The present study intended to determine the priority areas for nature-based tourism in Isfahan province, Iran. Considering the components in question, this study was applied-developmental in nature and its methodology was descriptive-survey based on a systematic analysis of the potentials utilization, potential assessment and identification of priority areas and their combination. To carry out ...

drought stress is the main limiting factor in the arid and semi-arid region of the world. this research was conducted to evaluate drought tolerance in different accessions of sainfoin for yield, morphological and agronomic traits in 2010. twenty one accessions (landraces and varieties) were evaluated in two environments including drought stress and non-stress conditions for four harvests accord...

in the turfgrass industry, the need for salinity tolerant turfgrasses is increasing because of the increased use of saline and non-potable water. greenhouse container experiments were conducted to determine the relative salinity tolerance and growth responses of eleven native populations of tall fescue (festuca arundinacea schrub) (tf), including: semirom, mashhad, sanandaj, yasuj, yazd abad, d...

Background & Aim: Indigenous knowledge is a part of the unique culture of each country, which has been adapted to the environmental conditions of a particular ecosystem through experience and it has gradually become as a part of the social and productive culture of that community. The purpose of this study was to collect medicinal herbs and treatments associated with gastrointe...

In order to evaluate resistance of sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) powdery mildew, seeds 19 accessions were collected from different parts Iran and sown at 4 locations, i.e. Kheirabad, Khoramabad, Semirom Tabriz, in 2014. Accessions evaluated for mildew severity index (DSI), forage dry matter yield (DM), digestibility (DMD) crude protein (CP) water soluble carbohydrate (WSC) concentrations ove...

The effect of environmental factors on plant vegetation is different. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate role of these factors in medicinal plants growth, development and essential oil. This study was performed to investigate the effect of factors on qualitative and quantitative variations of the essential oil of Verbascum songaricum in its habitats in central Zagros Mountains, Iran in 2012...