to study the effects of different amounts of sulphur and boron fertilizers on grain yield and grain quality of bread wheat cultivar pishtaz, an experiment was conduncted in karaj during two cropping seasons 2001-2003. three levels of sulphur (s0= 0, s1=250 and s2= 500 kgha-1) and three levels of boron (b0= 0, b1= 20 and b2= 40 kgha-1) were different treatments of the experiment arranged in rcbd...

Context The ability of ectothermic stream invertebrates to adapt the predicted increases in mean and extreme temperatures is crucial ensuring they continue exist.Aims To examine plasticity thermal limits Australian Paratya spp. (Decapoda, Atyidae) from streams eastern New South Wales (NSW). We hypothesised that upper lethal temperature (ULT, as indicated by median temperature, LT50) would be hi...

ABSTRACT Parental effects can prepare offspring for different environments and facilitate survival across generations. We exposed parental populations of the estuarine anemone, Nematostella vectensis, from Massachusetts to elevated temperatures quantified larval mortality a temperature gradient. found that exposure resulted in consistent increase thermal tolerance, as measured by at which 50% l...

In the present work we have evaluated the acute toxicity of two anionic surfactants, alkyl benzene sulphonate (ABS) and sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) to eggs of gilthead Sparus aurata. At each surfactant concentration, we determined the exposure time required for 50% mortality of the eggs (LT50), surface tension and volume of oil globule in gilthead eggs. Clear dose-response relationships for m...

The white grub Laniifera cyclades Druce of prickly pear cactus or nopal is a pest that limits the commercial production of Opuntia . The gregarious larvae perforate the cladodes devouring the inner part, thereby forming large galleries until reaching the central axis of the plant; during their movement through the inner part of the cactus, the larvae make orifices to the exterior to expel their...

Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. has been described as a freezing-tolerant species based on freezing-resistance assays. Nonetheless, this type of experiment does not discriminate between freezing-tolerance and freezing-avoidance mechanisms. The purpose of this paper was to determine which of these two freezing-resistance mechanisms is responsible for freezing resistance in A. thaliana. This was...

The virulence of two products of the fungus Beauveria bassiana (LCPP and Bassianil) on adult Anastrepha ludens (Loew) (Diptera: Tephritidae) and their effect on the mating performance of infected males was evaluated in laboratory and field cage tests. The horizontal transmission capacity of the fungus during copulation or attempted copulation also was quantified using inoculated males as well a...

during grain development, appropriate water status of soil has key importance for starch accumulation in grains and hormone changes. for this, the study carried out on two iranian wheat cultivars pishtaz and karaj 3 in a factorial experiment based on randomized complete block design with three replications under irrigated and drought in a field experiment at research farm of agriculture college...

the experimental was split plot in a randomized complete block design with three replications. in this experiment, different levels of nitrogen in the main plots included four levels (0, 50, 100 and 150 n) kg.ha-1 urea and wheat varieties, including cultivars, sepahan and sw were placed in the subplots. results showed that nitrogen fertilizer and cultivar were significant effects on maximum lig...