We investigated the effects of organic and conventional pest and fertility management on weed cover and the seed bank community in an organic rotation. The study was conducted during the 4th and 5th years of an organic rotation on part of a long term organic-conventional comparison trial. Results showed that although crop type (potato vs. cabbage) in a single year significantly affected wee...

The US market for organic foods has grown from $3.5 billion in 1996 to $28.6 billion in 2010, according to the Organic Trade Association. Organic products are now sold in specialty stores and conventional supermarkets. Organic products contain numerous marketing claims and terms, only some of which are standardized and regulated. In terms of health advantages, organic diets have been convincing...

Fatemeh Karimi Tabar was born in Asadabad/Hamedan (Iran) in 1986. She completed her B.Sc. in chemistry in 2008 from Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran. She was graduated from M.Sc. degree in organic chemistry from Shiraz University 2010, Shiraz, Iran. She is currently Organic Chemistry Ph.D student under the supervision of prof. M.A. Zolfigol and prof. A. Khazaei in department of chemistry a...

background: exposure to organic solvents is common among workers. objective: to assess neurobehavioral effects of long-term exposure to organic solvents among rubber workers in tehran, iran. methods: across-sectional study was conducted on 223 employees of a rubber industry. the participants completed a data collection sheet on their occupational and medical history, and demographic characteris...

the strategic planning of marketing and the application of marketing strategies for achieving sustainable competitive advantages are of the factors that help the survival of producers of agricultural organic products. although, there are evidences of the growth of organic farming in iran but, there are no useful information and proposals for making marketing strategies in organic production hol...

Organically produced spices and herbs were analyzed for determination of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) by ELISA using immunoaffinity column. For this purpose 93 organic spices and 37 organic herbs were randomly selected from organic markets and organic shops in Turkey. AFB1 was detected in 58 organic spice and 32 organic herb samples. Among organic spice samples, the maximum value was detected in cinnamo...

The strategic planning of marketing and the application of marketing strategies for achieving sustainable competitive advantages are of the factors that help the survival of producers of agricultural organic products. Although, there are evidences of the growth of organic farming in Iran but, there are no useful information and proposals for making marketing strategies in organic production hol...

His professional expertise encompasses electrical and electronic materials, electronic devices, organic ultrathin films, organic devices, and molecular electronics. His current research subjects are (1) fabrication and evaluation of organic ultrathin films, (2) optical and electrical properties of organic ultrathin films, (3) functional design and control of organized molecular ultrathin films,...