five improved along with three local rice varieties were crossed in a line× tester method in 2001. fifteen f1 hybrids and eight parental genotypes were planted in a randomized complete block design with 3 replications at rice research institute of iran, rasht, in 2002. the main objective of the research was to estimate the general and specific combining ability and gene action for 10 agrnomic a...

Background & Aim: Rhus coriaria L. (sumac) is usually a wild plant and classified in Anacardiaceae family. The fruits are used as a medicine for curing fever, diarrhea, stomachache, dermatitis disease and some other important disease like cancer, stroke, diabetes and liver disease. In this study, some Iranian wild sumac ecotypes were investigated in terms of mineral co...