This study concerns diploid chromosome numbers and karyotype analysis of nine species belonging to four sections (Vicilla, Cracca, Variegata and Anatropostylia) of the subgenus Vicilla of the genus Vicia (Fabaceae). The chromosome numbers of Vicia alpestris subsp. hypoleuca, V. aucheri, V. ciceroideae, V. gariensis, V. iranica, V. koeieana, V. rechingeri, V. sojakii and V. venulosa are reported...

Several species of mitosporic fungi collected from Guilan and Mazandaran provinces were examined and as a result, four species viz.,Pestalotiopsis acaciae (on Diospyros lotus), Prathigada condensata (on Gleditschia caspica), Stigmella effigurata (on Castanea sativa), Teratosperma uniappendiculatum (on perthecia of Cryphonectria parasitica) are reported as new records for Iranian mycobiota. More...

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