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to study the effects of biofertilizers on physiological and morphological characteristics, as well on essential oil content in dragonhead (dracocephalum moldavica), an experiment was conducted at tarbiat modares university in 2009. the studied factors were: vermicompost (0, 15, 30% v/pot), azotobacter (inoculated and non-inoculated), and phosphatic biofertilizer (inoculated and non-inoculated)....

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f o r m e d t h e o p e r a t i o n a l f o u n d a t i o n s o f s c i e n c e , t h a t w e r e l a r g e l y t h e h e r i t a g e f r o m t h e t i m e o f A r i s t o t l e , i n t o i t s m o d e r n f o r m . T h e s e n e w f o u n d a t i o n s c o n s i s t e d o f t h e u s e o f ( 1 ) P h y s i c a l E x p e r i m e n t s a n d t h e u s e o f ( 2 ) M a t h e m a t i c a l M o d e l...

1 C o r r e c t a n s w e r : b . T h e r i s k c a n n o t b e a b o l i s h e d b y a h e a l t h y l i f e s t y l e , b u t i t c a n b e g r e a t l y r e d u c e d . D i a b e t e s k i l l s m o r e p e o p l e t h a n T B , m a l a r i a , a n d H I V p u t t o g e t h e r . I f d i a b e t i c r e t i n o p a t h y i s d i a g n o s e d a n d t r e a...

1 I n t r o d u c t i o n E x p e r i m e n t s e m p l o y i n g o r i e n t a t i o n c o n t r o l l e d b i c r y s t a l s h a v e r e v e a l e d d e f o r m a t i o n a n d f r a c t u r e b e h a v i o r o f m a t e r i a l s w i t h s i n g l e b o u n d a r i e s a n d i t s r e l a t i o n t o t h e b o u n d a r y s t r u c t u r e / l 3 / . H o w e v e r , e f f e c t s o f b o u n...

1 C o r r e c t a n s w e r : b . T h e r i s k c a n n o t b e a b o l i s h e d b y a h e a l t h y l i f e s t y l e , b u t i t c a n b e g r e a t l y r e d u c e d . D i a b e t e s k i l l s m o r e p e o p l e t h a n T B , m a l a r i a , a n d H I V p u t t o g e t h e r . I f d i a b e t i c r e t i n o p a t h y i s d i a g n o s e d a n d t r e a...

bitter asafetida (ferula asa-fetidae l.) is a wild plant of the family umbelliferae. the present study was carried out to determine the type of dormancy of the plant’s seed, and find out the most suitable treatment needed for quick germination of seeds. twelve treatments including ga3 (500, 1000, 1500 ppm), kno3 (0.1, 0.2 0.3 molar), rinsing (24, 48, 72 hour),elimination of seed coat (one year-...

in recent decades, foreign direct investment (fdi) has played a vital role in economic growth of developed and developing countries. fdi brings new capital and technology to the host country beside a possibility of spillover to local firms. hence, fdi is considered as an important channel of technology transfer. however, in empirical studies, the size and direction of effects of fdi on producti...

common bacterial blight (cbb) of bean caused by xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli is a seriously important disease that adversely affects the quantity and quality of seed. cultivation of resistant cultivars is the most effective method of  the disease control. to identify disease resistant genotypes of selected beans, an experiment was conducted in  agriculture and natural resources research ...