the inhibitory activities of aqueous and solvent extracts of twelve selected medicinal plants were evaluated against biosynthesis of aflatoxin b1 (afb1) by aspergillus flavus. the a. flavus was isolated from maize, and aflatoxin b1 biosynthesis was confirmed by comparison with standard afb1 using tlc method. in vivo antiaflatoxigenic efficacies of activity guided solvent extracts were determine...

because of the establishment of a sewage treatment plant in the city of isfahan in recent years, a study was undertaken to investigate the effect of this system in reducing the high prevalence of helminthiases. samples obtained from various parts of the plant and at different stages of processing were examined and it was found that the eggs of ascaris, trichostrongylus spp. and trichuris are fo...

in the present study, the effect of two species of amf, glomus mosseae and glomus intraradices, alone and in combination, was evaluated on the growth criteria, chlorophyll content, and root rot disease caused by fusarium solani f. sp. pisi, on chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) under greenhouse conditions. chickpea seeds were sown into pots containing 100 g of amf inoculum (more than 1,000 propagule...

to estimate population density of the cabbage aphid, brevicoryne brassicae (l.), a stratified random sampling was conducted in two unsprayed canola fields in isfahan (central iran) during 2011-2012. population density was determined for apterous, and alates, as well as the total population, at two plant growth phases (pgp1: from plant emergence to the end of rosette, and pgp2: from the beginnin...