One new genus, Zagrotes gen. nov., and 19 species of ground spiders (Gnaphosidae) are described from Iran: Berinda bifurcata sp. nov. (♂, Bushehr, Khuzestan; southwestern southern Iran), hoerwegi (♂♀, Fars, Ilam, Kermanshah, Kurdistan; western southcentral Berlandina artaxerxes (♂ Yazd; central Cryptodrassus iranicus Kermanshah; Drassodes persianus (♀, Sistan & Baluchistan; southeastern Ech...

in order to investigate the role of stamen removal from pomegranate flowers on percentage of fruit infestation to carob moth ectomyelois ceratoniae zeller (lepidoptera: pyralidae) a survey was carried out in two provinces of iran, markazi and yazd during 2004-2005. treatments were arranged in an rcbd (10 of 3 blocks) in 3 treatments of: stamen removal in all flowers, (a); stamen removal in firs...

introduction cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is one of the most important zoonotic diseases in iran. according to the reports of the center for disease management and control, among the 20,000 cases infected with various types of leishmaniasis annually, 80% are zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl). this descriptive and retrospective study was performed to determine the most recent status of zcl ...

the toxicity of chlorpyrifos to three iranian populations of two-spotted spider mite, collected from isfahan (isr), yazd (yz) and guilan (gus2) provinces were surveyed using the residual contact vial bioassay. the bioassay results showed that resistance ratios of isr and yz populations were 176.90 and 9.78 fold compared to the gus2 population, respectively. determination of esterase and glutath...

security has two dimensions of subjective (security feeling) and objective. there are preconditions for security feeling in society that one of the preconditions, the existence of security in the society. these levels are linked together and the interaction between these two levels of objective and subjective that security in the society is achieved.therefore, in this article we have tried to e...