septoria tritici blotch (stb), caused by the ascomycete fungus mycosphaerella graminicola (asexual stage: septoria tritici), is one of the most important foliar diseases of wheat. in this research, quantitative expression analysis of five candidate genes for the induction of resistance to stb (pr-1, bsi, msr, per, and ppi) was conducted in the wheat cultivars ‘seri 82’ (susceptible) and ‘fronta...

in order to investigate the effect of urea, azocompost and cutting on growth characteristics of oregano, a factorial split-plot experiment was conducted based on randomized complete block design with three replications at yazd and mashhad, iran, during 2012-2013 growing season. four urea levels and four azocompost levels (to provide 0, 40, 80 and 120 kg n.ha-1 each) for yazd location )0, 43.5, ...

taro (colocasiaesculental. schott) is a perennial root crop that belongs to araceace family. it is widely cultivated as a staple food in africa, asia and pacific islands. despite its importance, there is limited information on many aspects of the crop. in order to obtain data that can support improved and sustainable taro production, a field trial was conducted to study the effects of corm size...

in order to find the most effective method to overcome seed dormancy in teucrium chamaedrys  l. medicinal plant species the effect of some chemical and physical breaking methods including: cold stratification (5 °c), scarification with sandpaper, stratification with needle, concentrated sulfuric acid, gibberellic acid and combination of these methods were investigated. treated seeds along with ...

to study the effect of drought stress during using organic and chemical fertilizers on morphological, agronomic traits and the essential oil of coriander, a field experiment was conducted as split plot based on randomized complete block design in three replications at agricultural research station, college of agriculture, university of torbat heydarieh, iran during growing season of 2010-2011. ...

one of the most important practices in flue-cured tobacco farming is topping and sucker control at the right time. topping cause's development and root growth, drought tolerance, reduce deployment pests, increased synthesis of nicotine. this study was conducted in randomized complete block design (rcbd) with 10 treatments in 3 replications over two years (2008-2009) at tirtash research and educ...

an experiment was conducted in order to evaluate the effects of se spraying on yield and growth indices of wheat under drought stress condition, in agriculture and natural resource research center of tehran province in 2011-12. a split plot layout within randomized complete block design with three replications were used. main plots were three irrigation treatments (normal irrigation, non-irriga...

to estimate combining ability and the model of gene action for some quantitative characters, 5 different rice genotypes were used for producing a half diallel hybrids. to consider 7 quantitative traits, hybrids and their corresponding parents were evaluated based on a randomized complete block design with three replications at the rice research station of amol, iran in 2007. mean squares regard...

sulfur (s) is an essential macronutrient influencing plant growth, nutrient efficiency, quality and health of agricultural crops. the purpose of this research was to study the effects of s rates and sources on growth and fruit quality of apple (malus domestica l.) trees of ‘golden delicious’ at west azerbaijan, iran. experiment was conducted during four seasons (2003-2007), using a factorial ra...