Effect of Different Primings on Germination and Growth Parameters of Rice (Oryza sativa) Seeds during Drought Stress, as Compared with Silver Nanoparticles

The present study sought to compare the effect of seed priming by hydropriming, ascorbate and calcium chloride (CaCl2) versus different concentrations of silver nanoparticles on two Iranian rice cultivars (Hashemi and Shiroodi) under drought stress.The experimental design, which was factorial, was completely randomized.The first factor Socks was co

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Introducing a new breed of wine yeast: interspecific hybridisation between a commercial Saccharomyces cerevisiae wine yeast and Saccharomyces mikatae.

Interspecific hybrids are commonplace in agriculture and horticulture; bread wheat and grapefruit are but two examples.The benefits derived from interspecific hybridisation include the potential of generating advantageous transgressive phenotypes.This paper describes the generation of a new breed of wine yeast by interspecific hybridisation between

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