1. to determine whether difference in birth body mass influenced growth performance in pipistrellus kuhlii we studied a total of 12 captive-born neonates. bats were assigned to two body mass groups: light birth body mass (lbw: 0.89 ± 0.05, n=8) and heavy birth body mass (hbw: 1.35 ± 0.08, n=4). heavier body mass at birth was associated with rapid postnatal growth (body mass and forearm length) ...

the west of esfahan province, iran, is one of the most important agricultural areas throughout the country due to the climate variability and life-giving water of zayanderood river. rice is one of the major and economic crops in this area. the most important climatic elements in agricultural activities which should be considered include temperature, relative humidity, precipitation and wind. so...

abstract: proverbs are of the language materials which of the food of any language depends on the quality and quantity of these same materials. in the present research, the researcher tried to present the ramsarian proverbs according to four variables of color, fruit, plantsand animals that selected from the book of the members of each of these four variables, put them into the spss system fo...

  Nowadays, various training systems are utilized to grow greenhouse roses. Some of the training systems permit high canopy light penetration and hence increase canopy photosynthesis rate. The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the response of arching and traditional training systems to shading (0 (no shading/control), 25, 50 and 65%) and their effects on marketing quality of cut roses (...

Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) is a medicinal plant belonging to lamiaceae and is rich in antioxidant compounds. with the aim of optimizing the production of antioxidant compounds, in this research, we studied the effect of different concentrations of silver nanoparticles on growth indices and antioxidant activity of proliferated shoots in vitro culture. For this purpose, seedlings of seed ge...

This study was conducted to assess the effects of two species of arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (Glomus mosseae and G. intraradices) on growth of young plantlets of two olive cultivars (Koroneiki and Valanolia). Recently rooted cuttings were inoculated with the mycorrhiza, planted in pots containing sterile soil and located in the greenhouse. Eighteen months following inoculation, some morphologic...