case of a florist with rhinoconjunctivitis and asthma due to sensitisation to Freesia, which is from the same family as the gladiolus. Ordoqui 6 reported a case of a florist, who has worked with plants for 18 years. He refers respiratory symptoms upon exposure to gladiolus and carnation, with positive prick test to these plants, specific IgE by ELISA on patient serum, and positive bronchial cha...

The present research is conducted to find out the services and facilities of tobacco companies in promotion of tobacco crop in Malakand division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A multi-stage sampling technique applied for selection sample size. In this method, 135 tobacco growers were selected from fifteen villages of tobacco growers. The principle researcher interviewed selected respondents f...

In the current study with using of 553 questionnaires, knowledge of Kerman small pistachio growers regarding hygienic pistachio production especially aflatoxin was investigated. The results showed that factors such as high density of pistachio trees in the orchards and limited water resources are the main factors of creating potential of aflatoxin contamination in pistachio. These factors are n...

this paper applied a non-parametric (data envelopment analysis) method to analyze the efficiency of farmers, discriminate efficient farmers from inefficient ones and to identify wasteful uses of energy in order to optimize the energy inputs for greenhouse cucumber production in lorestan province of iran. data were collected from 27 cucumber producers by using a face-to-face questionnaire.dea cr...

Soybean growers have adopted herbicide tolerant varieties at a rapid rate. While some potential cost savings may have driven adoption, the primary reason growers are switching to new programs is the simplicity and flexibility of a weed control program that relies on one herbicide to control a broad spectrum of weeds without crop injury or crop rotation restrictions. Roundup Ready weed control p...