Rosa damascena has been traditionally used as an herbal medicine for different therapeutic purposes. Inorder to preliminarily study the probable toxic effects of the plant, its infusion was orally administered to 5groups of 5 dogs at doses 0.5-8 times that of human use in traditional medicine (90-1440 mg/kg/d) for 10successive days. The dogs in the control group (n=4) received placebo. Serum le...

fungicides are most widely used pesticides in iran and the world. application of fungicides may affect the populations and activity of soil microorganisms, particularly fungi, with a consequence for soil fertility and crop growth. in the current study, the effects of different levels of metalaxyl on soil microbial biomass carbon (c) and nitrogen (n), microbial biomass c/n ratio and metabolic qu...

rice (oryza sativa l.) is one of the iran's most strategic crops with water shortage as the most important abiotic stress limiting its yield. in the present research the effects of: variety, water regime, nitrogen (n) and phosphorus (p) levels on n, p and k uptake were studied under greenhouse conditions. the experiment design was a factorial one based upon a randomized complete blocks of ...

the boojagh international wetland with a surface area of 80 hectares and 25 fish species is located in the southwest shores of the caspian sea (guilan province, iran), but there is no report about fish parasites in this wetland. in the present study, a total of 553 individuals of 8 fish species including cyprinus carpio (n=71), abramis bjoerkna (n=153), carassius auratus gibelio (n=89), esox lu...

to evaluate the effect of limited application of nitrogen (n) on the height control of geranium(pelargonium hortorum) and improving its quality performance, an experiment was conducted based on acomplete randomized block design with three replications in the greenhouse environment through theyears 2011-2012. geranium seedlings were cultivated in the pots filled with peat-based substrate (peat, ...

rosa damascena has been traditionally used as an herbal medicine for different therapeutic purposes. inorder to preliminarily study the probable toxic effects of the plant, its infusion was orally administered to 5groups of 5 dogs at doses 0.5-8 times that of human use in traditional medicine (90-1440 mg/kg/d) for 10successive days. the dogs in the control group (n=4) received placebo. serum le...