Two rust fungi from Iran are described as new species, viz. Puccinia hedjaroudei on Scutellaria multicaulis (Lamiaceae) and Phragmidium gorganense on Rubus caesius (Rosaceae). A key to the species of Phragmidium on Rubus spp. in Iran is also provided. All holotypes are preserved in the fungus reference collection of the Ministry of Jihad-e Agriculture (IRAN), located in Department of Botany of ...

By the end of October 1995, the Senate and House agriculture committees had sent farm bills to their respective budget committees for reconciliation. The House Committee on Agriculture actually was unable to achieve a consensus; Chairman Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) subsequently sent his Freedom to Farm Act (FFA) to the House Budget Committee. On the Senate side, a compromise bill was approved, though ...

The agricultural sector is increasingly becoming knowledge-intensive as farm automation significantly improving the productivity of these farms. High-tech developments in agriculture offer vast possibilities for entrepreneurs, agriculturalists, and investors to ameliorate efficiency at a time when several issues, such drought, emerging diseases, fertilizer dependency, global warming, are threat...

information and communication technology (ict) is one of the emerging driving forces to disseminate the agricultural knowledge. skilled extension personnel can grab these opportunities for the diffusion of agricultural technologies to farming community. therefore, the present investigation measures e-skills among agricultural experts of krishi vigyan kendras (kvks) — farm science centers in raj...

Background: Diazinon (DZN) is an organophosphate insecticide widely utilized in agriculture all over the world and causes many negative effects on plants and animal species, especially on human. The aim of present study was to evaluate the effects of DZN on apoptosis of ovarian follicles in adult rats and to assess the protective role of vit E. Methods: Thirty adult female Wistar rats were d...

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0306-9192/$ see front matter 2010 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2010.04.007 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +39 06 570 539 23; fa E-mail addresses: [email protected], azezza@h [email protected] (L. Tasciotti). Urban agriculture may have a role to play in addressing urban food insecurity problems, which are bound to become increasingly important with the secular trend towards the urban...