One of the environmental concerns during the past decade is dust pollutant. This phenomenon is extensively known around the globe. In Iran, this destructive phenomenon has created serious problems among environmental policy-makers in general and agricultural producers in specific. Kermanshah Province is located near Iraq, a neighboring country in west part of Iran. It is believed that Iraq is m...

Increases in demand for fruit of Morinda citrifolia in recent years have led to commercial farming of the trees. Typically as a crop makes the transition from wild-harvested to commercial orchard, there is a concurrent effort to select more desirable varieties and to improve the crop. In order to make these selections and improve the crop, researchers must know about the diversity found within ...

INTRODUCTION An experiment was conducted beginning in 2003 at a certified organic apple orchard in Iowa to evaluate insect pest and disease incidence in four scab– resistant apple cultivars (Delate et al., 2005). This on-farm experiment was resumed in 2007 after new grant funds were secured to compare pest loads with previous years’ results. The objective of the on-farm demonstration was to com...

Child of agriculture families are likely to be exposed to agricultural chemicals, even if they are not involved in farm activities. This study was designed to determine whether such children are exposed to higher levels of pesticides than children whose parents are not involved in agriculture and whose homes are not close to farms. Household dust and soil samples were collected in children's pl...

Pantoea agglomerans RSO7, a rhizobacterium previously isolated from Spartina maritima grown on metal polluted saltmarshes, had demonstrated good plant growth promoting activity for its host halophyte, but was never tested in crops. The aims of this study were: (1) testing PGP model (alfalfa) vitro ; (2) bacterial consortium including RSO7 as biofertilizer pilot experiment urban orchard; and (3)...

Bees are important pollinators of agricultural crops, and bee diversity has been shown to be closely associated with pollination, a valuable ecosystem service. Higher functional diversity and species richness of bees have been shown to lead to higher crop yield. Bees simultaneously represent a mega-diverse taxon that is extremely challenging to sample thoroughly and an important group to unders...

The practical use of spray drift databases and models for predicting drift exposure in pesticide applications is discussed. The AgDRIFT® model, developed by government and industry scientists in the US facilitates such assessments for various application scenarios. Aerial applications can be modelled using a predictive model that considers the effects of application, tank mix, meteorological an...