Aims: It is acknowledged that many essential oils isolated from various plants can exert toxic activity against insect species. In the present study, the essential oil from aerial parts of Agastache foeniculum (Pursh) Kuntze (Lamiaceae) evaluated for its larvicidal and physiologi...
Aims: ZmMPK6-1 and ZmMPK6-2 are two genes resulting from segmental duplication in the maize genome. To investigate whether ZmMPK6-1 and ZmMPK6-2 had different expression or functions, we designed and conducted this experiment. Methodology: Adult plants and 10-day-old seedlings of...
It is considered that agrobiodiversity as a vital component for human food security is increasingly eroding and so making more attention to this section of biodiversity is necessary. This study was conducted in a protected area located in Kermanshah, Iran, in order to infer biodi...
World agriculture is facing a lot of challenges like producing 70% more food for an additional 2.3 billion people by 2050. However, the productivity of crops is not increasing in parallel with the food demand. The lower productivity is attributable to various abiotic stresses, of...
Aims: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of irrigation intervals, potassium and zinc fertilizers treatments on fenugreek, Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was conducted in Agriculture and Natural Resources Research Center of Khorasan-e-Razavi, Mashhad, Ira...
The main aim of this review is to provide an overview of the foliar fertilization studies in Bulgaria, comparing them with current research trends and to indicate future benefits of foliar nutrient spray investigations and their importance for agronomic science and practice. The...
Aims: The present study was aimed at assessing the bioactivity of the HPLC fractions and peaks from egg-pod materials of the crowd-reared desert locust Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål) (Orthoptera: Acrididae) that elicited gregarious behaviour in the first-instar hatchlings derive...
A study was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary inclusion of ground pits of date palm (DP) (Phoenix dactylifera) supplementing with a commercial probiotic mixture (Yeasture®) on the performance, egg quality characteristics, blood parameters, and excreta pH of laying hens...
Aims: Preliminary observations showed that 75 ìM PD98059 had a long-term effect on growth of maize seedlings. To verify and systemically analyze the effects of 75 ìM PD98059 on growth of maize seedlings, we designed and conducted this experiment. Methodology: We recorded and anal...
Aims: Vitis vinifera is a grape species and native to the Mediterranean region and east to northern Iran. The present research was carried out in greenhouse conditions to study the effects of four concentrations of indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) (0; 2000; 4000; and 6000 mg/l) and th...