Enhancing greenhouse cucumber production and quality utilizing organic residues as potting media through various cultivation modes and assessing application economics.

Cocopeat is among the most frequently utilized substrates in soilless farming. Nonetheless, the extraction of Cocopeat generates a detrimental carbon footprint, highlighting the necessity for alternative, sustainable substrate options. To tackle this issue, we examined the effects of substituting Cocopeat with a blend of various Rice straw, Sawdust, and compost on cucumber growth and yield over two growing seasons, 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.

Elevated concentrations of soil carbon dioxide with partial root-zone drying enhance drought tolerance and agro-physiological characteristics by regulating the expression of genes related to aquaporin and stress response in cucumber plants.

Water scarcity and soil carbon dioxide elevation in arid regions are considered the most serious factors affecting crop growth and productivity. This study aimed to investigate the impacts of elevated CO levels (eCO at rates of 700 and 1000 ppm) on agro-physiological attributes to induce drought tolerance in cucumbers by activating the expression of genes related to aquaporin and stress response, which improved the yield of cucumber under two levels of irrigation water conditions [75% and 100% crop evapotranspiration (ETc)]. Therefore, two field experiments were conducted in a greenhouse with controlled internal climate conditions, at the Mohamed Naguib sector of the national company for protected agriculture, during the winter seasons of 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.

Overlapping of copper-nanoparticles with microRNA reveals crippling of heat stress pathway in Solanum lycopersicum: Tomato case study.

Despite the tangible benefits of copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) for plants, the increasing use of CuNPs poses a threat to plants and the environment. Although miRNAs have been shown to mediate heat shock and CuNPs by altering gene expression, no study has investigated how CuNPs in combination with heat shock (HS) affect the miRNA expression profile. Here, we exposed tomato plants to 0.

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Foliar Application of Different Iron Sources Improves Morpho-Physiological Traits and Nutritional Quality of Broad Bean Grown in Sandy Soil.

Nano-fertilizers are a new tool that can be used to address plant production challenges, and it addresses such nutrient deficiencies through smart agriculture approaches. Iron (Fe) is a vital element for several metabolic and physiological processes; however, Fe deficiency is common in poorly fertile soils (sand soil) and in arid areas. Therefore, additional research is required to select the most efficient form of iron absorbance.

Grafting enhances drought tolerance by regulating stress-responsive gene expression and antioxidant enzyme activities in cucumbers.

Water scarcity is a major limiting factor for crop yield production in arid and water-stressed areas worldwide. Cucumber plants have a high transpiration ratio and are vulnerable to drought. Grafting commercial genotypes onto selected strong rootstocks has been useful in mitigating the effects of drought.

promotes cucumber tolerance against Root-knot nematode by modulating photosynthesis and innate responsive genes.

Root Knot Nematode (RKN, ) is one of the greatest damaging soil pathogens causes severe yield losses in cucumber and many other economic crops. Here, we evaluated the potential antagonistic effect of the root mutualistic fungus against RKN and their impact on vegetative growth, yield, photosynthesis, endogenous salicylic acid (SA) and its responsive genes. Our results showed that dramatically decreased the damage on shoot and root architecture of cucumber plants, which consequently enhanced yield of infested plants.