in order to study the sensitivity of vegetative growth to water deficit stress of a late-maturing peach (prunus persica l. cv. elberta) under orchard conditions, an experiment was conducted as randomized complete-block design with three treatments and four repetitions in shahdiran commercial orchard in mashhad during 2011. three irrigation treatments including 360 (low stress), 180 (moderate st...

this study was conducted to determine the effects of stomatal size and frequency on stomatal conductance, photosynthesis rate and yield, and to locate the genes controlling these traits. therefore, substitution lines series of ‘timstein’ (tim) into genetic background of ‘chinese spring’ (cs) were tested in a completely randomized block design with three replications under two normal and water s...

background: experiencing infertility is a crisis in couples' life, affecting all aspects of their life. in addition to stresses of infertility problems, going through treatment is also associated with physical, psychological, social and economic stress. therefore, identifying social factors especially social support related to stress of infertility treatments seems necessary. this study investi...

in india, a survey indicates the prevalence of 30 times increase in hypertension among urban dwellers, compared with 10 times in rural inhabitants. 1 urbanization together with a change in life style, diet, and job stress, has been attributed in causing hypertension.stress can cause hypertension by elevating the blood pressure (bp) and by stimulating the nervous system leading to the production...

introduction: prenatal stress has deleterious effects on the development of the brain and is associated with behavioral and psychosocial problems in childhood and adulthood. this study aimed to determine the protective effect of l-arginine on fetal brain under maternal stress. methods: twenty pregnant wistar rats (weighting 200-230 g) were randomly divided into 4 groups (n=5 for each group). th...

one of the possible ways to ensure future food needs of an increasing world population involves the better water use through the development of crop varieties which need less water and are more tolerant to drought. in order to study the response of twenty landraces of bread wheat to drought stress, an experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design with three replications under t...

salinity and drought stress are among the common environmental factors which adversely affect germination and growth of plants. this experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of salinity and drought stress on turnip seed germination and early growth in seed lab of college of agriculture, university of tehran, during 2010. the experimental design was a complete randomized block with three...

background: the aim of this study was to verify a path model of job stress using thai-jcq. methods: the population of this cross-sectional study was 800 immigrant employees in the central region of thailand in 2015 by stratified random sampling. instruments used both the applied and standard questionnaires. job stress was measured using thai-jcq dealt with psychosocial work factors. a path mode...