Australian Journal of Crop Science - 6 (1), 2012

Contents:

Effect of trench spacing and micronutrients on growth and yield of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.)

Abdul Ghaffar, Ehsanullah, Nadeem Akbar, Sultan Habibullah Khan, Khawar Jabran, Rafi Qamar Hashmi, Asif Iqbal, Muhammad Amjad Ali


Yield, quality and irrigation water use efficiency of sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (Linn.) Moench] under different land types in arid regions

Tingting Xie, Peixi Su, Lishan Shan, Jianbin Ma


Sensitivity of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides to sodium bicarbonate on the development of anthracnose in papaya (Carica papaya L. cv. Frangi)

Hasan M.F, Mahmud T.M.M, Kadir J, Ding P, Zaidul I.S.M


Evaluation of regenerated strains from six Cucurbita interspecific hybrids obtained through anther and ovule in vitro cultures

M.T. Rakha, E.I. Metwally, S.A. Moustafa, A.A. Etman, Y.H. Dewir


Research Note


Zeatin induced direct multiple shoots development and plant regeneration from cotyledon explants of cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

Godishala Vikram, Kairamkonda Madhusudhan, Kagithoju Srikanth, Mangamoori Laxminarasu and Nanna Rama Swamy


Changes in the pyruvic acid content correlates with phenotype traits in onion clones

Pietro Marino Gallina, Giovanni Cabassi, Alessandro Maggioni, Alessandro Natalini, Antonio Ferrante


In vitro regeneration of Caralluma fimbriata Wall. by organogenesis: a potent medicinal plant

Rajaram K, Priya D, Sudarshana Deepa V, Suresh Kumar P


A secondary suppression subtractive hybridization method for isolation and identification of some salt-induced genes in soybean (Glycine max L. Merr)

Weiqi Wang, Liang Li, Shan Huang, Shi Sun, Cunxiang Wu, Tianfu Han, Wensheng Hou


Comparative genetic diversity and nutritional quality variation among some important Southern African sorghum accessions [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]

Dickson Ng’uni, Mulatu Geleta, Per Hofvander, Moneim Fatih, Tomas Bryngelsson


Short term effects of latex tapping on micro-changes of trunk girth in Hevea Brasiliensis

Junya Junjittakarn, Viriya Limpinuntana, Krirk Pannengpetch, Supat Isarangkool Na Ayutthaya, Alain Rocheteau, Herve Cochard and Frederic C. Do


Adventitious root growth and relative physiological responses to waterlogging in the seedlings of seashore mallow (Kosteletzkya virginica), a biodiesel plant

Jian Zhou, An-guo Qi, Yi-chuan Zhang, Shu-wen Wan, Pei Qin


Growth and yield of soybean cultivars as affected by ground water levels and phosphorus rates grown under greenhouse and field conditions

Rattiyaporn Jaidee, Anan Polthanee, and Patcharee Saenjan


Simulation of dry matter accumulation, partitioning and yield prediction in processing tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)

Jichuan Wang, Shan Gao, Jie Yuan, Fuyu Ma


Detection and mapping of hail damage to corn using domestic remotely sensed data in China

J.L. Zhao, D.Y. Zhang, J.H. Luo, S.L. Huang, Y.Y. Dong, and W.J. Huang


Retrieval of maize leaf chlorophyll content using peak-valley characteristic parameters from imaging hyperspectra

Dongyan Zhang, Jinling Zhao, Wenjiang Huang, Dazhou Zhu, Linsheng Huang, Xingang Xu, Zhihong Ma, Jihua Wang


Characterization of wheat germplasm for stripe rust (Puccini striiformis f. sp. tritici) resistance

Hadi Bux, Muhammad Ashraf, Fida Husain, Attiq-Ur-Rahman Rattu, Muhammad Fayaz


Grain-priming and foliar pretreatment enhanced stress defense in wheat (Triticum aestivum var. Gimaza 9) plants cultivated in drought land

Raifa Ahmed Hassanein, Amal Fadl Abdelkader, Heba Ali, AboBakr Ahmed El-Said Amin, and El-Sherbiny Mohammed Rashad


Differential expression of nitrate reductase in response to potassium and sodium nitrate: real-time PCR analysis

Sadegh Balotf, Ali Niazi, Gholamreza Kavoosi, Amin Ramezani


Expression of human granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (hg-csf) gene in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

Mehdi Sharifi Tabar, Mahmood Solouki, Masoud Tohidfar, Majid Sadeghizadeh


Comparison of osmotic adjustment and ion balance strategies in nineteen alkali-tolerant halophyte species during adaptation to salt-alkalinized habitats in northeast China

Chunwu Yang, Shuangshuang Zheng, Huiling Huang, Zhaoxia Liu, Wei Zheng, Bao liu, Decheng Shi


Nutritional values and radical scavenging capacities of grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) seeds in Valle Agricola district, Italy

Rachele Tamburino, Vincenzo Guida, Severina Pacifico, Micaela Rocco, Armando Zarelli, Augusto Parente, Antimo Di Maro


Weed populations are affected by tillage systems and fertilization practices in organic flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) crop

Dimitrios Bilalis, Anestis Karkanis, Anastasia Pantelia, Sotiria Patsiali, Aristeidis Konstantas, Aspasia Efthimiadou


Response of three mint and two oregano species to Glomus etunicatum inoculation

Nikitas Karagiannidis, Thomas Thomidis, Eleni Panou-Filotheou and Christina Karagiannidou


Rice seed bacterization for promoting germination and seedling growth under aerobic cultivation system

L. C. Ng, M. Sariah, O. Sariam, O. Radziah, M. A. Zainal Abidin


Calcium-alleviated salt tolerance in indica rice (Oryza sativa L. spp. indica): Physiological and morphological changes

Suriyan Cha-um, Harminder Pal Singh, Thapanee Samphumphuang, Chalermpol Kirdmanee

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