This research was conducted to study of the essential oil content, some morphological parameters, crop evapotranspiration (ETc) and crop coefficient (Kc) of Summer Savory (Satureja hortensis L.) in the west of Iran (Khorramabad region) in 2017. Weighing Lysimeters (25 cm diameter and 30 cm height) were used to measure important morphological parameters, t...

abstract in order to evaluate the effects of different organic and biological fertilizers on quantity and quality of essential oil of fennel an experiment was conducted in a completely randomized block design with three replications. the experimental treatments were two organic (compost and vermicompost) and two biological (pseudomonas putida and azotobacter chroococcum ) fertilizers, their all...

since the use of antibiotics in animal feeds has been banned, researches on alternative natural products that modulate ruminal fermentation have been intensified. natural compounds such as plant extracts have been considered to be replaced antibiotics as safe and sustainable alternatives. plant extracts especially essential oils and saponins have strong antimicrobial, antiparasitic, antiprotozo...

this experiment was conducted to determine the effects of dietary myrtle essential oil on small intestinal morphology and microbiology of broiler chickens. two hundred day-old broiler chickens (ross 308) were allocated to 5 treatments, 4 replications with a completely randomized design. the diets were supplemented with: no myrtle essential oil (control), each of myrtle essential oil at levels o...

background & aim: smirnova iranica sabeti is one of the valuable and adapted shrub species native to the sandy fields of central iran and of fabaceae family that in terms of the production of forage and soil conservation and creating a beautiful landscape and medicinal value is critically important. no study has been conducted on this plant essence in iran, so far.  experimental: in the hab...

introduction & aim: plant growth regulators (pgr) have same effect as natural plant's hormones and can change the main components in plant samples. chaerophyllum aureum l. is related to apiaceae family. experimental: in this paper the qualitative and quantitative composition of the volatile oils of ‎chaerophyllum aureum l. were reported after using different concentrations of iaa and naa ‎...

essential oil extracted from the leaves of lemon verbena, lippia citriodora kunth (verbenaceae) was tested for fumigant toxicity in the laboratory against two stored-product insects tribolium confusum jacquelin du val and callosobruchus maculatus (f.). the chemical composition of the isolated oil was examined by gc-ms. the major compounds were citral (11.3%), limonene (10.6%), neral (7.9%), 4-p...

certain compounds of plants such as essential oils, with insecticidal properties have been considered as alternatives to chemical pesticides for pest control. this study reports the fumigant toxicity of citrus reticulata blanco (rutaceae) peel essential oils against stored-product insect pest, red flour beetle, tribolium castaneum herbst (tenebrionidae) adults. experiment was carried out at 27 ...

ferulago angulata (apiaceae), a medicinal plant of western asia, contains essential oils that areused as a food preservative. this study examined and compared the composition of leaf oil with seed oil andof the oils from two different habitats (one from nevakov and the other from shahoo). the oil yield from seedwas 5-fold that from leaves (3.2%/100g compared to 0.63%/100g). cis-ocimene was the ...