Melons due to domestic consumptions and high potential for export are very important in Iranian agriculture. In order to compare the agronomic characteristics of seven selected populations (Jalali, Tashkent, JaJu, Khaghani, Shadgany, Ghasri, Suski) and three hybrid varieties (Ananase, Durango, Akyla) of melon, this study was conducted for two years (2008- 2009) using a randomized complete block...

Soil amendments have been widely used in greenhouse cultivation. Cucumber, as an important summer crop, has the highest area under cultivation in the greenhouses of Iran. For this reason, in the present research, effect of applying zeolite and drought stress on cucumber growth and its fruit parameters (number, weight, length and diameter of the fruit) was investigated in a split-plots experimen...

For comparing the effects of two planting substrates on vegetative growth, flowering rate, fruit appearance and qualities, yield of four bell pepper (Capsicum annum L.) cultivars, a greenhouse 4×2 factorial experiment was done by using a completely randomized design with 4 replications. First factor was 80% cocopeat + 20% perlite and 80% mosspeat + 20% perlite and the second one was four bell p...

Jujube (Ziziphus jujube) belongs to Rhamnaceae family. It is considered not only for medicinal usage, but also is cultivated as an ornamental plant due to its beautiful leaves and trunk. The first step in a plant breeding program is to collect native genotypes of a plant in a region and evaluate them for selection of superior genotypes. Jujube is grown naturally in some areas of Iran, as well a...

By storing the cantaloupe fruit in the optimum conditions, it can be provided over a longer period of time with a more optimal quality in the domestic markets; its exports to other countries can be expanded and developed. This study was intended to utilize ethylene absorbents in order to preserve postharvest characteristics in the cantaloupe fruit. Therefore, fruits of Cucumis melo were stored ...

In order to study the effects of biofertilizers of nitroxin (0, 2, 4 L.h-1) and biosulphur (0, 2, 4 kg.h-1) Containing “plant growth promotor Bacteria” on quantity and quality of medicinal plant of winter cherry (Physalis alkekengi L.) an experiment in a factorial experiment based on randomized complete block design with nine treatments (Nitroxin 2 and 4 L.h-1, Biosulphur 2 and 4 kg.h-1, Nitrox...