in order to evaluate quantity and quality hairy vetch (vicia villosa l.) yield in the pure and mixed cropping with barley (hordeum vulgare l.) and triticale (triticosecale) the experiment was conducted at agricultural research station (khodabande) under dryland conditions during 2006 -2008. field experiments were arranged in a randomized complete blocks design with 9 treatments in four replicat...

thirty multiparous holstein dairy cows with average body weights of 687±15 kg and body condition scores of 3.25±0.15 were allocated to 1 out of each 3 groups, immediately after parturition (dim=11) and in a completely randomized design. the first group was fed diet low in rumen undegradable protein (rup; 5.1% of dry matter), the second group fed with medium rup (7.2% of dry matter) while the th...

in order to study the effect of natural antitranspirant compound and water stress on growth, development and essential oil content of ocimumbasilicum a factorial experiment based on completely randomized design with three replicates was conducted. 3 levels of water stress (500 as control, 375 and 250 ml/day) and 3 antitranspirant compound (chitosan, plantago mucilage and psyllium mucilage) in 3...

two year field experiment was carried out on two early maturing varieties of soybean (glycine max (l.) men.) bred in russia. the purpose was to investigate the possibility of production and to study the effects of nitrogen supply on soybean seed yield and yield components. a range of zero to 100 kg n ha in 1995 when plants suffered from water deficiency and zero to 100 kg n ha -1 in 1996 when p...

Basil belongs to the Lamiaceae family, is one of the most important aromatic and medicinal plants, which it widely cultivated in many countries. The areal parts, especially leaves of sweet basil are widely used to enhance the flavor of foods such as salads, pasta, tomato products, vegetables, pizza, meat, soups, marine foods, confectioneries and other products. This study was conducted to inves...

Background & Aim: Achillea filipendulina is one of the most important species of the family Asteraceae and, it considered as one of the most valuable medicinal and ornamental plants. Environmental factors affected on quality and quantity of the essential oil of medicinal and aromatic plants. So, selecting of appropriate season for harvesting can lead to increase quality and quantity yi...

in order to evaluate a better sowing date of chickpea cultivars in dry land conditions, a factorial experiment in randomized complete block design with four replications was carried out at research station of bahar (hamadan province) during 2005-2006 cropping season. two planting time included winter and spring and four chickpea cultivars (cvs.) including one local (check) and three improved cv...

in order to investigate the effect of rhizobium bacteria, mycorrhiza fungi and foliar application of urea on qualitative and quantitative traits of soybean an experiment was conducted based on randomized complete block design with four replications. the experiment included six treatments as: control (c), rhizobium bacteria (r), rhizobium bacteria + mycorrhiza fungi (r+m), rhizobium bacteria + f...