progressive usage of medicinal plants has necessitated their mass production using the minimum amounts of chemical inputs. to find out the effects of urea and pelleted animal manure and some micronutrients on yield and its components in pumpkin, a split plot experiment based on rcbd with three replicates was conducted at the research farm of abouraihan campus, university of tehran in 2011. the ...

grape vine is one of the important horticultural crops with unique standing as regards use and consumption. the fruit is utilized from immature to ripened state and as raisins. its leaves can be used when they are soft and fresh. therefore it is necessary to improve iranian grapevine quality as well as quantity. the main purpose of this study was the use of phenyl phetalamic acid (ppa) to incre...

effects of ambient copper was investigated on serum stress markers, sodium and enzyme levels in common carp ( cyprinus carpio l.) over a 14-d exposure period. fish were exposed to 0, 25 and 100 μg l -1 copper (as copper sulfate) and blood was sampled at 0, 3, 7 and 14 d after exposure. serum profile was significantly affected by copper concentration, sampling time and their interaction. increas...

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of exogenous polyamines, isopropyl ester, 2, 4-D and naphthalene acetamide application on yield and quality of date palm of ‘Kabkab’ cultivar. The inflorescences sprayed with 2, 4-D isopropylester (0, 10, and 20 mg L-1), naphthalene acetamide (0, 80, and 120 mg L-1), putrescence and spermidine (0, 0.1, and 1.0 mM), three or six weeks after pollin...

The nutritional problems in almond orchards have increased because of alkaline soils and insufficient nutrition. This study was done to evaluate the effect of nano-chelate super plus ZFM (Zinc, Iron and Manganese) spraying on quantitative and qualitative characteristics of almond commercial cultivars. This work was carried out in factorial experiment base on randomized complete block design wit...