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Induction of Striga hermonthica germination and haustorium initiation by Allelochemicals produced by millet cultivars

Laboratory experiments were conducted to evaluate the allelopathic potential of 16 millet cultivars on early developmental stages of Striga. Millet leaves and roots residue dry matter powder with different level was used for the bioassays on Striga germination and haustorium using Fuji techniques. Result revealed that leaves residue of the cultivar DST displayed the highest […]

Response of germination parameters of some canola cultivars to salinity stress

A laboratory experiment was conducted at Agronomy Department Laboratory of Seed Testing, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Egypt, during December 2013 to study the effect of salinity concentrations on germination and seedlings parameters of some canola cultivars. The aim of this experiment was the study performance of three cultivars of canola i.e. Serw 4, Serw […]

Assessment of allelopathic potential of different weeds on germination and early growth of aromatic rice

An experiment was carried out at the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during the period from July to November 2011 to investigate the allelopathic potential of different weeds on aromatic rice cv. BRRI dhan 50. Six weed species viz., joina (Fimbristylis miliacea), mutha (Cyperus rotundus), khude shama (Echinochloa colonum), sobuj nakful (Cyperus […]

Effect of drought stress on germination in 18 population of thyme (Thymus kotschyanus)

Thyme is an important medicinal plant of Iran that have Thymol and Carvacrol and used for antimicrobial and antibacterial agent. The present study was carried out to determine the effect of drought stress in 18 populations of this species. The environmental stress such as, drought are serious obstacles for medicinal plants and field crops in […]

Germination response of endangered medicinal plant, Levisticum officinale, to stratification and some plant growth regulators

Levisticum officinale is an important and endangered wild medicinal plant belongs to Apiaceae family. Pre experiment showed that seeds of this plant have some degree of dormancy and it‘s germination is very low. Therefore, a factorial experiment laid out in completely randomized design with 3 replications to evaluate the effect of different plant growth regulators […]