Green semilooper, Naranga aenescens Moore (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a major pest in paddy fields of northern Iran. Since plant resistance to pests is a method with high efficacy and safety, a research was conducted to evaluate the resistance of 12 rice varieties (including, Tarom, Shafagh, Hybrid, Khazar, Poya, Fajr, Kados, Shiroodi, Sahel, Tabesh, Nemat and Neda) to N. aenescens on the basis...

Blast (Magnaporthe grisea) is the most important disease of rice in Mazandaran province, north of Iran, which causes severe damages annually on susceptible cultivars. Tarom Mahalli is a local aromatic cultivar with high cooking quality and marketability, but very susceptible to blast. To protect this cultivar and similar susceptible cultivars against rice blast, farmers have to use high amounts...

    In order to evaluate the response of Tarom-mahali rice mutant lines to salinity in germination stage, study carried out as factorial experiment in a completely randomized design with three replications. Rice genotypes were includind 33 tarom-mahali mutant lines (M6 generation) and Hassani (tolerance), Tarom-mahali, Tarom Jelodar, Binam and IR29 (sensitive) cultivars. Salinity levels were in...

Salinity is one of the most extensive environmental stresses and is a limiting factor for the growth and development of crops, such as rice. Then, an experiment based upon completely randomized design with four low levels (0, 7.5, 15, 22.5) and four high of salinity (75, 150, 225 and 300 mM) with control as the first factor and nine cultivars of rice (dollars, Hasan Saraii, Mousa Tarom, Kamfiru...