The pomegranate has been used traditionally in Coruh Valley in Turkey for a long time; fruits are harvested from wild, semi-domesticated and cultivated trees. In the valley, it occurs in general along with olive trees. We sampled 23 wild-grown pomegranate genotypes sampled from different parts of Coruh Valley and compared them using RAPD primers to determine genetic variability. Eighty-six RAPD...

the use of temporary runoff and underground dried-up water courses has been implemented by managers in recentyears to compensate for water shortages in arid and semi-arid regions. one way to use this water is to set up anunderground sandy dam in front of such water courses; selecting a suitable water course is the most important issue ofsuch a purpose. in the present research, this matter was i...

introduction the fanuj titaniferous placer deposits are located 35 km northwest of the fanuj, sistan and baluchestan province (1) . the studied area comprises a (2) small part of the late cretaceous fanuj-maskutan (rameshk) ophiolite complex (arshadi and mahdavi, 1987). reconnaissance and comprehensive exploration programs in the fanuj district (east of the 1:100000 fanuj quadrangle map,yazdi, ...

The Photoexcited carrier lifetime (τ) and peak to valley transmission difference (ΔTp-v) in direct and indirect band gap crystals has been investigated by the use of single beam open and closed aperture z-scan technique using frequency doubled Nd:YAG laser. The peak to valley transmission difference (ΔTp-v) is found to be of the order of 10-2 in case of direct band gap crystals and of the order...

Elucidating interactions of above-ground and below-ground communities in different habitat types is essential for understanding biodiversity maintenance and ecosystem functioning. Using 454 pyrosequencing of ITS2 sequences we examined the relationship between subtropical mountain forest soil fungal communities, abiotic conditions, and plant communities using correlation and partial models. Ridg...

Flash floods are considered to be one the worst kind of hazard. They are characterized by their suddenness, rarity, small scale, heavy rain and peak discharge, unpredictable, fast and violent movement. It has severe effects on human society in the form life losses, damages to property, roads, communication and on natural settings. Advances in hydrology, meteorology, engineering, using of GIS an...

We discuss two problems in the theory of heavy-quark decays: an understanding of the semileptonic branching ratio of B mesons, and of the lifetime ratio τ(Λb)/τ(B 0). We also present a model-independent study of spectator contributions to the lifetimes of beauty hadrons. To appear in the Proceedings of Les Rencontres de Physique de la Vallée d’Aoste “Results and Perspectives in Particle Physics...