H. Iravani; H.Sh. Fami; M. Sadatzade
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According to the dependence of Iran's economy on oil revenues, medicinal and aromatic plants could play an important role in domestic economy in addition to the great influence on non-oil exports. One of the mechanisms for production of such plants is development of their processing. Given the importance ...
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According to the dependence of Iran's economy on oil revenues, medicinal and aromatic plants could play an important role in domestic economy in addition to the great influence on non-oil exports. One of the mechanisms for production of such plants is development of their processing. Given the importance of this issue, the current study was performed to investigate the role of processing in development of cultivation of aromatic plants in Kashan. In general, this was a survey research in which data were collected by questionnaires and its validity was examined by Cronbach's alpha (higher than 0.7). The statistical population was growers of aromatic plants of which 250 persons were selected randomly. Data analysis was performed by descriptive and inferential statistics such as frequency, mean, coefficient of variation, and finally Mann-Whitney and T tes. The results showed that satisfaction of income resulted from aromatic plants and economic incentives were higher in the group of processors than that of the group of flower growers. It also became clear that processors allocated a higher percentage of the total land to cultivation of aromatic plants with more satisfaction from this job and more willing to continue in future.
Z. Rafiei-Karahroodi; S. Moharramipour; H. Farazmand; J. Karimzadeh-Esfahani
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Oviposition deterrency and ovicidal activity of 18 medicinal plant essential oils were investigated on the Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella Hübner. To determine oviposition deterrency of the oils, one pair of the moth was exposed to different concentrations of the oils for four days and the ...
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Oviposition deterrency and ovicidal activity of 18 medicinal plant essential oils were investigated on the Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella Hübner. To determine oviposition deterrency of the oils, one pair of the moth was exposed to different concentrations of the oils for four days and the number of deposited eggs was counted. Also, one-day-old eggs were exposure to three concentrations of the oil at 3, 12 and 24 µl essential oil/l air. Percentage of egg hatching was recorded after 96 hours. The results showed that all essential oils had properties of oviposition deterrency. Fourteen plant essential oils tested such as Cinnamomum zelanicum Bl. caused more than 80% deterrency, and they were not significantly different. However, the lowest deterrency was recorded for essential oils of Rosmarinus officinalis L., Anethum graveolens L., Artemisia dracunculus L. and Achillea millefolium L. with about 28.33, 32.50, 36.18 and 55.00%, respectively. Essential oils of Ziziphora clinopodioides Lam. and C. zelanicum had the highest ovicidal activity on the Indian meal moth. Also, with increase of essential oil concentration ovicidal activity was increased. These findings indicated the high capability of Z. clinopodioides and C. zelanicum oviposition deterrency as well as ovicidal activity. Therefore, they could be suitable components for management of the Indian meal moth in storages.
A. Akbarzadeh; K. Jaimand; A. Hemmati; B. Khanjani shiraz
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The present study was carried out to collect, identify and determine medical plants dispersion in the Gilan province during 2001-2006. This study was carried out to identify tree and shrub species and herbaceous plants in the Gilan. For thes purpose at first the floristic list of Gilan was prepared, ...
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The present study was carried out to collect, identify and determine medical plants dispersion in the Gilan province during 2001-2006. This study was carried out to identify tree and shrub species and herbaceous plants in the Gilan. For thes purpose at first the floristic list of Gilan was prepared, then lirerature review of the plants parameters were used for indemnification of the plants. In this study, 342 species, 229 genuses belonging to 95 familities were distinguished. These results showed 24 species belonged to Rosaceae, 23 species to Labiatae, 19 species to Compositae and the others belonged to other plant families.
A. Dadkhah
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This experiment was conducted in germinator in order to study the effects of water potential on seed germination, germination rate and seedlings growth of four medicinal plants as Trigonella foeaum-graecum L., Sesamum indicum L., Cannabis sativa L. and Carum copticum (L.) C. B. Clarke. Four water potential ...
