phytoplasmal big bud is one of the important diseases of tomato (lycopersicon esculentum) in the world. the disease has been reported from iranian provinces of bushehr, isfahan, fars, khorasane razavi and ardabil. during a summer surrvey in 2010, symptoms of big bud disease was observed in tomato fields of dorood area in lorestan province. characteristic symptoms of the disease were small thick...

In 2003, I published a paper in this journal arguing for the consideration of a regulated market model (RMM) for tobacco, a mechanism by which the mass marketing, but not manufacture, of tobacco products would be taken out of the hands of forprofit companies and given to an agency with a harm reduction charter. This agency would determine what was sold and under what conditions, and retailers w...

background: training medical students in tobacco prevention and cessation skills is critical to have competent physicians who are prepared to address the grave levels of morbidity and mortality associated with tobacco use. medical students should possess adequate knowledge of the risks of tobacco use and acquire appropriate skills for helping their patients in smoking prevention and cessation. ...

in order to study the effect of methanol on growth and yield of virginia tobacco varieties cocker 347, an experiment was carried out through a factorial experiment in randomized complete block design with 4 replications and 18 treatments. first treatment was spraying time which includes 3 levels, sprayed in the morning (8-10 hours) and noon (12-14 hours) and evening (17-19 hours) and the second...

background: we aimed to assess the prevalence of type-2 diabetes in rural pondicherry and to study the determinants of diabetes mellitus (dm) in the rural population of pondicherry, south induia. methods: it was a cross-sectional community-based study conducted from november 2010 to january 2012 in two of the field practice villages affiliated to a medical college in pondicherry. sample size wa...