Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of L-carnitine as an antioxidant on transplantation of ovarian tissue. MaterialsAndMethods Ovaries from 6-week old mice were grafted into back muscle. Transplanted ovaries were divided into three groups. 150 mg/Kg LC (solved in normal saline) was injected intraperitoneally one hour before surgical operation and repeated one other day u...

Polyethersulfone (PES) based nanocomposite nanofiltration membrane was prepared by immersion precipitation method and casting solution technique using  poly (acrylic acid) grafted-iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe3O4) as hydrophilic filler additives. For this purpose, iron oxide nanoparticles were modified by in situ polymerization of acrylic acid in aqueous solution by potassium persulfate as initi...

Viroids are small self-replicating RNAs that infect plants. How these noncoding pathogenic RNAs interact with hosts to induce disease symptoms is a long-standing unanswered question. Recent experimental data have led to the suggestive proposal of a pathogenic model based on the RNA silencing mechanism. However, evidence of a direct relation between key components of the RNA silencing pathway an...

The use of rootstocks tolerant to water stress in pepper crops is a complementary technique for saving irrigation without affecting yields by means particular rootstock physiological traits, which changes the scion’s perception stress. present study aimed analyze morphological and adaptation ‘Cuerno’ cultivar grafted onto NIBER® subjected capacitance sensor-based deficit irrigation. stomatal co...

Background: Huanglongbing (HLB) is currently one of the most devasting diseases in citrus plants worldwide. Resistance against its causal agent, Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas), commercial Citrus species remains a challenge, even though they show differences CLas multiplication. Methods: A total 14 citrandarins and their parents (Sunki mandarin Poncirus trifoliata cv. Rubidoux) were to...

This study was conducted to evaluate the response of Iranian promisinglate blooming almond genotypes to deficit-irrigation stress on GN15 rootstock. One-year old plants subjectedto three deficit-irrigation, including moderate and severe stress (soil water potential, Ψsoil = -0.8 and -1.6 MPa, respectively) and a control treatment (Ψsoil= -0.33 MPa), were applied for six weeks to five grafting c...

Grafting polymerization was a valuable method for the modification of the chemical and physical properties of polymer surfaces. In this paper, the grafting of cationic vinyl monomer with quaternary ammonium groups, methacryloxyethyltrimethyl ammonium chloride (DMC), onto the isotactic polypropylene (iPP) granule was performed by suspension solid-state grafting process. The techniqu...