THE cotton plant continues to be a fruitful source of information regarding the movement of materials in plants. Phillis and Mason 1, in a paper which deals more particularly with the transport of ...
Introduction: Environmental stresses, such as soil salinity or alkalinity, usually affect crop growth and secondary plant metabolism, with follow on effects on foliar-feeding insects. Nevertheless, ...
After soaking the cotton seeds for germination, the seeds were planted in sterile vermiculite for 3 days. The roots were then cleaned with tap water, and the plants were transplanted to Hoagland’s ...
For example, IAEA/FAO scientists use irradiation to speed up the evolution of cotton seeds and develop varieties that are more resilient to drought, heat or disease. And in Pakistan, for example, this ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hurricane Helene shut at least two poultry plants in Georgia and North Carolina and twisted cotton crops in South Carolina in blows to U.S. food and fiber production ...