despite the importance of forage quality to animal performance, the quality of barley as a feed and forage crop has not been taken into consideration as a selection criterion in its breeding programs. in order to map the genomic regions affecting barley forage quality, two experiments were conducted while employing 72 doubled haploid lines and their two parents (‘steptoe’ and ‘morex’), at the r...

Dr. Abbasali Sanadgol is an associate professor in rangelands and forests research institute, IRAN, He is retired now. He earned his undergraduate and master degrees in natural resources and range management in 1976 and 1992 respectively from natural resources faculty of Tehran University and worked as a natural resources and range management researcher for 29 years at education and research ag...

the farmers of the future (fof) initiative implemented a programme of integrating natural resources management in the basic education curriculum. the purpose of the study was to document activities and determine the effects of fof programme on primary school learners’ perceptions towards natural resources management by comparing learners involved in the fof programme and those not involved. fur...

Polyploidy induction in German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.) by herbicide trifluralin   Leila Karami1, Mohammad Modarresi2, Mohammad Amin Kohanmoo2, Fatemeh Zahabi Ahmadi2 & Saeed Irian3 1Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, 7516913817, Iran; 2Department of Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resourc...