In plants, radiation hormesis phenomenon occurs as enhanced growth, accelerated
development, increased tolerance to stressors, or accumulation of compounds of interest in …

Vegetable crops benefit from seed priming technology by their low volume and high value.
Early sowing of vegetables under suboptimal environments is practised often to fetch better …

Wheat is the largest cereal food in the world's staple food supply. The expansion of the
wheat crop needs to be done through extensification efforts in the lowlands to increase …

The purpose of this review is to critically evaluate the effects of different stress factors on
higher plants, with particular attention given to the typical and unique dose-dependent …

Qualitative and quantitative improvement of economically important plant species has
remained a prime priority of mankind for decades. These improvements are generally …

Tulip, being an important ornamental plant, generally requires lengthy and laborious
procedures to develop new varieties using traditional breeding methods requires. But …

Background This field experiment was carried out during the two successive seasons of
2019 and 2020 at the experimental farm of the National Center for Radiation Research and …

Pomegranate breeding to improve the marketability requires the production of large and
high quality fruits. Gamma radiation on pomegranate can be used to generate genetic …

In order to increase genetic variability for the improvement of groundnut, two varieties,
namely Kp29 and Fleur11, were treated with six different gamma irradiation doses. A …

Gamma irradiation is the technique used to induce plant mutation and it has affected both
the physiological and biochemical compounds of the plant. Some new rice lines are also …