This research was conducted to evaluate drought tolerance of safflower genotypes (Carthamus tinctorius L.) at the research farm of Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran during growing season of 2012. One hundred genotypes including 81 foreign genotypes along with 19 Iranian genotypes were evaluated under normal and moisture stress conditions according to a simple lattice design with t...

This research was conducted to evaluate 30 sainfoin cultivars in terms of yield, agronomic and morphological traits under water stress condition, using different drought tolerannce indices. A randomized complete block design with three replications was employed during two years at Isfahan University of Technology Research Farm, Isfahan, Iran. Effect of cultivars were significant for all of the ...

The use of appropriate selection methods are important to increase yield in breeding programs. Utilization of selection indices is one of the most effective method for selection of superior genotypes to improve the complex traits such as seed yield. In order to evaluate the efficiency of different selection methods, 63 families of two F3 populations derived from inter-specific hybridization of ...

This study aimed to determine the fat requirement and effect of dietary fat levels on growth and body composition indices of Bester (Huso huso ♀ × Acipenser ruthenus ♂) juveniles( 200.3 ± 2 g) in winter feeding. Fish were fed by 5 isonitrogenous diets (40% crude protein) with different fat levels including 10, 13, 16, 19 and 22%, 3 times daily according to the satiation for 50 days. The results...