this study was conducted to develop the appropriate equations for predicting draft and vertical forces on a chisel tine using dimensional analysis technique. tests were carried out in the soil laboratory of the agricultural engineering research institute, karaj, iran. the effects of four levels of rake angle (10, 15. 20 and 25degrees), three levels of forward speed (1.5, 3, and 4.5 kmh-1 )and t...

water use efficiency is positively correlated with grain yield, and being used for indirect selection of high wheat yield in drought prone environments. yet little is known about genetic control of water use efficiency. in this research, a half diallel mating design was generated from crosses between 8 bread wheat to study the genetic of water use efficiency. parents and f1 progenies were plant...

the aim of this study was to determine the formulation of silver carp fish cracker and checking qualitative changes of cracker in the four time intervals (0, 30, 60 and 90 days), during storage at room temperature. treatments consisted of dried cracker (drying time 2 hours), cracker were fried (drying time 1 hour) and the final treatment was drought cracker that fried at the end of each period....

to study the effects of biofertilizers on physiological and morphological characteristics, as well on essential oil content in dragonhead (dracocephalum moldavica), an experiment was conducted at tarbiat modares university in 2009. the studied factors were: vermicompost (0, 15, 30% v/pot), azotobacter (inoculated and non-inoculated), and phosphatic biofertilizer (inoculated and non-inoculated)....

one of the most important atmospheric systems in the eurasian continent during the northern hemisphere winter season is the siberian high pressure. in this study, using the ncep/ncar reanalysis data for winters of 1948-2008, trend of changes in the intensity of the high system center and its effects on some meteorological fields are investigated. the results show that the 2m height mean tempera...

realizing the difficulties involved in direct measurement of soil properties, in recent years, alternative methods have been employed. in the present research, soil texture, organic carbon, saturation percentage and lime as readily measurable parameters, wilting point, field capacity, cation exchange capacity as well as bulk density, as predicted variables were evaluated. the data set was then ...

nitrogen (n) affects adversely the tobacco yield quantity and quality as it increases yield, chlorine and nicotine contents, but decrease potassium content. this experiment was aimed at optimization of (the balance between) n concentration in leaf, stem and root to increase both yield quantity and quality (high potassium, low chlorine and medium nicotine contents) using artificial neural networ...

predatory damsel bug, nabis pseudoferus remane has a high density in the alfalfa fields and feeds on different types of prey. in this study, biological properties and life table statistics of n. pseudoferus by feeding on melon aphids have been determined under controlled conditions (at 25±1˚c, 60±10% relative humidity and under a photoperiod of 16h light/ 8h dark). data analysis carried out bas...

objective(s):blactx-mand blaper are two genes that encode class a extended-spectrum β-lactamases (esbls) and can be responsible for therapeutic problems. this study was carried out to evaluate the molecular properties of these genes in clinical isolates of enterobacteriaceae by polymerase chain reaction (pcr), restriction digestion and sequencing. materials and methods: during six months, start...

in rainfed areas of iran, cereal yields are low, variable and mainly as a result of inadequate and erratic seasonal rainfall and associated management factor, such as late sowing date (or late crop germination). in order to investigate the effects of single irrigation and nitrogen on bread wheat (triticum aestivum l. var. sabalan) a field experiment was conducted as split plot arranged in a ran...