Freezing is one of the most important climatic factors affecting almond products in Isfahan province. Therefore, it is important to use a rapid method for assessing the resistant cultivars and wild species of these plants. Evaluation of electrolyte leakage (EL) from freezing damaged tissues of almond is an appropriate method for this purpose. In the present work, the effect of freezing on the r...

Betanodavirus is the leading cause of viral mortality in fish worldwide and a major barrier to the spread of fisheries and aquaculture. Due to the increase in aquaculture in the Persian Gulf and the occurrence of some disease symptoms in farmed and wild fish in the region, screening of Betanodavirus-sensitive fish became important. Therefore, to prevent economic losses and reduce aquatic reserv...

Background and purpose: Wild rats are considered as an important spreading factor of contamination in urban areas. During recent years, the wild rats were extensively distributed in Tehran. Therefore, it is important to investigate the antibiotic resistance of enteric bacteria isolated from rats, because of the possibility of antibiotic resistance transmission to human. The aim of this study ...

  Citrus stubborn disease is caused by the helical mollicute Spiroplasma citri. The pathogen is naturally transmitted by sap feeding leafhopper vectors. In the present study attempts were made to detect S. citri in presumptive vectors. Leafhoppers were collected from various wild and cultivated plants in citrus growing areas in Jirfot. Fifteen leafhopper species were identified and 12 species w...

based on the latest records of typhlops vermicularis merrem, 1820 from iran, this species is distributed in the northern and southern regions of the country. in this study, new records of typhlops vermicularis are presented and it is shown that distribution range of this species is extended towards the eastern and western iran, and according to the new distribution map, it can be assumed that t...