In order to investigate the effect of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on morphological traits and concentration of macronutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium and magnesium) on peppermint medicinal plant, a pot experiment was conducted as complete randomized design with three replications, under greenhouse conditions. Treatments co...

the purpose of the present study was to see which one of the two instruction-processing instruction (pi) and meaningful output based instruction (mobi) accompanied with prompt and recast- is more effective on efl learners’ writing accuracy. in order to homogenize the participants in term of language proficiency a preliminary english test (pet) was administrated between 74 intermediate students ...

Reduction in rainfall and shortage of water resources has caused major damages to agricultural sector. Therefore, it is necessary to employ new methods in order to optimize use of water resources. In this research, the effect of irrigation method of PRD on tomato growth was compared with the conventional irrigation method. The results showed an increase in water use efficiency and total soluble...

To study the effects of adding a superabsorbent (bentonite) to different substrates on the vegetative growth and yield of snap beans, two randomized complete block design experiments with 4 replications were conducted at Greenhouse of Isfahan University of Technology. In the first experiment, 9 treatments including rice hull, saw dust, sand and their combinations, with 10 and 20% superabsorbent...

In order to investigate the effect of clinoptilolite natural zeolite on vegetative and reproductive properties of tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.), this research was performed as a completely randomized design with five treatments (0, 25, 50, 100 and 200 g zeolite/kg soil mixture) and 10 replications (each replication consisted of a pot containing two bulbs). Results showed that the use of zeo...

The first experiment was performed to evaluate the effect of vermicompost extract (20, 40, 60, 80, 100%) on seed germination and seedling growth of Plantago psyllium. In second experiment, the effect of solid vermicompost with 4 levels (0, 25, 50, 75) on the emergence and subsequent growth of plantlets was investigated. The 20 and 40% increased germination capacity, germination index, and lengt...