Seed priming in field crops: potential benefits, adoption and challenges

M Farooq, M Usman, F Nadeem… - Crop and Pasture …, 2019 - CSIRO Publishing
Seed priming is a presowing technique in which seeds are moderately hydrated to the point
where pregermination metabolic processes begin without actual germination. Seeds are …

Effect of ionizing radiation on physiological and molecular processes in plants

SV Gudkov, MA Grinberg, V Sukhov… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
The study of effects of ionizing radiation (IR) on plants is important in relation to several
problems:(I) the existence of zones where background radiation–either natural or …

Physical methods for seed invigoration: advantages and challenges in seed technology

SS Araújo, S Paparella, D Dondi… - Frontiers in plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
In the context of seed technology, the use of physical methods for increasing plant
production offers advantages over conventional treatments based on chemical substances …

Ionizing radiation, higher plants, and radioprotection: from acute high doses to chronic low doses

N Caplin, N Willey - Frontiers in plant science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Understanding the effects of ionizing radiation (IR) on plants is important for environmental
protection, for agriculture and horticulture, and for space science but plants have significant …

Effect of Ecklonia maxima seaweed extract on yield, mineral composition, gas exchange, and leaf anatomy of zucchini squash grown under saline conditions

Y Rouphael, V De Micco, C Arena, G Raimondi… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - Springer
The presence of NaCl in soil or water is one of the most critical environmental stresses
limiting crop productivity worldwide. Seaweed extract (SWE) represents an important …

Seed priming with non-ionizing physical agents: plant responses and underlying physiological mechanisms

K Bera, P Dutta, S Sadhukhan - Plant Cell Reports, 2022 - Springer
Seed priming has long been explored as an effective value-added potential technique that
results in improved germination, reduced seedling emergence time, shortened crop …

Seed priming: new vistas and contemporary perspectives

P Dutta - Advances in seed priming, 2018 - Springer
Seed germination and uniform plant stand in field are of most critical stages of crop growth
that determine the final yield. Crop production is very often hampered under suboptimal …

Biology and crop production in Space environments: Challenges and opportunities

S De Pascale, C Arena, G Aronne, V De Micco… - Life Sciences in Space …, 2021 - Elsevier
Long-term manned space-exploration missions and the permanence of human colonies on
orbital stations or planetary habitats will require the regeneration of resources onboard or in …

Lemna minor plants chronically exposed to ionising radiation: RNA-seq analysis indicates a dose rate dependent shift from acclimation to survival strategies

A Van Hoeck, N Horemans, R Nauts, M Van Hees… - Plant Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Ecotoxicological research provides knowledge on ionising radiation-induced responses in
different plant species. However, the sparse data currently available are mainly extracted …

Space radiation effects on plant and mammalian cells

C Arena, V De Micco, E Macaeva, R Quintens - Acta Astronautica, 2014 - Elsevier
The study of the effects of ionizing radiation on organisms is related to different research
aims. The current review emphasizes the studies on the effects of different doses of sparsely …