June 2011
Articles

June 2011 [5(6) 2011]

Table of Contents
Australian Journal of Crop Science

Southern Cross Publishing Group©2011
Australia



Effect of salinity stress on nutrient uptake and chlorophyll content of tropical turfgrass species 

Md. Kamal Uddin, Abdul Shukor Juraimi, Mohd. Razi Ismail, Md. Alamgir Hossain, Radziah Othman and Anuar Abdul Rahim

Published online 26 June 2011
| Pages 620-629 | Full Text PDF
Shearing characteristics of sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum L.) stalks as a function of the rate of the applied force

H. Taghijarah, H. Ahmadi, M. Ghahderijani, M. Tavakoli

Published online 26 June 2011
| Pages 630-634 | Full Text PDF
Effects of in-bin aeration storage on physicochemical properties and quality of glutinous rice cultivar RD6

L. Wiset, P. Laoprasert, C. Borompichaichartkul, N. Poomsa-ad and V. Tulyathan


Published online 26 June 2011
| Pages 635-640 | Full Text PDF
Aluminum negative impact on nitrate reductase activity, nitrogen compounds and morphological parameters in sorghum plants

Flávio José Rodrigues da Cruz, Allan Klynger da Silva Lobato, Roberto Cezar Lobo da Costa, Monick Jeane dos Santos Lopes, Hadrielle Karina Borges Neves, Cândido Ferreira de Oliveira Neto, Milton Hélio Lima da Silva, Benedito Gomes dos Santos Filho, Joaquim Alves de Lima Junior, Ricardo Shigueru Okumura

Published online 26 June 2011
| Pages 641-645 | Full Text PDF
Phosphite supply affects phosphorus nutrition and biochemical response in maize plants

Fabrício William Ávila, Valdemar Faquin, Josinaldo Lopes Araújo, Douglas José Marques, Pedro Martins Ribeiro Júnior, Allan Klynger da Silva Lobato, Sílvio Junio Ramos, Danielle Pereira Baliza

Published online 26 June 2011
| Pages 646-653 | Full Text PDF
Dry matter and nutrient partitioning of kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) varieties grown on sandy bris soil

M. D. Hossain, M. M. Hanafi, H. Jol and T. Jamal

Published online 26 June 2011
| Pages 654-659 | Full Text PDF
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) and light microscope (LM) studies on the seed morphology of Verbascum taxa (Scrophulariaceae) and their systematic implications

Evren Cabi, Birol Baser, Ahter Yavru, Filiz Polat, Umut Toprak, Faik Ahmet Karaveliogullari

Published online 26 June 2011
| Pages 660-667 | Full Text PDF
Direct shoot regeneration from stem nodal explants of two wild Medicago species- Medicago scutellata and Medicago rigidula

Somaieh Maleki Band, Mortaza Ghadimzadeh, Morad Jafari and Iraj Bernousi

Published online 26 June 2011
| Pages 668-673 | Full Text PDF
Path analysis of the relationships between yield and some related traits in diallel population of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) under well-watered and water-stressed conditions

R. Darvishzadeh, H. Hatami Maleki and A. Sarrafi


Published online 26 June 2011
| Pages 674-680 | Full Text PDF
Cutting energy of rice stem as influenced by internode position and dimensional characteristics of different varieties

Mohammad Reza Alizadeh, Fatemeh Rahimi-Ajdadi and Ali Dabbaghi

Published online 26 June 2011
| Pages 681-687 | Full Text PDF
Weed management improves yield and quality of direct seeded rice

Nadeem Akbar, Ehsanullah and Khawar Jabran, Muhammad Amjad Ali

Published online 26 June 2011
| Pages 688-694 | Full Text PDF
Structural, physiological and metabolic integrated responses of two tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) cultivars during leaf rehydration

A.M. Calcagno, M. Rivas, M. Castrillo


Published online 26 June 2011
| Pages 695-701 | Full Text PDF
Photosynthetic characteristics of the cotyledon and first true leaf of castor (Ricinus communis L.)

Wei Zheng, Ping Wang, Hong Xiang Zhang and Daowei Zhou

Published online 26 June 2011
| Pages 702-708 | Full Text PDF
Review article

Reactive oxygen species in plants: their generation, signal transduction, and scavenging mechanisms

Thirupathi Karuppanapandian, Jun-Cheol Moon, Changsoo Kim, Kumariah Manoharan, Wook Kim

Published online 26 June 2011
| Pages 709-725 | Full Text PDF
Review article

The role of phytohormones in alleviating salt stress in crop plants

Majid Ghorbani Javid, Ali Sorooshzadeh, Foad Moradi, Seyed Ali Mohammad Modarres Sanavy, Iraj Allahdadi

Published online 26 June 2011
| Pages 726-734 | Full Text PDF
Use of chlorophyll a fluorescence for evaluating the quality of leafy vegetables

Baldassarre V, Cabassi G, Ferrante A

Published online 26 June 2011
| Pages 735-741 | Full Text PDF
Yield and water use efficiency in buttercup squash (Cucurbita maxima Duchesne) and heritage pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo Linn)

I.R. Fandika, P.D. Kemp, J.P. Millner and D. J. Horne

Published online 26 June 2011
| Pages 742-747 | Full Text PDF
Possibilities to improve apple scab (Venturia inaequalis (Cke.) Wint.) and powdery mildew [Podosphaera leucotricha (Ell. et Everh.) Salm.] resistance on apple by increasing genetic diversity using potentials of wild species

Adriana F. Sestras, Doru Pamfil, Catalina Dan, Sorana D. Bolboaca, Lorentz Jäntschi, Radu E. Sestras


Published online 26 June 2011
| Pages 748-755 | Full Text PDF
Spatial relationships between leaf area index and topographic factors in a semiarid grassland: Joint multifractal analysis

Samiran Banerjee, Yuhong He, Xulin Guo, Bing Cheng Si


Published online 26 June 2011
| Pages 756-763 | Full Text PDF
Review article

Role of mineral nutrition in alleviation of drought stress in plants

Ejaz Ahmad Waraich, Rashid Ahmad, Saifullah, M. Y. Ashraf and Ehsanullah

Published online 26 June 2011
| Pages 764-777 | Full Text PDF
Review article

Conservation of plant genetic resources by cryopreservation

B. Kaviani

Published online 26 June 2011
| Pages 778-800 | Full Text PDF