citrus blast is one of the important diseases of citrus in north of iran. the disease causes considerable damage during and immediately after the cold seasons. the causal agents have epiphytic survival on diverse weeds during spring and summer. during 2009-2010, samples were collected from several candidate weed plants including: poa annua, phalaris canariensis, sorghum halepense, cynodon dacty...

A two year field experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of municipal waste compost (C), composted cattle manure (M), and nitrogen (N) on growth and composition of weeds in a corn field in Shiraz using a split-split plot design with 3 replicates. Visual inspection of the plots showed that the manure treatments neither introduced new weed species nor increased weed density more than t...

In anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD), amended with a carbon source undergoes conditions accompanied by changes in microbial community composition and an increase the concentration of organic acids, primarily acetic butyric gases that are deleterious to plant pathogens, insects, potentially weeds. The purpose this study was explore efficacy ASD different sources on inactivation propagules vari...