this experiment was conducted to evaluate the drought tolerance of cultivated (carthamus tinctorius l.) and wild safflower (c. oxyacanthus bieb) populations at research farm of college of agriculture, isfahan university of technology located at lavark-najafabad in 2008. a randomized complete block design with 3 replications was used in each of irrigation levels after 80, 130 and 180 mm evaporat...

the persian wild ass (equushemionusonager) has the smallest population among various wild ass subspecies and has only two isolated populations (500-600 individuals), that has been left in iran. therefore, captive breeding and re-introduction with post-release monitoring is considered a reliable conservation action. the present investigation illustrates efforts to re-introduce the onagers to its...

in order to evaluate the effect of water deficit stress on agronomic and morpho-physiological traits in eight populations of the triticum urartu species an experiment was experiment was conducted using a split plot design based on a randomized complete block design with three replications at research station of faculty of agriculture, tabriz university in 2010-2011. analysis of variance indicat...

Seedless barberry (Berberis vulgaris L. var. asperma) is one of the few crops that is only cultivated in eastern parts of Iran. As a new crop there has not been any study to identify phylogenetic relationships of this plant with other related species existing in Iran. In this study, Amplification fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers based on four selected primer combinations (EcoRI/Tru1I...

USA. Small and isolated populations are inherently more vulnerable to external environmental perturbations and chance fluctuations in local survival and fecundity [termed ‘ENVIRONMENTAL STOCHASTICITY’ and ‘DEMOGRAPHIC STOCHASTICITY’, respectively (see Glossary)]. Are they also threatened by inbreeding and the loss of genetic diversity? With data on the effects of inbreeding in wild populations ...

Different species of gazelles are among the most endangered mammals on the Asian steppes and occur in the central, southern and northwestern regions of Iran. The previous conservation efforts in this region have been incomplete due to confusion about the phylogenetic relationship among various populations. So that, different conservation programs such as ex-situ breeding and transfer of captive...

The wild mint "Mentha longifolia (L.) Hudson subsp. noeana (Briq.) Briq." is an important medicinal plant which contains several worthy components like: menthone, pulegone, pipertenon, menthol, thymol, and carvone in its essential oil. This plant grows extensively in center of Asia including Iran. Because of so worthy components and its big role in traditional and modern medicine, the wild mint...

blackberry diversity is high in iran due to its wild and natural populations especially in south of caspian sea. however it has not been investigated before. the goal of this work was to evaluate some wild populations of black berry in mazandaran province of iran. at first, region and then location of blackberries plants identified and the traits of leaf, stem, spin, flower, fruit quantity and ...