genetic diversity of five improved varieties (kaysari, kadi, ranger, mesmir, sea-river) and seven iranian landraces (gharayonje, amozeynadin, rahnani, tazekand, shazand, hamedani, yazdi) of alfalfa were assessed using esterase (est), peroxidase (pox), glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (got) and malate dehydrogerase (mdh). got and mdh were monomorphic, whereas est and pox showed polymorphic ba...

introduction natural and artificial radionuclides are the main sources of human radiation exposure, which enter the food chain from the environment. radionuclides can affect human health by transferring from soil to plants and entering the human body. in this research study, we aimed to determine the activity concentrations of radionuclides and calculate the average annual committed effective d...

The present initiative study has been planned to develop a conceptual model for watershed resilience which rare documents have reported yet, particularly in developing countries where such studies are necessary. In this vein, different ecological, social, economic, and infrastructural cultural key domains were applied the modeling processes of Shazand Watershed Iran. To end, was firstly concept...

abstract in this study, two wild iranian crocus species (crocus speciosus and crocus cancellathus) were examined using 16 morphological characters and 13 issr primers on 250 and 25 plant samples, respectively. the highest and lowest coefficient of variations were belonged to the thickness of the petals (71.25%) and the leaf length (15.08%), respectively. cluster analysis based on morphological ...

the present study aimed to monitor the land use change in the shazand watershed with different development policies using land use net changes and exchanges in land change modeller (lcm) forperiod of1973to2014and in sub-watersheds scale. in the study period, rangeland area reduced about 380 km2 and rainfed and irrigation farm lands increased successively 100 and 150 km2 in the first and the sec...

Background: Hydatidosis is a disease, caused by the larval phase of Echinococcus granulosus. It considered serious condition, as cyst rupture can release protoscolices into host body, leading to formation secondary cysts. Surgery main approach for treatment this disease. Some natural compounds, which are safe options with few side effects, have been assessed their scolicidal activities. Objecti...

Iran is among the world’s arid and semi-arid regions and its demand for water has been increased due topopulation growth, urbanization and the development the economic sectors (industrial and agricultural). Inmany of these regions, the lack of planning and the unauthorized use of resources have led to excessiveexploitation and a lower level of groundwater. The usable groundwater for the country...