18 articles in this issue
Kazem GHASSEMI-GOLEZANI,Afsaneh CHADORDOOZ-JEDDI,Saeid ZEHTAB-SALMASI
A sub-sample of lentil (Lens culinaris ‘Kimia’) seeds was kept as bulk (S1) and another sample was separated to large (S2) and small (S3) seeds. A sub-sample of each size was kept as control or high vigor seed lot (A1) and the two other sub-samples were a... see more
Roghieh HAJIBOLAND,Noushin SADEGHZADEH,Behzad SADEGHZADEH
Effect of Se (as Na2SeO4 at final concentration of 10 µg l-1) was studied in two durum wheat (Triticum durum L.) genotypes in perlite under drought conditions. Se treatment increased slightly biomass of both genotypes under drought but not under control c... see more
Narjes ZARE,Mohammadreza KHALEDIAN,Nader PIRMORADIAN,Mojtaba REZAEI
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Móslem SAMI,Mohammad Javad SHIEKHDAVOODI,Morteza ALMASSI
In this study, the net balance of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission and energy of wheat and maize production systems in two farms in Khuzestan province of Iran was assessed. The results showed that totally wheat farming is more efficient than maize farming in... see more
Barbara CENCUR CURK
A research field site (RFS) was established at Sinji Vrh in the western part of Slovenia in order to study flow and solute (particularly pollutant) transport in fractured and karstified rocks, with a focus on the unsaturated zone. RFS consists of surface ... see more
Hassen ALOUI,Maher SOUGUIR,Chérif HANNACHI
Seed priming is a simple pre-germination method to improve seed performance and to attenuate the effects of stress exposure. The objective of this study was to determinate an optimal priming protocol for three pepper cultivars (Capsicum annuum L.): ‘Beldi... see more
M. SAADATIAN,Gh. PEYVAST,J.A. OLFATI,P. RAMEZANI-KHARAZ
Basil is a very important medicinal plant and culinary spice, and is marketed fresh, dried or frozen. In crop nutrition, nitrogen is essential for plant growth and as a macro-element, is part of the proteins’ structure and participates in the metabolic pr... see more
Karmen KETIŠ,Klemen ELER,Andrej UDOVC,Franc BATIC
Grassland habitats were studied on twenty farms on the area of the Radlje ob Dravi administration unit, in the transect from Kozjak to Pohorje at different altitudes. The aim of the study was to investigate how environmental and socio-economic param... see more
Lena TAJNŠEK,Marjan SIMCIC,Anton TAJNŠEK
The current study has been conceived to draw attention to the factors that should be avoided in the production of cereal grains (such as high doses of nitrogen) by analysing differences in cereal grain contamination with mycotoxins DON (deoxynivalenol) an... see more
Mateja VONCINA,Dea BARICEVIC,Miran BRVAR
Many wild plants around us have beneficial effects on our body and can be used as food. People are more and more interested in the medicinal plants. Many of them began gathering and preparing plants for the relief of symptoms of diseases or as a food diet... see more
Manca KNAP,Marijan NECEMER,Peter KUMP,Klemen POTOCNIK,Rajko VIDRIH
The present study aims to compare mineral composition of fruits, herbs and vegetables grown conventionally and according to organic practice. Fruits, herbs and vegetables have been identified as leading dietary source of antioxidants, vitamins and mineral... see more
Manca KNAP,Nives OGRINC,Klemen POTOCNIK,Rajko VIDRIH
The demand for organically produced food is increasing. There is widespread belief that organic food is substantially healthier and safer than conventional food. According to literature organic food is free of phytopharmaceutical residues, contain less ni... see more
Houshang NOSRATI
Studies on the parental role on progeny performance have mostly focused on the maternal parent, while less attention was given to the paternal parent. This study investigated the impact of paternal pollen sterility (ranging from 3.1 – to 77.2%) on F1 seed... see more
Ali PAKDIN PARIZI,Mohammad FARSI,Ghorban-Ali NEMATZADEH,Amin MIRSHAMSI
Transformed hairy root cultures of Valeriana officinalis were established by infection with Agrobacterium rhizogenes strain ATCC 15834. To determine the effect of different media on the growth of V. officinalis hairy roots, MS, B5 media (1.0X and 0.5X str... see more
Ludvik ROZMAN
The aim of the study was to determine the effect of gamma radiation on barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) seed germination and changes of seed viability associated with aging. The seed samples of the variety 'Astor' were irradiated at the Jožef Štefan Institute,... see more
Janja LAMOVŠEK,Igor ZIDARIC,Irena MAVRIC PLEŠKO,Gregor UREK,Stanislav TRDAN
Agrobacterium vitis causes common grape vine (Vitis vinifera L.) crown gall disease that destroyed a lot of Slovenian vineyards more than a decade ago. Eighty isolates of Agrobacterium spp. collected during monitoring in 2006 were identified as A. vitis a... see more
Tanja BOHINC,Stanislav TRDAN
Spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) is an economically important insect pest, which causes damage on cultivated and wild-growing fruit plants. The pest, which is placed in A2 EPPO list, occurred in Slovenia since 2010 and it is spreading progress... see more
Ana BARBIC
The article in the first part describes beginnings and development of rural sociological research and teaching rural sociology at the universities in Slovenia. In the second part, a working model of integrated approach towards rural development is present... see more