the present study was designed to evaluate the drought tolerance of new sugar beet monogerm hybrids using polyethylene glycol 6000, under in vitro condition. the experiment was carried out as a factorial experiment based on completely randomized design with four replications in sugar beet seed institute, karaj in 2013. 23 new sugar beet monogerm hybrids with two tolerant and normal controls wer...

gavane-gaz-angubin (persian manna) belongs to astragalus genus (leguminosae). this plant is one of the most important species in iran for its medicinal value. considering the low propagation rate of this plant from seed and cutting, the feasibility of in-vitro propagation of this plant was investigated. effect of different types and concentrations of cytokinins such as bap, kin, and ze (0.5, 1,...

activities of thirty bacterial strains obtained from plants rhizosphere in different areas against phytophthora drechsleri were assessed through in vitro and greenhouse experiments. dual culture and extracellular metabolites tests were used in in vitro assays. the bacterial strains inhibited growth of p. drechsleri, the highest inhibition zones was belonged to t17-4 strain with 61.904% in dual ...

in this study the impact of freezing rate and degree of pre-fermentation on sangak frozen dough and its bread was assessed. the pre-fermentation was between zero and 120 min and the corresponding secondly fermentation was between 120 and 0 min, respectively, to obtain total fermentation time of 120 min. the pre-fermentation dough was formed in flat shape and frozen under -20, -25 and -30 °c. it...

the main problems in mixed culture are using the agricultural machines for plant two or more crop simultaneously. in the present study to remove difficulties of using agriculture machinery in planting operation for corn and bean simultaneously, a planter was designed and developed to direct planting of two different types of seeds having different shapes and sizes with precise proportion and di...

to provide reliable information concerning reproductive potential of hippodamia variegata goeze and its prey (aphis fabae), their related life tables were studied under controlled laboratory conditions (at 23?c). the unprocessed data of life tables were analyzed taking the euler-lotka as the basis model. standard error of population growth parameters was calculated using the jackknife re-sampli...

to investigate wheat and wild mustard growth and competition to n levels, an experiment was conducted in ramin agriculture and natural resources university of khouzestan, located at 36 km north of ahvaz. treatments included planting wheat solely, wild mustard solely, and intercropping wheat and wild mustard in pots. these combinations were exposed to n levels including 0, 60, 120 and 180 kg.ha-...

in order to study, the effect of pre-cooling treatment, osmotic potential and water stress on some population of two species of satureja bachtiarica and satureja sahendica was studied by a factorial experiment based on completely randomized design with three replications in laboratory and greenhouse conditions during one year in the gene bank of institute of forests and range lands by the years...

introduction the historical experience of development process in developed countries revealed that rural development is a basic requirement for national development and that it should be considered and given high priority. accordingly in iran, the government also paid more attention to rural development in recent years. in this regard, different methods and approaches were implemented due to so...