Twenty isolates of Trichoderma harzianum wereisolated from the rhizosphere of healthy pistachio plants from different localities of Kerman Province, Iran.Five isolates with high antagonistic activity in in vitro assays against Verticillium dahliae (the causal agent of pistachio wilt), were investigated for their effect on the defense enzymes, peroxidase (PO), phenyl alanine-ammonia lyase (PAL) ...

extended abstract 1. introduction in dry areas, crop yield is generally low and there are limitations in fulfilling goals such as increasing the area under cultivation and reducing the cost of production. in such circumstances, the agricultural activity is limited to crops that can tolerate the harsh climatic conditions, secure farmers' income, and tolerate saline and limited water resources in...

in this study, the situation of iran, u.s and turkey's pistachio export is investigated. to this purpose, revealed comparative advantage (rca) index is calculated based on agricultural and total economy export, separately, then forecasted by using auto- regressive integrated moving average (arima) approached, for 2008-2013. the results show that considering both commodity baskets, turkey a...

Population density of Aspergillus section Flavi in pistachio kernels of Iranian cultivars was studied in main pistachio growing areas of Iran during 2015 to 2017. In order to investigate the rate of contamination of pistachio cultivars to Aspergillus section Flavi and aflatoxins, 13 pistachio cultivars, including Akbari, Kaleh-ghouchi, Ovhadi, Ahmad-aghaee, M...

the marketing services and marketing margin of pistachio is reviewed as an agricultural product for export. about 90 percent of pistachio production is in kerman province, from which 60 percent is in rafsanjan. the results show that the share of the country in the world pistachio market is decreased in the last 10 years. the main problems for marketing are storing, packing and transporting.

The objective of this work was to study the effect pistachio by-product flour (PBF) addition wheat on rheological properties dough. Pistachio levels used were: 0 (C), 5 (P5), 15 (P15), and 25 g/100 g (P25). Alveographic farinographic assays, gluten, moisture content (H), dough pH were studied. In addition, texture profile analysis, dynamic rheology relaxation performed. water absorption, develo...

Objectives: Considering the increasing prevalence of depression in modern societies and the positive effects of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on depression, this study aims to investigate the omega-3 and omega-6 content of various foodstuffs, prescribed or prohibited by Iranian Traditional Medicine (ITM). Materials and Methods: Firstly, reliable sources of Iranian Traditional Medicine wer...

background: the pistachio is a nut produced by about 20 species of shrub. present-day studies show the health benefits of pistachio in preventing or treating diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases (cvds), cancer, multiple sclerosis (ms), and erectile dysfunction. materials and methods: medline / pubmed, and google scholar databases were searched using the keywords of pistacia vera, ...