Volume 7 Issue 10 | September 2013 issue
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7(10) 2013

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Australian Journal of Crop Science

Volume 7 Number 10 2013


Repeatability and stability analysis for fiber traits in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Dimitrios Baxevanos*, Ioannis T. Tsialtas and Christos Goulas

ELGO-“Demetra”, Forage and Pasture Plants Institute, 412 23, Larissa, Greece
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Agriculture, Lab. of Agronomy, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Forestry, Lab. of Forest Genetics and Breeding, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece

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Evaluation of DH lines produced from superior F3 plants and corresponding breeding lines in barley

Theano Lazaridou*, Anastasios Lithourgidis, Savvas Kotzamanidis, Iosif Sistanis and Demetrios Roupakias

Technological Education Institution of Macedonia-Florina, School of Agriculture, 53100 Florina, Greece
Farm of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 57001 Thermi, Greece
Cereal Institute of Thessaloniki, N.AG.RE.F., 57001 Thermi, Greece
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece

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Comparative studies between diploid and tetraploid Dez Orange [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osb.] under salinity stress

Alireza Shafieizargar, Yahya Awang*, Abdul Shukor Juraimi, Radziah Othman

Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Department of Horticulture, Safiabad Agricultural Research Center, Dezful, Iran

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Using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) technique for prediction of apple bruise damage

Vahid Rostampour*, Asad Modares Motlagh, Mohmmad Hasan Komarizadeh, Morteza Sadeghi , Iraj Bernousi, Tohid Ghanbari

Department of Mechanic of Agricultural Machinery Engineering, University of Urmia, Urmia, Iran
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, University of Urmia, Urmia, Iran
Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Urmia, Urmia, Iran

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Prediction of specific energy consumption in milling process using some physical and mechanical properties of alfalfa grind

Zahra Ghorbani*, Amin Allah Masoumi, Abbas Hemmat, Mohammad Reza Seifi

Department of Mechanical engineering, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran
Department of Agricultural Machinery, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, 84156-83111, Isfahan, Iran
Department of Agrotechnology, College of Aboureihan, University of Tehran, Iran

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Evaluation of sorghum hybrids for biomass and biogas production

Athar Mahmood*, Habib Ullah, Muhammad Ijaz, Muhammad Mansoor Javaid, Ahmad Naeem Shahzad and Bernd Honermeier

Institute of Agronomy and Plant Breeding I, Justus Liebig University, Ludwigstrasse. 23, D- 35390 Giessen, Germany
Department of Agronomy, University College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, 40100, Pakistan
University College of Agriculture, Bahauddin Zakarriya University Multan, Pakistan
University College of Agriculture, Islamia University Bhawalpur, Pakistan


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Genetic diversity among Ocimum species based on ISSR, RAPD and SRAP markers

Shu-Yun Chen, Ting-Xuan Dai, Yuan-Tsung Chang, Shyh-Shyan Wang, Shang-Ling Ou, Wen-Ling Chuang, Chih-Yun Cheng, Yi-Hua Lin, Li-Yin Lin and Hsin-Mei Ku*

Agronomy Department National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuo Kuang Road Taichung 402, Taiwan
Tainan District Agricultural Research & Extension Station, 70 Muchang Hsinhua, 712 Tainan, Taiwan

Pages 1463-1471 | Full Text PDF | Supplementary data
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Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] seed yield response to high temperature stress during reproductive growth stages

Adam B. Puteh
, Myint ThuZar, Mohd Monjurul Alam Mondal*, Nur A. P. B. Abdullah and Mohd Ridzwan A. Halim

Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor D. E., Malaysia
Crop Physiology Division, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

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High frequency somatic embryogenesis from leaf tissue of Emblica officinalis Gaertn.- A high valued tree for non-timber forest products

Sethuraman Thilaga, Muthaiah Joe Virgin Largia, Alagarsamy Parameswari, Rahul Raveendran Nair, Doss Ganesh*

Plant Genetic Improvement Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Sri Paramakalyani Centre for Environmental Sciences, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Alwarkurichi 627 412, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India
Department of Biotechnology, Alagappa University, Karaikudi 630 003, Sivagangai District, Tamil Nadu, India
Department of Plant Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Palkalai Nagar, Madurai 625 021, Tamil Nadu, India

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Role of cyanobacteria in amelioration of toxic effects of copper in Trigonella foenum gracum

Awatif Mohsen, Samha Dowidar, Shaimaa Abo-Hamad and Basma Khalaf

Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt


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Mapping QTLs controlling cooking and eating quality indicators of Iranian rice using RILs across three years

Ali-Akbar Ebadi*, EzatollahFarshadfar, Babak Rabiei

Department of Plant Breeding, Rice Research Institute of Iran (RRII), P.O box: 41996-13475- Rasht-Iran
Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
Department of Agronomy & Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran


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Cloning and identification of a differentially expressed RING E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase gene responding to Jasmonic acid signaling pathway in rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis)

Wen Bin Liao and Ming Peng*

Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, Hainan, 571101, China

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Morphogenesis and regeneration of adventitious shoots in Jatropha curcas L.