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This experiment was conducted in germinator in order to study the effects of water potential on seed germination, germination rate and seedlings growth of four medicinal plants as Trigonella foeaum-graecum L., Sesamum indicum L., Cannabis sativa L. and Carum copticum (L.) C. B. Clarke. Four water potential were used including distilled water as control (0), -0.37, -0.59 and -0.81 Mpa which has been made by different salts (NaCl, CaCl2 and NaCl+CaCl2 in 5 to 1 molar ratio). The experiment was carried out based on completely randomized design with six replications. Results of variance analysis showed that effects of water potential, type of salt composition on germination percentage, rate of germination, root and shoot length were significant. With decreasing water potential, germination rate and percentage decreased. Of cource plants had different responses such as Sesamum indicum was not affected by decreasing water potential where as other significantly were decreased. The effect of salt composition was significant on rate and percentage of germination. The percentage of germination at lower water potential which was made by NaCl+CaCl2 significantly was higher than the same water potential made by only NaCl and CaCl2.
M.H. Lebaschy; E. Sharifi Ashoorabadi; M. Bakhtiary
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The extensive waste dry lands of Iran, shows necessity of selection and cultivation of tolerant and suite plants for more production, cover green and erosion inhibition under dry farming system. Effects of plant density on seed yield and yield components of Foeniculum vulgare Mill. Had been studied under ...
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The extensive waste dry lands of Iran, shows necessity of selection and cultivation of tolerant and suite plants for more production, cover green and erosion inhibition under dry farming system. Effects of plant density on seed yield and yield components of Foeniculum vulgare Mill. Had been studied under Damavand dry farming in 2003-2007. This experiment was conducted under RCBD with using 3 plants densities and 4 replications. The results showed significant differences among the densities treatments in dry matter, seed yield, plant height, seed weight per plant and 1000 kernel weight in the third year. The Fennel yield's of dry matter in the first, second and third year of experiment were 1229, 779 and 2079 kg ha-1 and seed yield reached to 611, 280 and 712 kg ha-1, respectively. Finally Foeniculum vulgare could be considered as a tolerant and adaptable medicinal plant under dry land of Damavand and similar cold regions.
F. Hooshidari
Volume 25, Issue 1 , May 2009, , Pages 92-103
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With regard to importance of medicinal plants, this study has carried out in Kurdistan province in 1998-2001 for identification of medicinal plants of this province. There were various stages contained collection of rural and locale information about medicinal plants, field and in situ investigations ...
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With regard to importance of medicinal plants, this study has carried out in Kurdistan province in 1998-2001 for identification of medicinal plants of this province. There were various stages contained collection of rural and locale information about medicinal plants, field and in situ investigations and collection of herbal samples and identification of them. According to results, 144 medicinal plants species were identified that 59 species of them were new in comparison with previous references. The most numbers of medicinal plants were belong to the families of Compositae, Umbelliferae, Papilionaceae, Rosaceae, Labiatae, Cruciferae, Solanaceae, Ranunculaceae, Alliaceae, Malvaceae, Liliacea with 18, 16, 11, 10, 8, 6, 4, 4, 3, 3 and 3 species, respectively. In addition Anacardiaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Chenopodiacea, Linaceae, Orchidaceae, Tamaricaceae, Polygonaceae, Moraceae, and Papaveraceae families allocated 2 species and the other families included one species.
S.A. Hossaini; Gh. Abarsaji; S.A. Hossaini (Habib)
Volume 24, Issue 4 , February 2009, , Pages 472-498
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Collection and identification of medicinal plants have been carried out since 2001 for five years in Golestan Province. Results showed tthere are 409 species of medicinal plants related to 95 families. Among them 45 species have traditional usage in the province. The medicinal plants of Golestan province ...
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Collection and identification of medicinal plants have been carried out since 2001 for five years in Golestan Province. Results showed tthere are 409 species of medicinal plants related to 95 families. Among them 45 species have traditional usage in the province. The medicinal plants of Golestan province in basses life forms including: 83 tree and shrub species, 189 perennial herbs species and 137 biennial and annual species. Study of distribution of medicinal plants in the Golestan province showed that 156 species in the forest, 98 species in the rangeland, 47 species in the agricultural lands and roads margin and 108 species are to form common in three lands.
M. Najafpour Navaei; M. Golipour; E. Parsa
Volume 24, Issue 2 , August 2008, , Pages 198-206
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Agrimonia eupatoria L. is a perennial plant that has been distributed in Iran. Its effective components are used to cure some diseases such as hepatitis, control bleeding sedative, and balance especially in women menstrual. The purpose of this investigation was finding the best time and the normal distances ...
