Cooling method was proposed to maintain the sperm quality for several days. Nevertheless, during this procedure, sperm is encountered to “cold shock”, and its quality decreases time-dependently. This study was designed to improve the in vitro sperm preservation methods. Thirty normal semen samples were examined in Shiraz, Iran, 2017. Fifteen samples were incubated at 22-27 °C and 15 samples wer...

abstract the aphid parasitoids, aphidius colemnai viereck and a. matricariae (haliday) (hymenoptera: braconidae: aphidiinae) have high potential as the most effective biological control agents for controlling the cotton aphis aphis gossypii glover (hemiptera: aphididae). in this investigation, the effect of five constant temperatures (10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 °c) on the reproductive parameters was...