Claudinιia Ferreira Nunes*, Dalilhia Nazarι dos Santos, Moacir Pasqual, Thaνs Cainγ Teixeira Valente, Ana Catarina Lima de Oliveira, Eduardo Alves, Tesfahun Alemu Setotaw

Federal University of Lavras (UFLA) - Department of Agriculture, Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory - Post Office Box  3037, 37200-000, Lavras, MG, Brazil
Federal University of Lavras (UFLA) - Department of Biology - Post Office Box  3037, 37200-000, Lavras, MG, Brazil
Federal University of Lavras (UFLA) - Department of Plant Pathology - Post Office Box  3037, 37200-000, Lavras, MG, Brazil
Agricultural Research Agency of Minas Gerais (EPAMIG), CEP 37780-000, Caldas, MG, Brazil


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Inheritance of resistance to Bangalore race of Fusarium wilt disease in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.)

Basapur Chandrasekhar Ajay*, P.S. Prasad, M. Byre Gowda, K.N. Ganapathy, B.N. Gnanesh, R. Abdul Fiyaz, G.N. Veerakumar, H. Prashanth Babu, S.C. Venkatesha and K.T. Ramya

University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore 560 065, Karnataka, India
Directorate of Sorghum Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030, Andhra Pradesh, India
ICAR Research Complex for North Eastern Hill Region, Barapani 793 103, Meghalaya, India

Division of Genetics and Plant Breeding, IARI, Regional Station, Karnal -132001 Haryana, India
University of Horticultural Sciences, College of Horticulture, Mysore 571 302, Karnataka, India

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Synergistic effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and spermine on amelioration of salinity stress of wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. gimiza 9)

Gamal M. Abdel-Fattah*, Ali H. Ibrahim, Salem M. Al-Amri, Ahmed E. Shoker

Plant production Department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Department of Biological Sciences, University College at Al-Qunfida, Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia
Department of Biology, College of Science and Art, ShaqraUniversity, Saudi Arabia
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Education at Al-Arish, North Sinai, Egypt

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Effects of the applications of phosphorus and potassium fertilizers at different growth stages on the root growth and bioactive compounds of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge

Lilan Lu, Chun-e He, Yue Jin, Xingling Zhang, Jianhe Wei*

Hainan Branch Institute of Medicinal Plants (Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Resource Conservation and Development of Southern Medicine), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Wanning 571533, PR China
Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medicinal Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, PR China
Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100101, PR China
College of Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China

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Growth and yield enhancement of Triticum aestivum L. by rhizobacteria isolated from agronomic plants

Asma Sadiq and Basharat Ali*

Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore-54590, Pakistan

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Review Article

Camelina sativa, a climate proof crop, has high nutritive value and multiple-uses: a review

Ejaz Ahmad Waraich*, Zeeshan Ahmed, Rashid Ahmad, Muhammad Yasin Ashraf, Saifullah, Muhammad Shahbaz Naeem and Zed Rengel

Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Crop Stress Management Group, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), P. O. Box 128, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Institute of Soil and Environment Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia

Pages 1551-1559 | Full Text PDF
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Monitoring drought responses of barley genotypes with semi-robotic phenotyping platform and association analysis between recorded traits and allelic variants of some stress genes

Andrαs Cseri, Lαszlσ Sass, Ottσ Tφrjιk, Jαnos Pauk, Imre Vass and Dιnes Dudits*

Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Temesvαri krt. 62, Szeged 6726, Hungary
Cereal Research Non-profit Ltd., Department of Biotechnology, Alsσ kikφto sor 9., Szeged 6726, Hungary

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Screening of potential salt tolerant turfgrass species in Peninsular Malaysia

Noor Azwa Zulkaliph, Abdul Shukor Juraimi, Md. Kamal Uddin*, Mohd Razi Ismail, Muhammad Saiful Ahmad-Hamdani and Umme Aminun Nahar

Department of Crop Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia

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Changes in leaf gas exchange, biochemical properties, growth and yield of chilli grown under soilless culture subjected to deficit fertigation

A’fifah Abd Razak, Mohd Razi Ismail, Mohd Fauzihan Karim, Puteri Edaroyati Megat Wahab, Siti Norakmar Abdullah and H. Kausar*

Laboratory of Food Crops, Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Department of Crop science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Department of Agriculture Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

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The expression of drought responsive element binding protein (DREB2A) related gene from pea (Pisum sativum L.) as affected by water stress

Živko Jovanovic*, Nemanja Stanisavljevic, Aleksandar Mikic, Svetlana Radovic, Vesna Maksimovic

University of Belgrade, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Plant Molecular Biology Lab, P.O.Box 23, 11 010 Belgrade, Serbia
Institue of Field and Vegetable Crops, Forage Crops Department, Maksima Gorkog 32, 21 000 Novi Sad, Serbia
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Studentski trg 16, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia


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