highest concentration of extracts were 18, 10 and 8% for leaf extract and 72, 68 and 93% for corm extract, respectively. The relatively similar trend was observed about germination rate, root and plumule lengths and dry weights. Therefore, the inhibitory effect of saffron leaf extract was more than corm extract on initial growth indices of studied plants. The lowest inhibitory effect of saffron leaf extract and even relatively high stimulatory effect of corm extract were obtained on alfalfa initial growth criteria. Considering the differences in allelochemicals mode of action and concentrations in laboratory bioassays with natural condition, it is necessary to investigate the effects of saffron residues on growth of selected associated crops in greenhouse and field scales for the final decision.

scholarly journals Safety verification of genetically modified rice morphology, hereditary nature, and quality

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Won Jeon ◽  
Jae-Ryoung Park ◽  
Yoon-Hee Jang ◽  
Eun-Gyeong Kim ◽  
Taehun Ryu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Gene Flow ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Genetically Modified ◽  
Germination Rate ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Yield Reduction ◽  
Drought Tolerant ◽  
Gm Plants ◽  
Gm Rice

Abstract Background The drought environment occurs frequently due to the unpredictable future climate change, and drought has a direct negative impact on crops, such as yield reduction. Drought events are random, frequent, and persistent. Molecular breeding can be used to create drought-tolerant food crops, but the safety of genetically modified (GM) plants must be demonstrated before they can be adopted. In this research, the environmental risk of drought-tolerant GM rice was explored by assessing phenotype and gene flow. Drought resistance genes CaMsrB2 inserted HV8 and HV23 were used as GM rice to analyze the possibility of various agricultural traits and gene flow along with non-GM rice. Results When the traits 1000-grain weight, grain length/width, and yield, were compared with GM rice and non-GM rice, all agricultural traits of GM rice and non-GM rice were the same. In addition, when the germination rate, viviparous germination rate, pulling strength, and bending strength were compared to analyze the possibility of weediness, all characteristic values of GM rice and non-GM rice were the same. Protein, amylose, and moisture, the major nutritional elements of rice, were also the same. Conclusions The results of this research are that GM rice and non-GM rice were the same in all major agricultural traits except for the newly assigned characteristics, and no gene mobility occurred. Therefore, GM rice can be used as a means to solve the food problem in response to the unpredictable era of climate change in the future.

The Effect of High Concentrations of Ethylene on Seed Germination of Douglas Fir (Pseudotsugamenziesii (Mirb.) Franco)

1975 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carey Borno ◽  
Iain E. P. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Seed Germination ◽  
Germination Rate ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Germination Percentage ◽  
Douglas Fir ◽  
Control Treatment ◽  
Continuous Exposure ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Short Term Exposure ◽  
High Concentrations

Stratified, imbibed Douglas fir (Pseudotsugamenziesii (Mirb.) Franco) seeds were exposed to 100% ethylene for times between 0 and 366 h. Germination rate and germination percentage were increased by treatments up to 48 h. The 12-h treatment gave largest stimulation; 30% enhancement of final germination percentage over control. Treatment for 96 h caused increased germination rate for the first 5 days but reduced the germination percentage. Germinants were subject to continuous exposure to atmospheres containing 0.1 – 200 000 ppm ethylene in air, but it did not stimulate growth, and the gas was inhibitory above 100 ppm. Although some effects of high concentrations of ethylene may have been due to the lowering of oxygen supplies, this alone was insufficient to account for the full inhibitory effect. The mechanism of stimulation by short-term exposure to ethylene is discussed.

scholarly journals Effect of long-chain fatty acyl-CoA on mitochondrial and cytosolic ATP/ADP ratios in the intact liver cell

1984 ◽  
Vol 220 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Soboll ◽  
H J Seitz ◽  
H Sies ◽  
B Ziegler ◽  
R Scholz
Keyword(s):  
Liver Cell ◽  
Adenine Nucleotide ◽  
Intact Cell ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Fatty Acyl ◽  
Fed State ◽  
Physiological Relevance ◽  
Chain Acyl ◽  
Long Chain

The effect of long-chain acyl-CoA on subcellular adenine nucleotide systems was studied in the intact liver cell. Long-chain acyl-CoA content was varied by varying the nutritional state (fed and starved states) or by addition of oleate. Starvation led to an increase in the mitochondrial and a decrease in the cytosolic ATP/ADP ratio in liver both in vivo and in the isolated perfused organ as compared with the fed state. The changes were reversed on re-feeding glucose in liver in vivo or on infusion of substrates (glucose, glycerol) in the perfused liver, respectively. Similar changes in mitochondrial and cytosolic ATP/ADP ratios occurred on addition of oleate, but, importantly, not with a short-chain fatty acid such as octanoate. It is concluded that long-chain acyl-CoA exerts an inhibitory effect on mitochondrial adenine nucleotide translocation in the intact cell, as was previously postulated in the literature from data obtained with isolated mitochondria. The physiological relevance with respect to pyruvate metabolism, i.e. regulation of pyruvate carboxylase and pyruvate dehydrogenase by the mitochondrial ATP/ADP ratio, is discussed.

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