Abstract Sao Tome and Principe is a small insular country in the west coast of Central Africa. The dimensions islands limited natural resources put these under highly vulnerable to climate change. To assess possible future impacts risks on their agricultural activities, high-resolution 4-km downscaled change projections using Eta regional model are used. A crop risk index (CRI) proposed cocoa (...

drought stress is considered as the most important environmental abiotic stress, affecting grain yield of crop plants especially in arid and semi arid regions. increasing and utilization of the genetic diversity can be a useful strategy in breeding for drought resistance. in this study, twenty iranian durum wheat landraces along with two check cultivars were evaluated in a randomized complete b...

BACKGROUND This study aims to investigate the relationship between birthweight and psychological function, as evaluated by the results of a psychological conscript interview and assessment in young males, including an evaluation of stress susceptibility. METHODS We performed a retrospective cohort study based on linked birth registry data and data from an assessment of psychological function ...

introduction safflower is native to iran, and is cultivated for high adaptability, low water requirement, resistance to drought and useful unsaturated fatty acid (ashri et al., 1977). identification of effective agronomic traits and relationship between them are important aims under water stress conditions. among these characters, grain yield is the most important trait that is genetically poly...