introduction lentil (lens culinaris medik.) is an important legume in the mediterranean area. high protein content in lentil seed (about 22-28%) makes it as a good food source for developing countries and low-income people. in the west of iran such as kermanhah province, it is the most important pulse in rainfed systems cultivated traditionally in rotation with wheat and barley. lentil is grown...

in order to determine the appropriate plant density in different planting dates for sweet corn cultivar ksc403su, an experiment was conducted using a randomized complete block design in split plot lay out with three replications at seed and plant improvement institute in karaj in 2006. three planting dates (22 may, 5 june and 22 june) were assigned as main plots and three plant densities (65000...

introduction weed infestation causes an extremely reduction of crops yield. on the other hand, increasing the diversity of crops in agro-ecosystems will change the biomass distribution of weeds community, thereby reducing the number and density of different weed species. weed management in the past few decades has been in conflict with ecological principles and sustainability of the production ...

agroecology emphasizes the use of organic materials in agriculture. the organic acids are important sources of organic materials. in order to study the effect of different levels of humic acid on yield and yield components of corn (zea mays l.) an experiment was conducted at research station, faculty of agriculture, ferdowsi university of mashhad, iran, during 2009. the experiment was conducted...

to assess the effect of non chemical management of weed control on forage sorghum (sorghum bicolor) a field study was conducted in varamin, iran during 2010 crop year in a three- replicated- split factorial experiment laid out in randomized complete block design with four weeding levels (w1= one time cultivation at 3-leaf stage using a duck foot cultivator, w2= two times cultivation at 3 and 5-...