Search Results - "A. Mozafar"

Diversity and structure of AMF communities as affected by tillage in a temperate soil by JANSA, J, MOZAFAR, A, ANKEN, T, RUH, R, SANDERS, I. R, FROSSARD, E

“…Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) were studied in differently tilled soils from a long-term field experiment in Switzerland. Diversity and structure of AMF…”
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Soil Tillage Affects the Community Structure of Mycorrhizal Fungi in Maize Roots by J. Jansa, A. Mozafar, Kuhn, G., T. Anken, R. Ruh, Sanders, I. R., Frossard, E.

“…In this study we tested whether communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) colonizing the roots of maize (Zea mays L.) were affected by soil tillage…”
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Quantification of Water Uptake by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Hyphae and its Significance for Leaf Growth, Water Relations, and Gas Exchange of Barley Subjected to Drought Stress by Khalvati, M. A., Hu, Y., Mozafar, A., Schmidhalter, U.

“…Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alleviate drought stress in their host plants via the direct uptake and transfer of water and nutrients through the fungal hyphae…”
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Effect of heavy metal contaminated shooting range soils on mycorrhizal colonization of roots and metal uptake by leek by MOZAFAR, A, RUH, R, KLINGEL, P, GAMPER, H, EGLI, S, FROSSARD, E

“…We grew leek (Allium porrum) in soils of two shooting ranges heavily contaminated with heavy metals in the towns of Zuchwil and Oberuzwil in Switzerland as a…”
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Potential for increasing the content and bioavailability of Fe, Zn and Ca in plants for human nutrition by Frossard, Emmanuel, Bucher, Marcel, Mächler, Felix, Mozafar, Ahmad, Hurrell, Richard

“…This paper reviews the possibility and limits for increasing the content and bioavailability of iron (Fe), zinc (Zn) and calcium (Ca) in edible parts of staple…”
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Tillage Intensity, Mycorrhizal and Nonmycorrhizal Fungi, and Nutrient Concentrations in Maize, Wheat, and Canola by Mozafar, Ahmad, Anken, Thomas, Ruh, Richard, Frossard, Emmanuel

“…Reduced tillage can change numerous physico‐chemical properties of soil and the activity of various microorganisms including mycorrhizal and pathogenic soil…”
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Decreasing the NO3 and increasing the vitamin C contents in spinach by a nitrogen deprivation method by Mozafar, A

“…Excessive use of nitrogen fertilizers is known to increase the NO3 and reduce the vitamin C contents in fruits and vegetables. We investigated the…”
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Arbuscular mycorrhiza infection enhances the growth response of Lolium perenne to elevated atmospheric pCO2 by Hartwig, U.A., Wittmann, P., Braun, R., Hartwig‐Räz, B., Jansa, J., Mozafar, A., Lüscher, A., Leuchtmann, A., Frossard, E., Nösberger, J.

“…Elevated atmospheric pCO2 increases the C‐availability for plants and thus leads to a comparable increase in plant biomass production and nutrient demand…”
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Distribution of nutrient elements along the maize leaf: alteration by iron deficiency by Mozafar, A

“…Distribution of ten elements along the maize leaf and the effect of iron (Fe) deficiency on these distributions were studied using plants grown in nutrient…”
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Enrichment of some B-vitamins in plants with application of organic fertilizers by Mozafar, A. (Swiss Federal Inst. of Technology, Zuerich (Switzerland). Inst. of Plant Sciences)

“…A review of the literature showed that plants grown with organic fertilizers often contain higher concentrations of vitamins B₁ (thiamin) and B₁₂…”
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Phosphorus acquisition strategies within arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community of a single field site by Jansa, J, Mozafar, A, Frossard, E

“…Diversity in phosphorus (P) acquisition strategies was assessed among eight isolates of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) belonging to three Glomus species,…”
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Uptake and partitioning of 32P and 65Zn by white clover as affected by eleven isolates of mycorrhizal fungi by Mehravaran, H., Mozafar, A., Frossard, E.

“…We compared the effect of eleven mycorrhizal fungi populations (Glomus spp.) from two different climatic regions (Iran vs. Switzerland) on the uptake and…”
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Uptake of a microbially-produced vitamin (B12) by soybean roots by MOZAFAR, A., OERTLI, J.J.

“…Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin) is one of the vitamins believed to be produced exclusively by microorganisms. Although soil is a rich source of vitamin B12,…”
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Photoperiod and root-zone temperature: interacting effects on growth and mineral nutrients of maize by Mozafar, A. (Swiss Federal Inst. of Technology, Zuerich (Switzerland). Inst. of Plant Sciences), Schreiber, P, Oertli, J.J

“…Factorial effects of photoperiod (6, 12 and 18 h) and root-zone temperatures (9, 15 and 21°C) on the growth and mineral nutrient concentration and partitioning…”
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Differential inhibition of nitrification by three metabolic inhibitors by Kholdebarin, B., Mozafar, A., Frossard, E.

“…In a soil slurry the effects of two uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation, DNP (2,4 dinitrophenol) and CCCP (carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenyl hydrazone), and…”
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Effect of Pseudomonas fluorescens on the root exudates of two tomato mutants differently sensitive to Fe chlorosis by Mozafar, A. (Swiss Federal Inst. of Technology, Zuerich (Switzerland). Inst. of Plant Sciences), Duss, F, Oertli, J.J

“…Plants with different Fe-mobilization properties are known to differ in the amount and kind of Fe-reducing and Fe-chelating compounds exuded by their roots…”
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Contact with ballotini (glass spheres) stimulates exudation of iron reducing and iron chelating substances from barley roots by Mozafar, A. (Swiss Federal Inst. Technology, Zuerich (Switzerland). Inst. of Plant Sciences)

“…Contact between roots and Fe-containing solid substrate is known to facilitate acquisition of iron by plants, but the actual mechanism of this 'contact effect'…”
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Root-zone temperature and salinity: interacting effects on tillering, growth and element concentration in barley by Mozafar, A. (Swiss Federal Inst. of Technology, Zuerich (Switzerland). Inst. of Plant Sciences), Oertli, J.J

“…The effects of root-zone salinity (0, 30, and 60 mmol L⁻¹ of NaCl) and root-zone temperature (10, 15, 20, and 25°C) and their interactions on the number of…”
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The Effect of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cell Culture in the Treatment of Azoospermic Infertility induced by Busulfan Balb / C mice by A Mozafar, D Mehranani, A Vahdati, SE Hosseini, M Forouzanfar

“…Abstract Background & aim: Prescribing chemotherapy drugs in patients with cancer can be the mainstay of infertility. Therefore, the aim of this study was to…”
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Multiple stress and growth of barley: effect of salinity and temperature shock by Mozafar, A. (Swiss Federal Inst. of Technology, Zuerich (Switzerland). Inst. of Plant Sciences), Oertli, J.J

“…The effect of preconditioning to NaCl salinity (0 to 135 mmol L⁻¹) on the subsequent response of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) to two days of low (5°C)…”
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