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Agrimonia eupatoria L. is a perennial plant that has been distributed in Iran. Its effective components are used to cure some diseases such as hepatitis, control bleeding sedative, and balance especially in women menstrual. The purpose of this investigation was finding the best time and the normal distances in cultivation on seed yield. Three stand density as 30, 40, 50cm (4, 6.2 and 9.2 per m-2) and four planting dates were based on factorial design with three replications, in research institute of forest and rangelands. Results showed 4/m-2 had significant differences on seed yield.
S.H. Hejazian; M.H. Dashti; A. Salami
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One of the important objectives of biological investigations is to find substances which are involved in relieving pain. In this regard, application of medicinal herb are very useful. Carum copticum (L.) C. B. Clarke from Umbelliferae family has been introduced as an analgesic agent in Iranian traditional ...
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One of the important objectives of biological investigations is to find substances which are involved in relieving pain. In this regard, application of medicinal herb are very useful. Carum copticum (L.) C. B. Clarke from Umbelliferae family has been introduced as an analgesic agent in Iranian traditional literature and it is widely used to relieve neuropathic pain and headache. In the present study we conducted to investigate the analgesic effect of Carum copticum fruit on formalin induced pain as compared with morphine. In this study formalin test was used as a standard pain inducing test and the analgesic effect of intra peritoneal injection of 400mg/kg of Carum copticum extract were compared with different concentrations of morphine (1&2mg/kg). The findings show that Carum copticum has no effect on early response of pain but its effect on late phase of formalin test in chronic response of pain is significant (P=0.01). This effect was the same as 1mg/kg of morphine sulfate. According to our finding Carum copticum extract significantly reduced pain sensation in inflammatory phase of formalin test. This may be due to its essential oil which has been reported to have an analgesic and inflammatory effect.
R. Kalvandi; K. Safikhani; Gh. Najafi; P. Babakhanlo
Volume 23, Issue 3 , November 2007, , Pages 350-374
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Collection and Determination of Medicinal Plants in Hamedan province have been carried out since 1995 for five years in the center of national resources and animal affairs of Hamedan province. Medicinal plants of different regions were collected by using field study and information of experienced people ...
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Collection and Determination of Medicinal Plants in Hamedan province have been carried out since 1995 for five years in the center of national resources and animal affairs of Hamedan province. Medicinal plants of different regions were collected by using field study and information of experienced people traditional medicine. Some informations including scientific name, family name, Persian name, local name, botany specifications, distribution area in the province, herbarium number, habitat, the height from sea level, utilized organ, manner of usage, liables to use in traditional and local medicine, and chemical composition in species, etc. were recorded for each medicinal plant. By the end of project, totally 6000 herbaceous species were collected from different regions of the province, which 315 medicinal plants were identified and related to 71 families and 209 genus. These numbers included species which were self-grown (wild) in natural resource boards of province and 159 species have traditional usage in the province and 156 species are out of traditional and indigenous use but they are called medicinal plants in drug resources.
A. Zarezadeh; S.M. Mirvakili; M.R. Arabzadeh
Volume 23, Issue 2 , August 2007, , Pages 204-217
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This Study had been performed from 1993-2005 in Yazd medicinal plants research institute to introduce the methods of cultivating, protecting, gathering , compatibllity and producing of medicinal plants. The seeds and seedlings were taken from natural resources and other provinces cultivated species. ...
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This Study had been performed from 1993-2005 in Yazd medicinal plants research institute to introduce the methods of cultivating, protecting, gathering , compatibllity and producing of medicinal plants. The seeds and seedlings were taken from natural resources and other provinces cultivated species. They were planted in different seasons directly and indirectly. Phenology and compatibility of species with climatic conditions of Yazd medicinal plants research station were investigated. The results showed that 138 species out of 206 species were compatible with that climatic conditions in the station 46 species were relatively compatible. 4 species were in compatible and 18 species did not germinate. In addition plant pests, diseases and weeds have been identified as far as possible.
