an entomopathogenic nematode was isolated by galleria baiting technique from soil samples collected near marand, east azarbaijan province, north-west of iran during 2003. based on morphological and morphometric characters, as well as molecular data it was identified as steinernema bicornutum tallosi, peters & ehlers, 1995. morphometrics comparison of the isolate with the type species showed no ...

BACKGROUND Pertussis or "whooping cough" is an acute, communicable infection of the respiratory tract caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Bordetella pertussis. It has been recorded in history of medicine that the first pertussis epidemic was reported in 1578 by a French scientist, Guillaume de Baillou, in Paris. Furthermore, the causative agent was first isolated in 1906 by Jules Jean Baptist...

BACKGROUND Reported age standardized incidence rates for esophageal cancer in Iran are 0.88 and 6.15 for females and males, at fifth and the eighth ranks, respectively, of cancers overall. The present study aimed to map relative risk using more realistic and less problematic methods than common estimators. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this ecological investigation, the studied population consiste...

there are continuous connections between a city and its periphery and the form of these relations varies. collection of these relations makes an influential area forming the various relations between the city and periphery. these relations are not the same and do not have unique concentration and density rather, they hey depend on population, geographic conditions and the role of the city in th...

abstract east azarbaijan province is one of the most important areas for poplar production and has the highest suitability of poplar plantation in iran. three species of poplar trees included populus alba, p. nigra and p. x. euramericana are planted and usually attacked by different pests in this province. melasoma populi l., archips rosana (l.) and pemphigus filaginis are some of important pes...

the main objective of this research was the measurement of soil characteristics, land evaluation and determination of potential yield of sugar beet in yekanat plain of marand. for doing this, firstly, yield potential of sugar beet was estimated by fao method and secondly land evaluation of different soil units for sugar beet cultivation was determined by parametric method. results showed that m...