introduction soil plays a vital role in human life as the very survival of mankind is tied to the preservation of soil productivity (kabata- pendies and mukherjee, 2007). the purpose of this study is the assessment of heavy metal contamination (zn, mn, pb, fe, ni, cr) of the soil around the khuzestan steel complex. materials and methods for this purpose, 13 surface soil samples (0-10 cm) were t...

rejection of pressurized irrigation by farmers is the problem in the agricultural sector in the north of the khouzestan province. as the statistics show, only five percent of the farmers used to do this type of irrigation systems. therefore, in this study by using field study and logit model, causes of rejecting pressurized irrigation methods in three townships shosh. andymeshk and dezful have ...

some parts of semitropical regions in khouzestan, fars, kohgiloyieh-va-boyrahmad, lorestan, golestan, ardabil, kermanshah and boushehr provinces specified to spring barley cultivation which local or a few improved cultivars are grown there. barley breeding activities in dryland agricultural research institute(dari) are continuously undertaken in gachsaran, kouhdasht, gonbad and moghan to introd...

cotton whitefly,  bemisia tabaci is considered as one of the most important pests of fall cucumber in khouzestan province. studies were conducted to examine the seasonal dynamics and spatial distribution of b.tabaci on fall cucumber during 2006 and 2007 in mollasani area. in both years, adult whiteflies first appeared on the plants in early september. in 2006 and 2007, mean maximum of adults oc...

background: strongyloides stercoralis , the etiological agent of strongyloidiasis, is one of the most common parasitic nema­tode with the unique ability to complete its life cycle and proliferate within the host. although it is an endemic parasite in iran, no molecular characterization is available on isolates originated from the country. therefore, this study was con­ducted for molecular ident...

background: leishmaniasis is a common parasitic disease world wide. leishmania tropica and l. major are two common cause of cutaneous leishmaniasis in iran. the aim of this study was determination of the cause of cutaneous leishmaniasis in shush city, khouzestan province, southwest iran methods: one hundred samples were collected from patients at the age of 1-80 year with documented cutaneous l...

the purpose of research was analysis of innovation management in processing and complementary industriesof livestock products. the method of research was correlative descriptive. the statistical population of this study was all managers in processing and complementary industriesof livestock products of khouzestan province (n=486). the sampling method was stratified random sampling. the sample s...

the purpose of this research was to analyzing the perception and technical knowledge of wheat farmers in shoushtar township, khouzestan province, iran regarding organic farming products. the research method employed was correlative-descriptive. the population consisted of wheat farmers in shoushtar township khuzestan province of iran. a random sample of wheat farmers (n = 163) was selected. the...

the purpose of this research was analyzing knowledge of women with household jobs agriculture toward innovation management in masjed soliman township, khouzestan province, iran. the population of this study included women with household jobs agriculture in masjed soliman township. the total number of members was 100 people. due to the low number of population, census methods were used to collec...

to investigate wheat and wild mustard growth and competition to n levels, an experiment was conducted in ramin agriculture and natural resources university of khouzestan, located at 36 km north of ahvaz. treatments included planting wheat solely, wild mustard solely, and intercropping wheat and wild mustard in pots. these combinations were exposed to n levels including 0, 60, 120 and 180 kg.ha-...