almond is one of the most important species of genus prunus. most almond cultivars and genotypes are self-incompatible and some of others are cross-incompatible. in this study compatibility and frequency pollen tube penetrate in the ovary were performed in three groups. the first group included the genotype a9.7 as female parent and tuono with genotypes a230, a10.11, a8.39 as male parents, the ...

pollen, honey, larvae, pupa and adult honey bees were collected from apiaries in taleghan, karadj region to assess the fungal infections.  several larvae were found in culture media of digestive system of adult bees and pollen through the experiment.  the larvae then were incubated to grow up and reach to the adult stage. morphological and systematic studies on samples of larvae and adults reve...

this study was carried out in order to determine the effects of boron and cold stress on pollen germination of almond hybrids in vitro culture, two different media including the absence and presence of boron (0 mg/l, and 100 mg/l) in 10% sucrose and 1% agar medium at 24°c in dark conditions. the results showed that different treatments had a significant effect on the germination percentage. the...

Iran is the main producer of Saffron in the world and a great number of Khorasan (the largest province of Iran) are involved in growing this plant. Recently, saffron pollen has found great importance due to inducing allergic reactions. In this study, the prevalence and clinical symptoms of saffron pollen allergy and specific IgE level in saffron workers have been studied. For this purpose, 167 ...

   Floral diversity is a measure of number of type flora in an area, and reflects how vegetation develops in response to the environmental condition during a certain time interval. The present study aims to examine changes in the diversity of vegetation (pollen, spores and algae), evenness, and similarity in the Bandung Basin through a core of 240 cm depth using a ground drill, as well as  the ...

orchard workers in north china are highly exposed to orchard pollens, especially peach and other rosaceae family pollens during pollination season. the aim of this study was to investigate whether occupational allergy to peach tree pollen as a member of rosaceae family is ige-mediated and to evaluate the cross-reactivity among rosaceae family pollens. allergen skin test and conjunctival challen...

nonea medik. is a genus of the boraginaceae tribe boragineae, with approximately 35 species worldwide. examination of their palynological characters supported the separation of taxa, which is usually based on morphological and micromorphological reproductive features. pollen grains of 10 taxa representing three groups of taxa in iran, the n. caspica group, the n. persica group and the n. lutea ...

abstract astigmatic soil mite fauna of alfalfa fields of six regions in northwest of east azebaijan (soofian, payam, zenooz, marand, shabestar and jolfa) was studied at three different times of the year 2006 (mid-may, mid-july and mid-september) based on nested design. in this study 12 species, 5 genera and 2 families were identified. in general, shabestar and zenooz showed highest and lowest m...