The objective of this experiment was to evaluate self-compatibility of two late blooming almond cultivars and identification and introduction of suitable pollinizers from late flowering genotypes, and evaluation of pollen source effect on fruit characteristics to earn high quality nuts for Iranian almond industry. This experiment was carried out in order to determine the best pollinizer for two...

background and objectives : in iran, anaplasmosis is normally diagnosed with traditional giemsa staining method. this is not applicable for identification of the carrier animals. the aim of this study was to compare the detection of anaplasma marginale in two different numbers of microscopic fields (50 and 100) using conventional giemsa staining method compared with the pcr-rflp technique. mate...

localized leishmania lymphadenitis (l.l.l) is a self limited clinical presentation of cutaneous leishmaniasis. microscopic findings in l.l.l are very similar to toxoplasma lymphasenitis. in all cases, an intensive microscopic search should be done for leishman bodies. in this study, we describe our microscopic findings and results of our immnohistochemical (ihc) study with a panel of monoclonal...

We explored the attitudes and opinions of 90 Palestinian decision-makers about the draft law on premarital examination. The findings revealed that decision-makers were aware of the spread of genetic diseases but not infectious diseases. The majority agreed on the draft law; however, they differed on the mode of its application. Half believed that the law is not ready yet for application due to ...