Direct seeding is a common large-scale restoration practice for revegetating arid and semi-arid lands, but success can be limited by moisture and temperature. Seed coating technologies that use biochar may have the potential to overcome moisture and temperature limitations on native plant germination and growth. Biochar is a popular agronomic tool for improving soil properties, such as water av...

Mechanization and simplification are inevitable trends in agriculture production to decrease input demands and simultaneously improve resource use efficiency. Dry direct-seeded rice is a resource-saving cropping system and has been considered as a replacement for traditional transplanted rice. However, the poor establishment of dry direct-seeded early rice, primarily induced by chilling stress,...

this study aimed at determining the effect of domestic synthesized polymer on germination and growth of sugar beet seedling in laboratory, greenhouse, and field. the study was conducted based on randomized complete block design with four replications at sugar beet seed institute, karaj, iran in 2010-2012. the treatments were uncoated (control) and coated seed with foreign polymer, and also seve...

sunflower (helianthus annus l.) is the most important between oil plants in iran. the objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of micronutrients application on the sunflower yield under drought stress. this experiment was carried out at golmakan agriculture research station (iran) in 2005 that using a split plot randomized complete block design with four replications. irrigation was ...

some research indicates that n2 fixation in soybean cannot provide adequate nitrogen for proper yield. therefore, the effect of nitrogen and bradyrhizobium japonicum bacteria on some agronomic characteristics and quality of soybean cultivars was examined based on split plot in a randomized complete blocks design with three replications in 2012 at kerman township. treatments including control (w...

introduction: essential oils are used as flavoring agents in various foods. layer-by-layer (lbl) technique is a method in which the material is dipped into a series of different solutions containing oppositely charged polyelectrolytes. the aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a multilayered edible coating with an antimicrobial compound (lemon and peppermint) in enhancing the...

The root-knot nematodes Meloidogyne incognita poses a serious threat to horticultural food and plantation crops. One of the effective efficient measures overcome this nematode is using bacteria as biological control agent. This study aimed test effectiveness Bacillus subtilis grown on media with additional micronutrients agent for M. incognita. was carried out by growing in 100 mL nutrient brot...