in order to study the ecology of the genius microtus schrank, 1798 (mammalia: rodentia) in nwof iran, three regions including salmas, marand, and moghan were selected. the number of active nests of m. socialis and m. aff. socialis (2n=54) were detected during spring and autumn. in this period, detection were made in three blocks of each location (each one 20×50m) with intervals of one week in 2...

BACKGROUND Despite Echinococcus granulosus, there are merely two old reports of E. multilocularis infection among Iranian canids of Moghan Plain, the only area known endemic for the species. We detected specific DNA markers in fecal samples by PCR (Copro-PCR) for differential diagnosis of Echinococcus species in living canids. METHODS Totally 144 fecal samples from domestic dogs, red foxes an...

in order to study the canopy temperature effect on protein and soluble sugar, oil percentage and yield of soybean in different planting dates, an experiment was conducted as factorial based on randomized complete block design with three replications in karaj and moghan areas during 2012-13. the studied treatments were included cultivar (‘williams’ and ‘l17’) and planting date (5th of may, 5th o...

Digestive enzymatic activity in three geographic strains (Miandiab, Kalposh and Moghan regions) of Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) reared on different sugar beet cultivars (Dorothea, Rozier, Persia and Perimer) was studied under laboratory conditions (25 ± 1 °C, 65 ± 5% RH, and a photo period of 16:8 (L:D) h photoperiod). The results of this study demonstrated that digestive...

feldspar grains, as a significant provenance indicator, of two terrigenous formations from central iran, the upper red formation, and moghan area, zivah formation, are used for provenance determination and the study of transportation and depositional history. the upper red formation (urf) is volumetrically the most important siliciclastic unit of the central iran and zivah formation (zf) repres...

Remote Sensing (RS) technology provides regular monitoring of alfalfa farms, as a major source forage production worldwide. Phenological characteristics derived from time series RS imagery provide valuable information to estimate crop yield accurately. In this study, we computed spectral vegetation indices (SVIs) Landsat 8 and PROBA-V images extract temporal farms throughout the growth periods ...

wheat is grown on 6.2 million hectares under different agr-climate conditions in iran. of 6.2 million hectares irrigated wheat, khazar warm humid climate regions (gorgan, mazandaran and moghan) with 350 thousand hectares are the most important wheat growing areas of the country. productive and rich lands, high rainfalls and favorable temperature and light in these regions provide good condition...