the present experiment was carried out to investigate the nutritive value of banana tree leaves and stems silage by use of in vitro gas production and as well in situ nylon bag techniques. experimental treatments were comprised of: 1- stems and leaves of banana trees (control), 2- stems and leaves of banana trees’ silage without addition of any additive, 3- stems and leaves of banana trees’ sil...

in order to estimate effects of drought stress on dry matter allocation of pinto bean (phaseolus vulgaris l.), an experiment was carried out as split plot based on complete randomized block design with four replications at zanjan university research farm. in this experiment,  two irrigation levels (optimum irrigation during growth season and post flowering drought stress) were set at main plots...

nitrate is an essential component for plants and vegetables are of the most important source of nitrate for human being. it is estimated that vegetables provide 92 % of nitrate for human nutrition. the positive and negative effects of elevated root zone co2 on growth and yield of some plants have been reported. this study has been conducted in order to examine the effect of root zone co2 on gro...

The present study documents a simultaneous production and comparative assessment of extracted vasicinone from in vivo (leaves and stems) and in vitro (leaves, stems and calli) plant parts of Adhatoda vasica Nees, a well-known medicinal plant. High-performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) analysis of the above-mentioned plant parts, collected at their 60-day-old growth stage, was performed ...

Recently, interest in plant-derived food additives has grown mainly because synthetic antioxidants suffer from several drawbacks. Some plants are traditionally used for both food and medicine in Iran. Aqueous and methanolic extracts of Smyrnium cordifolium Boiss leaves and stems and Sinapis arvensis L leaves, stems and flowers were prepared and evaluated for their total phenolic content (TPC), ...