The objective of the present study is to investigate the impact of spraying boric acid on vegetative and reproductive growth of ‘Camarosa’ strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.). The strawberry plants were sprayed with Boric acid at 0 (control), 50 and 100 mg L-1 at 30 days after planting. In general, results indicated that spraying plants with boric acid had a significant effect on yield, frui...

Human life history contains a series of paradoxes not easily explained by classical life history theory. Although overall reproductive output is higher than in related primates, juvenile growth is slower and age-specific reproductive rates decline faster with age. A simple energetic model would predict that growth and reproductive rates should be positively correlated and that reproductive effo...

Synchronous populations of the chlorococcal alga Scenedesmus quadricauda were subjected to various irradiances, photoperiods, heterotrophic growth and chloramphenicol treatment in order to induce different cell cycle patterns. The courses of cellular and nuclear division, and of commitments to them, were followed to measure duration of growth and reproductive steps and to analyze their mutual i...

Many biological and physiological events, including growth, development, metabolism of reproductive non-reproductive tissues in men women, are regulated by estrogens estrogen receptors (ERs) [...]

objective: in this study we investigated the effects of spearmint (mentha spicata labiatae) on the reproductive system, fertility and number of offspring in adult male rats. materials and methods: adult wistar male rats in one control (c) and three experimental groups (i, ii and iii) received 0, 10, 20 and 40 mg/kg spearmint extract orally for 45 days, respectively.  following this treatment, t...

In the sub-tropics, water and nitrogen are the most important factors limiting the grain yield of maize. The effect of nitrogen (N) rates and drought stress at different growth stages of maize were investigated. Nitrogen treatments consisted of 100, 150, and 200  kgN.ha-1 from the urea source while water stress treatments were composed of irrigation-off since the early 10-leaf stage to emergenc...

In other to study the effects of salicylic acid on reproductive characters of ‘Elberta’ Peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) tree, an experiment was carried out based on randomized complete blocks design with four replications in commercial orchard, Kerman, Iran. The application of three concentrations of salicylic acid 0 (control), 1and 2 mM at swollen bud stage were used. Results showed that appl...

the survival, growth, reproductive and life span characteristics of phallocryptus spinosa were studied at different temperatures in the laboratory. three replicates of 200 newly hatched nauplii were transferred to culture containers at 15, 20, 25 and 30˚c. the larvae were fed with unicellular algae dunaliella tertiolecta and chemically treated yeast known as lansy pz. survival and growth rate o...