An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of different sowing time on seed yield and quality in under used medicinal plant babchi. The study was carried out for 12 months from January to December. Results showed that the seeds sown in November month recorded the maximum seed yield and quality parameters followed by October month than other months. November month recorded the maximum fi...

durum wheat due to its quality is an important crop in feeding and economics. saji is a newly released durum wheat cultivar with a mean yield of 2824 kgha-1 which was higher than the two durum wheat (zardak) and bread wheat (sardari) check cultivars in different yield traits conducted during 2000-2008 cropping seasons in iran. its grain yield was 23% and 11% higher than those of zardak and sard...

This study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of energy consumption and economic analysis of different watermelon cultivation systems in Fars Province of Iran. Watermelon production systems were classified into five systems, namely, custom tillage (group 1), conservation tillage (group 2), traditional planting (group3), semi mechanized planting (group 4), and mechanized planting (group 5). Data w...

As we put 2017 behind us, I am dedicating this editorial to the celebration of Canada’s 150 birthday. I was fortunate to be in Ottawa for the month of August where I took in several Canada 150 events and displays, the most memorable and inspiring being MosaïCanada in Gatineau (created by the world famous Mosaïcultures internationales de Montréal http://english.mosaicanada.ca/). So impressed and...

mihan is a new bread wheat cultivar originated from the cross between iranian cultivar barakat with the chinese cultivar 90-zhong 87 at karaj research station in 1995-96 cropping season. the f1 plants were grown at karaj in 1996-97 cropping season, furthermore f2-f6 populations and regional preliminary yield nursery were evaluated at ardebil agricultural research station during 1997-2003 croppi...