abstract soil microbial activity and biochemical processes are often limited by carbon availability in arid- and semi-arid regions, probably due to the low organic matter content. consequently, return of plant residues to soil is a convenient and effortless practice for increasing microbial activities and biochemical reactions. the primary objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of v...

concurrent renewable energy production and wastewater treatment are two main reasons for using microbial fuel cells (mfcs). in this study, real wastewater was used for treating and power generation by air cathode microbial desalination cells (acmfc). the total duration of voltage generation by acmfc was about 151.9 ±23.2 h. the maximum voltage produced from municipal wastewater treatment was 27...

in order to choose the best adaptable genotypes for arak condition, 31 genotypes of crested wheatgrass collected of gene bank research institute of forests and rangelands iran, were examined under normal and drought stress conditions using randomized complete block design with 3 replications during 2004-05. the days to heading and days to pollination, plant height (cm), number of tiller, spike ...

incorporation of plant residue in soils is considered as an important agricultural practice for maintaining soil fertility in sustainable agricultural system. co2 levels, nitrogen fertilization and plant residues are factors which highly affect decomposition of added organic matter to soil. in this research controlled chambers were used to investigate the effects of elevated atmospheric co2 con...

Nanoparticles of silver were treaeted as clinical trials in some broiler farms for its disinfecting characters in 4 broiler farms during growing period. The nanosilver were used orally and inhalatory in amount of 2 -4 ppm and 40 ppm respectively. Some samples of Breast muscle, Femora muscle, Heart, Gizzard, Liver, Skin, Spleen, Lung, Kidney and Cloacal feces were collected randomly in slaughter...

To evaluate the effect of residue of sulfonylurea herbicides and  wheat residues on the growth and yield of sunflower, a split factorial experiment was conducted based on a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with four replications at the College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. The treatments included with and without wheat residues from the tested farm as the main plots, a...

inorganic polyphosphates (polyp) are linear polymers of few to several hundred orthophosphate residues, linked by energy-rich phosphoanhydride bonds. four isolates had been screened from soil sample. by maldi-tof analysis, they were identified as bacillius cereus, acinetobacter towneri, b. megaterium and b. cereus. the production of polyp in four isolates was studied in phosphate uptake medium ...