Evaluation of pant characteristics and physiological performance of mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) genotypes under salt stress

Abstract

Mungbean is a delicious popular pulse crop whose yield is hampered by biotic and abiotic factors. Salinity is considered serious abiotic stress that hinders growth and yield drastically. To find out the response features of salinity tolerance in mungbean, a series of experiments were carried out in the Department of Crop Botany of BSMRAU. The experiment was performed in the greenhouse of the Crop Botany department using nutrient solution under hydroponics conditions. Initially, fifty-two mungbean genotypes were used in the experiment to screen out a susceptible and tolerant genotype. The results indicated that salinity affected the plants at various morphological characteristics namely plant height, and dry matter of root, stem, and fruit. The genotypes were placed in four groups based on their performance in salinity. A higher quantity of proline with a lower amount of Malon-dialdehyde was observed with the increase in salinity. Chlorophyll content increased initially and after that declined sharply. The susceptible genotype resulted in a sharp decline of chlorophyll and increased proline content which reflected the 1accumulation of root and shoot dry matter, and consequently, the total dry matter content compared to that of the tolerant genotype. J. Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, Sci. 48(1-2): 97-110, June-December 2022

Evaluation of Human Disturbance on the Activity of Medium–Large Mammals in Myanmar Tropical Forests

“…In our study, we found a strong diurnal activity in both areas, with a difference in the peak of activity: morning in HWS and afternoon in RYER. This strong diurnal activity and this pattern cannot be directly related to human presence in the study area, although some illegal hunting for consumption has been documented [73]. A tentative explanation on why this cathemeral species was detected mostly during the day in our study areas was that often the same camera captured both Asiatic golden cat (during day) and clouded leopard (during night) suggesting a possible competition between two medium-sized felids with similar prey [74].…”