to study the effect of different concentrations of potassium in thenutrient solution and water stress on the quality and quantity yield of lilium la cv.termoli, a pot experiment was conducted based on completely randomized design in sand and perlite medium (50:50) in three levels of potassium (kfree, 6 mm k and and 12 mm k in hoagland solution) with three replications. in the present study, the...

the present study reports an efficient protocol for isolation and regeneration of protoplasts from callus of fritillaria imperialis l. there is no published method recommended for protoplast isolation and regeneration from fritillaria imperialis l. a range of factors, which influence the success of isolation and regeneration of f. imperialis protoplasts, were investigated. from the results obta...

the lack of variation in antifungal drugs, and the misuse or inappropriate use usually causes resistant strains of the yeast in human’s normal flora. unfortunately, a large number of candida infection cases in immunosuppressed patients with insufficient treatment eventually can cause patient's death. the aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro conventional antifungal azole compounds with...

aflatoxin contamination of food and feedstuffs is a serious economic and health hazard. over a period of two years, 35 samples of raw pistachio nuts collected from different parts of iran were analysed for the presence of aflatoxigenic strains of the aspergillus flavus group. eighty-five isolates of a.flavus and a.parasiticuswere identified based on specific yello-orange pigment production in t...

background: bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (mscs) are one of the undifferentiated multipotential cell sources of human body. methods: mscs have the capacity to form a variety of cell types, especially chondrocytes and osteocytes. learning about responses of mscs to external milieu and chemical factors such as ph could recommend new approaches for preparation of suitable scaffolds for bone a...

background and objectives : there are limitations in time and technique for isolation of brucella from patients. we developed a new brucella culture medium and evaluated its efficiency compared to bactec blood culture system and serology. materials and methods: a bi-phasic medium containing urea agar and brain heart infusion was formulated. appearance of clear red color in liquid phase was the ...

objective: the goal of this study was to evaluate primary school teachers' knowledge regarding emergency management of avulsed permanent incisors. materials and methods: the study was conducted in fifty randomly chosen primary schools from casablanca, morocco. all teachers of the selected schools were included in the study. the data were collected by self administered questionnaires. the questi...

the medium density fiberboard (mdf) market demand was investigated during the years from 2004 to 2013 in iran. estimation of mdf demand was made by exponential smoothing method by the year 2018. the insight into the level of demand that might exist by the year 2013 was obtained by reviewing the production, import, export, and consumption of mdf on the iran. the results show that the consumption...

for better understanding the effect of nanofluid flow in a porous medium, a set of experiments were conducted on a horizontal glass micromodel for al2o3-water nanofluids. to characterize the flow of nanofluids the same experiment was done by pure water. the glass micromodel was constructed by a photolithography technique. the al2o3-water nanofluids were produced by a two-step method and no surf...

experiments were conducted at the horticulture research farm of horticulture department, bangabandhu sheikh mujibur rahman agricultural university (bsmrau), salna, gazipur during december, 2007 to may, 2009 to investigate the effect of bulb cutting and potting media on propagation of hippeastrum. the bulb cutting significantly influenced all the parameters except days required to first leaf eme...