OBJECTIVE Grape virus diseases are a serious problem in Iran. Leaves and fruits of grape have been used for different purposes like cooking in Iran. The present investigation was carried out to study on the cytotoxic-activities of extracts of fruits and leaves of Vitis vinifera from both virus-free and virus-infected grape cultivars against breast cancer cell line (MDAMB- 231) and human embryon...

during 2000-2001, soil pythium species were studied in fars province. soil samples werecollected from various parts of the province (abadeh, bajgah, bayza, borazjan, darab, estahban, fasa,khafr, sepidan, shiraz, moharloo, and zarghan). isolates were recovered from soil by baiting. specieswere identified based on morphological characters of sexual and asexual organs, growth rate at differenttemp...

this study was conducted to determine the appropriate irrigation interval on the basis of cumulative water evaporation from standard evaporation pan (class a) and to find out the effects of irrigation regimes on growth indices and on qualitative and quantitative yields of sugar beet. the experiment was conducted in 2005 at the lavark agricultural experiment station fields, isfahan university of...

beet necrotic yellow vein virus (bnyvv) or rhizomania is one of the most important and destructive diseases of sugar beet (beta vulgaris l.) in the world. this disease is considered as a limiting factor of sugar beet production in iran such as khorasan, fars, west azerbaijan, isfahan and kermanshah. in order to develop of resistant variety, as simple and easy methods for disease control, a germ...

to study the molecular basis for resistance of lolium rigidum populations (from fars province) to aryloxyphenoxy propionate herbicide through dcaps method, an experiment was conducted at the biotechnology laboratory of shiraz university. eighteen populations of l. rigium suspected of herbicide resistance, from zarghan, fasa. noorabad and firoozabad areas which had survived a recomended dose of ...

In this paper the geometrical relationship of the folds which exist in the Folded Zagros Mountains, including Asef Mountain (northern Iran), were studied. The southern and western zones of the Zagros Mountains are called the Folded Zagros. These zones extend approximately 1,375 km in length with a width ranging from 120 to 250 km. Asef Mountain is located in northern Shiraz (from northern Sarda...