Australian Journal of Crop Science - 6 (3), 2012

Contents:

Antioxidant activity, phenolic and flavonoid contents in the leaves of different varieties of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

Seow-Mun Hue, Amru Nasrulhaq Boyce and Chandran Somasundram

 
Effects of nutrition and water supply on the yield and grain protein content of maize hybrids

VÁNYINÉ SZÉLES ADRIENN, NAGY JÁNOS


Induced mutations for enhancing variability of banana (Musa spp.) shoot tip cultures using ethyl methanesulphonate (EMS)

Siamak Shirani Bidabadi, Sariah Meon, Zakaria Wahab, Sreeramanan Subramaniam and Maziah Mahmood


Quantitative and qualitative comparison of antioxidant activity in the flavedo tissue of three cultivars of citrus fruit under cold stress  

Mansour Afshar Mohammadian, Zahra Khosravi Largani, Reza Hasan Sajedi


Salicylic acid priming in Hedysarum carnosum and Hedysarum coronarium reinforces NaCl tolerance at germination and the seedling growth stage

Hanen Dallali, Elhem Mallek Maalej, Néziha Ghanem Boughanmi, Rabia Haouala


Genetic behaviour for plant capacity to produce chlorophyll in wheat (Triticum aestivum) under drought stress

Mohammad Reza Naroui Rad, Mihdzar Abdul Kadir, Mohd Rafii Yusop


Physiological characterization of gamma-ray induced salt tolerant rice mutants

J.Y. Song, D.S. Kim, M.-C. Lee, K.J. Lee, J.-B. Kim, S.H. Kim, B.-K. Ha, S.J. Yun and S.-Y. Kang


The effect of field pea (Pisum sativum L.) as companion crop on leaf histological parameters of lucerne (Medicago sativa L.)

L. Zoric, Dj. Krstic, B. Cupina, A. Mikic, S. Antanasovic, J. Lukovic, Lj. Merkulov


Changes in the panicle-related traits of different rice varieties under high temperature condition

Young-Jun Mo, Ki-Young Kim, Hyun-Su Park, Jong-Cheol Ko, Woon-Chul Shin, Jeong-Kwon Nam, Bo-Kyeong Kim, Jae-Kwon Ko


Variability of polyphenol oxidase (PPO) alleles located on chromosomes 2A and 2D can change the wheat kernel PPO activity

Hongqi Si, Chuanxi Ma, Xiaobo Wang, Xianfang He


Soil water retention and maize (Zea mays L.) growth as effected by different amounts of Pumice

Ashraf Malekian, Einollah Valizadeh, Mona Dastoori, Sohaila Samadi, Vahid Bayat


Heterosis for yield and agronomic attributes in diverse maize germplasm

Farhan Ali, Irfan Ahmed Shah,Hidayat ur Rahman, Mohammad Noor­­­, Durrishahwar, Muhammad Yasir Khan, Ihteram Ullah and Jianbing Yan


Effect of pH on stability, Sunflower growth promotion and biocontrol potential of a talc-based formulation of Pseudomonas fluorescens UTPF61

Mirnaseri Seyedeh Sadi, Ahmadzadeh Masoud


Sequence analysis of a specific fragment associated with Ogura CMS in Kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)

Pengfang Zhu, Xing Wang, Jian Zhang, Ming Xu, Yutang Wei


Inheritance analysis of fertility restoration genes (Rf) in a male sterile system of eggplant using cytoplasm of Solanum grandifolium

Mst. Hasnunnahar, Md. Mizanur Rahim Khan, S. Isshiki


Growth, photosynthesis and biomass allocation of different kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) accessions grown on sandy soil

M. D. Hossain, M. M. Hanafi, G. Saleh, M. Foroughi, R. Behmaram, Z. Noori


Reproductive biology and early generation's selection in conventional potato breeding

Jane Muthoni, Hussein Shimelis, Rob Melis, Jackson Kabira


Plant density and mixture ratio effects on the competition between common vetch and wheat

Ibrahim Atis, Kagan Kokten, Rustu Hatipoglu, Saban Yilmaz, Mehmet Atak, Ersin Can


Light interception and radiation use efficiency response to narrow-wide row planting patterns in maize

Tiedong Liu, Fengbin Song, Shengqun Liu, Xiancan Zhu


Comparison of parametric and non-parametric stability statistics for selecting stable chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes under diverse environments

Ezatollah Farshadfar, Sayed Hosein Sabaghpour, Hasan Zali


Improvement of early seedling growth of dry direct-seeded rice by urease inhibitors application

Xiaoli Qi, Wei Wu, Shaobing Peng, Farooq Shah, Jianliang Huang, Kehui Cui, Hongyan Liu, Lixiao Nie


Morphological, anatomical and cytological investigation on alpine Lamium cymbalariifolium endemic to Turkey

Canan ÖZDEMIR, Pelin BARAN


The impact of copper ion on growth, thiol compounds and lipid peroxidation in two maize cultivars (Zea mays L.) grown in vitro

Amina A. Aly, Amal A. Mohamed


Optimal fermentation time and temperature to improve biochemical composition and sensory characteristics of black tea

Moazzam Hassanpour Asil, Babak Rabiei, Reza Hojjat Ansari


Pollen morphology of the genus Lathyrus L. (Fabaceae) with emphasis on its systematic implications

Ahmet Kahraman, Hüseyin Çildir, Musa Dogan, Fatma Günes, Ferhat Celep


In vitro selection and characterization of water stress tolerant lines among ethyl methanesulphonate (EMS) induced variants of banana (Musa spp., with AAA genome)

Siamak Shirani Bidabadi, Sariah Meon, Zakaria Wahab, Sreeramanan Subramaniam, Maziah Mahmood



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