introduction salinity is a major abiotic stress that affects approximately 7% of the world’s total land area. cotton (gossypium barbadense l.) is considered as one of the most important cash crops which is widely used for agricultural and industrial purposes. although, cotton is classified as one of the most salt-tolerant major crops but its growth and development are adversely affected by soil...

for maximum impact, high yielding improved varieties with significant yield advantages must be targeted to farmers and localities that value this trait most. explaining farmers’ demand for yield can serve as a means of targeting the development and dissemination of high yielding varieties. this paper analyzes data collected from 395 farmers in northern ethiopia using a zero-limit tobit regressi...

This study was carried out to investigate the relationship between early lactation curve parameters andcalving interval in Holstein cows of Iran. In order to describe the lactation curve, the incomplete gammafunction was fitted to 5,754,428 test-day milk records corresponding to 766,108 lactations on 315,634 cowsin 2,448 herds. Cows with higher milk yield during early lactation had shorter calv...

to evaluate the effects of sowing date, cultivars and herbicides on weed species control and soybean yield, a strip split plot layout in as a randomized complete block design with three replications was conducted in dasht-e-naz company sari-iran, in 2008. treatments included two planting dates (planting june 7th and 27th), soybean cultivars (bp, jk, 032, 033 and sahar) and herbicide application...

in order to investigate the effects of two sowing time (middle of may and early june) and four plant density (8, 12, 16 and 20 plants.m-2) on yield and essential oil content of peppermint at two cutting stages, an experiment was conducted at the research farm of the faculty of agriculture, university of tabriz during growing season of 2003-2004. these treatments were performed as factorial base...

proper application of n fertilizer and its optimization for increasing the economic yield of rice is definitely important. in order to determine the best n application method and amount according to growth stages of hybrid rice, an experiment was carried out at experimental farm of rrii in a factorial experiment based on a randomized complete block design with 3 replications. the treatments inc...

climate change  is one of the most important challenges in recent years. heavy flood, hot weather, early coldness, most of drought replications, risen of sea water level, pests and plant disease ,reducing of ozone layer thickness, global worming ,and melting ices, are cases that introduced climate change issue in recent decades more. climate is one of the most important  factors for crop  chang...