low seed germination and seedling emergence is one of the main problems in saline areas. seed priming technique has been known as a challenge to improve germination and seedling emergence under different environmental stress. the objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of seed priming with gibberellin, nacl and water on seed germination and seed reserve utilization and germination...

to compensate for some inferior properties of recycled papers, application of processing chemical aids such as chitosan can be quite effective in the wet end section of papermaking. in this study, the performance of chitosan biopolymer, individually or associated with nanobentonite was investigated as wet end additive on recycling process of white cuttings. for this purpose, the performance of ...

human resource productivity is an important subject in theory and practice, so increase of productivity is the first priority in most of organizations. the main purpose of most organizations is creating value for their shareholders. so it is necessary to understand effect of human resource productivity in achieving this goal and find the obstacles. the purpose of this research is examining the ...

drought is the most common environmental stresses that affects plant growth. to study the combined effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (glomus intratadices) and jasmonic acid on growth and ecophysiologycal characteristics of pistachio seedlings cv. qazvini under drought stress, a greenhouse experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design with three replications. experimental fact...

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the mill moth, ephestia kuehniella zeller and indian meal moth, plodia interpunctella (hubner) are two injuriously important pests of stored products worldwide. harobracon hebetor (say) has been used as a biological control agent of moth’s larva in peanut storehouses and as well in packaged cereal products. in the present study, the efficacy of h. hebetor in parasitizing larva of the mill moth ...

the objective of the present study was to optimize awettable powder formulation for twoiranianbtstrains (yd5 and kh4) in order to enhance efficiency and durability as biological agent against lepidopteran and coleopteran pests.mass production of the mentioned strains was done in a batch fermentor based on the peviouselyoptimized economical medium and fermentation conditions, and the final conce...

in this research, the ability of bacillus strains in suppression of mycelial growth and conidial germination of b. cinerea against botrytis fruit rot of strawberry were evaluated in three cultivars of strawberry including quineliza, paros and kurdistan. results indicated that among 32 strains of bacillus, ten strains showed strong inhibitory effects against b. cinerea using the plate assay and ...

an investigation was conducted on the effects of vermicompost as an organic matter and a substitute for fertilizers during year 2007 in ferdowsi university of mashhad (fum). vermicompost was applied at five levels (0, 10, 25, 50, 100%) and phosphorus at two levels with 3 replications for each treatment, as a factorial based on completely randomized design for super strain b tomato cultivar. the...

plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can inhanced plant growth by increasing nutrient uptake. in order to investigate the effect of pgpr and amf on some morphological parameters, macro (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium and magnesium) and micro (iron, zinc and copper) nutrients uptake, percentage of root colonization and some morphological factors of pepp...