Changes in Germination and Primarily Growth of Three Cultivars of Tomato Under Diatomite and Soil Materials in Auto-Irrigation System

Asian J. Med. Biol. Res

Sun

Cheng

2019

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Star anise (Illicium verum Hook. f.) is an important herb in traditional Chinese medicine as well as traditional Asian medicine. The fruit is aromatic and has a strong, pungent and mildly sweet taste. Star anise is one of the many species that contain bioactive compounds as well as a number of phenolic and flavonoid compounds, having antioxidant, preservative and antimicrobial properties. All relevant papers in the English language from researchers of different countries were collected. The keywords of Chinese star anise, anise, traditional Chinese medicine and modern pharmaceutical science were searched in Google Scholar, Scopus, Research Gate and PubMed. Its seeds are good source of minerals like calcium, iron, copper, potassium, manganese, zinc, and magnesium. The essential oil of Chinese star anise contains anethole which has shown several functional properties including antimicrobial, antioxidant, hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic and oestrogenic properties. Due to all positive characteristics, such as antidiabetic, hypolipidemic, antioxidant activities, anticancer and antimicrobial properties, both seeds and essential oils of anise is promising for safe use as super food supplements and raw constituents in the both pharmaceutical and food industries. Anise seed oil contains anethol, estragole, eugenol, pseudisoeugenol, methyl chavicol and anisaldehyde, coumarins, scopoleting, umbelliferon, estrols, terpene hydrocarbons, and polyacetylenes as the major compounds. The plant oil has both pharmacological and clinical effects. The pharmacological effects consist of antimicrobial, hepatopreotective, anticonvulsant, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, bronchodilator, estrogenic, expectorant and insecticidal effects, and clinical effects such as nausea, constipation, menopausal period, virus, diabetes, obesity and sedative action. Combined with a nutritious diet, other traditional Chinese and Asian medicine, Chinese star anise and ansie seed may improve various aspects of health. More clinical studies are necessary to uncover the numerous substances and their effects in ginseng that contribute to public health. Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. June 2019, 5(3): 162-179

Section: Anise 31 Occurrence and Cultivationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Chinese star anise and anise, magic herbs in traditional Chinese medicine and modern pharmaceutical science

Asian J. Med. Biol. Res

Sun

Cheng

2019

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“…They do believe that the benefits of crop adaptation would completely offset the negative impact of climate change. Advanced inter-regional contracts and cooperation of policies to stabilize regional agricultural labour force could be a cost-efficient risk mitigation strategy to mitigate the potential reduction of overall national maize production [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]. China ' s surface air temperature will continue to rise, with northern areas set to experience a greater increase than those in the south.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Food security and sustainable crops production with considering climate change in China

Vestn. Ross. univ. družby nar., Ser. Agron. životnovod.

Хесам²,

Sun

et al. 2019

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Increase in the mean seasonal temperature can reduce the duration of many crops which may lead to final yield reduction. China needs to cope with the adverse effects of climate change by developing heat and drought resistant high yielding varieties and cultivars to ensure food security in China. Farmers should adapt to climate change strategies which integrate traditional experience and indigenous knowledge with scientific researches and government polices as key factors. Climate change will extend growing seasons for some crops and make shorter growing seasons for other crops in Northern part of China and will bring less reliable rains, soils that retain less water, the spread of dangerous pests and unwanted weeds. The catastrophic consequences of climate change can be avoided if all countries work and cooperate together towards significant reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases.

“…The seed germination, growth, development and spatial distribution of plants are severely restricted by a variety of environmental stresses Ogbaji et al, 2013;Shahrajabian et al, 2018;Safdar et al, 2019;Shahrajabian et al, 2019a;Shahrajabian et al, 2019b;Shahrajabian et al, 2019c;Shahrajabian et al, 2019d). Drought stress influence the plants in a similar way; reduced water potential is a common consequence of salinity and drought, and both are harmful during early stages of germination and seedling growth Amini et al, 2012;Shahrajabian et al, 2013;Soleymani and Shahrajabian, 2013;Soleymani and Shahrajabian, 2017).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The influence of temperatures on germination and seedling growth of pyrethrum (Tanacetum cineraiifolium) under drought stress

Int. J. Adv. Biol. Biomed. Res.

Khoshkharam

Zandi

et al. 2020

Pyrethrum is a perennial daisy grown commercially for the insecticide that is extracted from its flowers. In order to evaluate germination and seedling growth of pyrethrum under different temperature and drought stress treatments, the one year experiment was conducted in seed technology laboratory of Faculty of Agriculture of Islamic Azad University of Isfahan branch in 2018. During this experiment, polyethylene glycol (PEG) at 6 levels (0, -0.2, -0.4, -0.6, -0.8, -1.0 MP) and two temperature treatments (10 o C and 15 o C) were used. Two separate factorial trials, on the basis of absolute randomized design with three replications were used. Drought stress impact on germination percentage, mean time germination, shoot and root length, abnormal germination, germination uniformity, plumule dry and fresh weight, root dry and fresh weight and seed stamina index was significant (P≤0.01). The influence of temperature on germination percentage, mean time germination, shoot and root length, plumule dry weight, plumule fresh weight, root dry weight and root fresh weight was significant (P≤0.05).The rate of germination, germination percentage, as well as seedling growth and establishment were significantly lowered with the rise of stress levels using PEG. Control treatment and 15 o C had obtained the highest germination percentage, mean time germination, shoot and root length, germination uniformity, plumule dry and fresh weight, root dry and fresh weight, and seed stamina index. Taking all traits into account, a clear understanding of the germination responses of seeds is useful in screening for tolerance of species to extreme temperatures.