fruit spoilage of pomegranate is one of the most important problems in postharvest stages and its exports. this decay is mainly due to the influence and spread of saprophytic or parasitic fungi into the pomegranate fruits. in this purpose effects of essential oil from medicinal plants include; caraway (carum carvi) and peppermint (mentha piperetta), and packaging (whit or no polyethylene bags) ...

improvement of soil properties through sustainable agriculture requires suitable management of plant residues. this study was conducted to investigate the effect of different types and managements of plant residue on soil physical properties in a field experiment as factorial based on rcbd with three replicates. the first factor was residue type including barley straw and alfalfa residue, and t...

objective: evaluation activity was conducted using three spearmint genotypes (wg-spm-engl, spm-fran and spm-eas) and one standard check (wgsm-03) at wondo genet, awassa, debre zeit and allagae during 2012 and 2013 for two years. methods: the treatments were arranged in randomized complete block design with four replications. data on leaf to stem ratio, leaf yield/ha, essential oil content and e...

the main objective of this study was to determine the effects of biofertilizers on quantity and quality of essential oil of basil essential oil content, geranial, caryophyllene, caryophyllene oxide and methyl chavicol in essential oil. the experiment was carried out as randomized complete blocks design with eight treatments and three replications at research field of agriculture company of ran ...

background: natural antioxidants with plant origin are incorporated to foods in the forms of essential oils or extracts. they can retard lipid oxidation and control spoilage bacteria in foodstuffs (e.g. meat products). objective: this work was aimed to evaluate the effect of nitrite partial replacement with mentha piperita essential oil (mpeo) on oxidative, microbial and sensory properties of c...

background & aim: the use of herbal extracts as safe and effective factors for eradicating of stores pests has attracted much attention. in this paper, the bio-effects of fumigation and repellent effects of essential oil of eucalyptus globolus were investigated on red flour beetle. experimental: in this study, the toxicity, fumigation and repellency contacts were assayed by topical applicat...

in order to examine the impact of pure and mixed planting on the production of grasses and also the biological control of weeds an experiment was conducted in the research farm of alashtar city of lorestan province between the years 1391 and 1392. this experiment within the design of complete random blocks (rcbd) with 6 protections which included 100:0 (rouph pea pure planting) 0:100 (pure plan...

In order to investigate the effect of micronutrients foliar application on seed yield and essential oil of black cumin, a field experiment was conducted based on Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications at the farmlocated in Naqadeh city, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, during 2015-2016 growing season. Treatments were separate application of Nano-Iron, Nano-Zinc and Nano-...

Objective: Evaluation activity was conducted using three spearmint genotypes (WG-SPM-Engl, SPM-Fran and SPM-EAS) and one standard check (WGSM-03) at Wondo Genet, Awassa, Debre Zeit and Allagae during 2012 and 2013 for two years. Methods: The treatments were arranged in randomized complete block design with four replications. Data on leaf to stem ratio, leaf yield/ha, Essential oil content and e...