22 articles in this issue
Abbas M. JASIM,Muayed F. ABBAS,Hussein J. SHAREEF
The effectiveness of exogenous application of calcium in ameliorating the adverse effects of salt stress (15.9 dS m-1) on date palm offshoots (Phoenix dactylifera L. cultivars of Berhi and Sayer) was investigated. Ca-fertilisers Polixal and Rexene were ap... see more
Maryam ZAHEDIFAR,Sadegh ZOHRABI
Effect of seed-priming with potassium (K) sources (K-nano-chelate, KNC, and sulfate (0, 2 and 4 %)) under drought stress (DS) conditions (0, -0.3, -0.6, -0.9, -1.2 and -1.5 MPa water potential) on the corn seedling traits was studied. Drought stress decre... see more
Samaneh ZIBADOOST,Mina RASTGOU
During field surveys in 2013 and 2014, about 14 weed plants showing phytoplasma diseases symptoms including yellowing and witches’broom were collected and tested by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using universal primers for 16SrRNA starting by primer pai... see more
Salim LEBBAL,Malik LAAMARI
Citrus fruits represent one of the most important fruit productions worldwide. However, they suffer from a numerous constraints. Aphids are among the causes of the decline in the production of citrus. In this study, the diversity of citrus aphids and thei... see more
Amir FOROUTAN NIA,Hassanali NAGHDI BADI,Ali MEHRAFARIN,Sanaz BAHMAN,Mehdi SEIF SAHANDI
Plant biostimulants can stimulate the increase of growth, metabolism and the biosynthesis of metabolites in plants. This study investigated the changes of rosemary essential oil and its components composition under use of biostimulants for the possible re... see more
Kazem GHASSEMI-GOLEZANI,Morad MOHAMMADI,Saeid ZEHTAB-SALMASI
Seed development and vigor may be influenced by environmental stresses such as water deficit. Thus, this research was carried out to evaluate the effects of different irrigation treatments and harvest times on seed vigor of four spring safflower cultivars... see more
Amin SHARIFIFAR,Hadi GHORBANI,Fereydoon SARMADIAN
In this study appraisal of four different agricultural land evaluation methods including the so-called Storie method, square root method, maximum limitation method and fuzzy sets method, was done. The study was performed in Bastam region, located in Semna... see more
Y. NOROUZI,G. R. MOHAMMADI,I. NOSRATTI
Intensive usage of herbicides can result in the serious negative impacts on environment. Allelopathy by reducing seed germination and early seedling growth can play a fundamental role in suppressing weeds in crop fields. The effectiveness of allelochemica... see more
Ana SLATNAR,Maja MIKULIC-PETKOVŠEK,Robert VEBERIC,Franci ŠTAMPAR
Phenolic compounds are not directly involved in the primary metabolism of plants but possess a number of important roles: (1) serving as attractants for pollinators and various animals, involved in the transfer of seeds, (2) plant protection from herbivor... see more
Kristina LEDL,Zlata LUTHAR
Since the first pathogen antigen was expressed in transgenic plants with the aim of producing edible vaccine in early 1990s, transgenic plants have become a well-established expression system for production of alternative vaccines against various human an... see more
Simon OGRAJŠEK,Darja KOCJAN ACKO,Damijana KASTELEC
Garden poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) is a traditional crop that had already been cultivated in Slovenia in the past for the production of seed and oil. During its re-introduction in present time, numerous agro-technical dilemmas have been raised for the p... see more
Tjaša POGACAR,Ajda VALHER,Mateja ZALAR,Zalika CREPINŠEK,Lucka KAJFEŽ-BOGATAJ
Climate factors that are proposed to determine agriculturally less favoured areas (LFA) in Slovenia were analyzed for the period 1981–2010. Following the instructions of European Commission prepared by Joint Research Centre (JRC) 30-years averages of low ... see more
Petra TERPINC,Helena ABRAMOVIC
The work includes a comprehensive study of phenolic compounds, their occurrence and identification in the residues after pressing of the oil from camelina seeds of Slovenian origin, i.e. oilcake. In addition, the efficiencies of antioxidant determinations... see more
Ahmad Reza GOLPARVAR,Amin HADIPANAH,Mohammad Mehdi GHEISARI,Reza KHALILIAZAR
Dracocephalum moldavica L. and Dracocephalum kotschyi Boiss. are aromatic plants belonging to Lamiaceae family. The aim of this study was to identify the chemical components of D. kotschyi and D. moldavica from Iran. The aerial parts of D. kotschyi were c... see more
Ghader HABIBI
Low temperature is one of the major adverse climatic factors that suppress plant growth and sustainable agricultural development. In these climate conditions, silicon (Si) can mitigate various abiotic stresses including low temperature. In this study, the... see more
Elnaz NOUROZI,Bahman HOSSEINI,Abbas HASSANI
Agrobacterium rhizogenes is known as a natural tool of genetic engineering in many plant species. For the first time, hairy root induction in Agastache foeniculum using A. rhizogenes, rosmarinic acid content and the effect of different culture media and i... see more
Helena BAŠA CESNIK,Klemen LISJAK
The volatile phenolics, 4-ethylphenol, 4-vinylphenol, 4-ethylguaiacol and 4-vinylguaiacol were quantified in Teran PTP wines that were produced in the Kras winegrowing district. The compounds were determined by using gas chromatography coupled with mass s... see more
Soghra HOSSEINIAN,Mohammadreza KHALEDIAN,Mohammad Hassan BIGLOUEI,Parisa SHAHINROKHSAR
This study was done in a strawberry greenhouse to examine the technical and the economical evaluation of two drip irrigation systems including the tape and the drip line in the northern part of Iran. The result showed that all of the technical indices wit... see more
Nastran HAMIDI,Hamid MOHAMMADI,Lamia VOJOUDI,Amirreza SADEGHI
Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L.) is a medicinal plant recently under common cultivation in Iran. The seeds and its products are used in the treatment of some diseases. Due to the lack of information about the intra-row spacing and nutritional demands of the pl... see more
Ahad MOTALLEBI
The effect of microwave's radiation on seed viability of three different oilseed crops, spores of Aspergillus niger and quality of extracted oil from treated seeds over various exposure times was evaluated. The seeds were exposed to 2450 MHz. at five diff... see more
Seyed Hamid MUSTAFAVI,Fariborz SHEKARI,Hamid Hatami MALEKI
The objective of this study was to determine the effects of foliar application of polyamines (PAs) on antioxidant defence and essential oil production of valerian (Valeriana officinalis L.) grown under different drought stress treatments (100, 70, 50 and ... see more
Jaka RAZINGER,Špela MODIC,Annette HERZ,Gregor UREK
European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) (ECB) is an important maize pest in central and northern Europe. Presently it is controlled by insecticides or biological agents such as Trichogramma brassicae in several European countries, excluding Slovenia, whe... see more