two-spotted spider mite, tetranychus urticae koch. is one of the most harmful pest of common bean in most areas of iran, including lorestan province. the appropriate unit and universe sampling of mite population were investigated in common bean fields in borujerd, dorud and azna in 2008. the results showed that samples should be taken from top, middle and bottom of the plant height. in addition...

the borujerd complex of western iran is composed of intrusions and their surrounding contact aureole, with, pegmatites and quartz veins. pegmatites differ in mineralogy, origin and age, and two groups can be distinguished. the older pegmatites (about 120 ma age) intruded contact metamorphic rocks from the early magmatic stage, while the younger pegmatites (52-70 ma age) formed during the late m...

kochia is one of those plants which have capability to grow in different environments and can be used as a valuable plant to produce biomass and seed. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the possibility of kochia planting in different dates as well as its resistance to cold weather of mashhad winter. seven sowing dates including 10th october, november, march, april, may, june and july and...

sunn pest (eurygaster integriceps put.) cause serious economic damage to wheat and barley in borujerd, north of lorestan province, iran. sweep net sampling, is the most convenient sampling procedure for many arthropods, but it is difficult to interpret in terms of accuracy and precision. much of the variation of sweep net catches, stems from human factors and its calibration. in this research, ...

abstract common bean (phaseolus vulgaris l.) is one of the most important crops in lorestan province with about 23000 ha. in this area, two spotted spider mite (tssm) tetranychus urticae koch is the key pest of this crop. to study the effect of macroelements (npk) fertilizers, on controlling tssm and their effect on some agronomic characters of derakhshan bean cultivar, two same trails (1. trea...

kochia is a halophyte plant and is a good source of forage for livestock under saline irrigation. in order to investigate the salinity effect on morphological and forage characteristics of kochia, an experiment was conducted. three saline waters (5.2, 10.5 and 23.1 ds m-1) and three kochia ecotypes (birjand, borujerd and sabzevar) were allocated as main and sub plots, respectively, in a split p...