M. Heidari Rikan; L. Malekmoohamadi
Volume 23, Issue 2 , August 2007, , Pages 234-250
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Ghasemloo valley is one of the most interesting fields in west. of Iran. Ghasemloo Reserve covers an area of about 577 hectares situated in the south of Uromieh. This site is visited by many people as a natural park. Enduring two years the medicinal plants collected and after provided as a herbarium ...
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Ghasemloo valley is one of the most interesting fields in west. of Iran. Ghasemloo Reserve covers an area of about 577 hectares situated in the south of Uromieh. This site is visited by many people as a natural park. Enduring two years the medicinal plants collected and after provided as a herbarium specimen. Specimens were recognized in 51 family, 141 genus and 180 species. The largest families are Asteraceae with, Fabaceae 19, Lamiaceae 16, Rosaceae 15, Brassicaceae 11 and Apiaceae 7 species. Hemicryptophytes (47.22%), Therophytes (23.33%), phanerophytes (15.55%), Cryptophytes (7.2%) and Chamaephytes (6.66%) are the most important life forms of reserve. This site due to especial scenery and medicinal plants can be used as an educational, recreational and ecotourism place.
T. Dadgar; E. Ghaemi; M. Asmar; M. Mazandarani; M. Bazueri
Volume 23, Issue 1 , May 2007, , Pages 73-85
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Staphylococcu aureus is an important cause of community and hospital acquired infections. Infections caused by methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) are mainly nosocomial and are increasing in all around the world. Many attempts have been made by the researchers to find new compounds as ...
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Staphylococcu aureus is an important cause of community and hospital acquired infections. Infections caused by methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) are mainly nosocomial and are increasing in all around the world. Many attempts have been made by the researchers to find new compounds as an appropriate substitute for these antibiotics. In this study antimicrobial activities of aqueous and boilling extracts of 6 medicinal plants species collected from Golestan province on clinical and standard strains of MRSA and MSSA were assessed by disc diffusion method. Each test was repeated 3 times and mean inhibition zone was recorded. The boilling and aqueous extracts of 5 and 3 plants showed the best anti staphylococcal effect, respectively. The boilling extract of Artemisia sieberi, Punica granatum, which the maximum inhibition zone was 16.6 mm. raised the most outstanding in vitro antibacterial activities. As a result boilling extracts had better antibacterial effects than aqueous extract.
S. Asgary; H. Madani; P. Mahzoni; N. Jafari; Gh. Naderi
Volume 22, Issue 4 , February 2007, , Pages 303-314
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Coronary heart disease (CHD) is invariably the most frequent cause of death in most of the west countries. Atherosclerosis which is the most common risk factor for CHD caused by a gradual deposition of fats and lipids in muscular arteries. Many species of Artemisia from Compositeae family have hypolipidemic ...
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Coronary heart disease (CHD) is invariably the most frequent cause of death in most of the west countries. Atherosclerosis which is the most common risk factor for CHD caused by a gradual deposition of fats and lipids in muscular arteries. Many species of Artemisia from Compositeae family have hypolipidemic and antioxidative properties. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of Artemisia sieberi extract on blood lipids and development of atherosclerosis in rabbits fed by a high cholesterol diet. For this objective 15 male rabbits were randomly divided in three groups (normal diet, hypercholesterolemic diet (HCD) and HCD + 100 mg/kg body weight Artemisia sieberi extract). Total cholesterol (TC), LDL cholesterol, triglycerides (TG) and HDL cholesterol were measured before starting and after 1st and 2nd months of experimental period. After two months, rabbits were killed following chloroform over dose and their aortas were removed for assessment of atherosclerotic plaques. The results indicate that Artemisia sieberi significantly reduces the levels of TC, LDL, TG and TC/HDL and significantly increase the level of HDL. The atherosclerotic plaque formation was significantly reduced in Artemisia sieberi group as compared to the control hypercholesterolemic group.
E. Jafari; A.H. Karimi
Volume 22, Issue 4 , February 2007, , Pages 420-430
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Pollen grain is an important nutritional source for honey bee. Morphological studies of pollen grains are important for identifying of typical growth in past and present. In addition, it is used for basic study of special diet provision and identifying original honey from copy. In order to study pollen ...
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Pollen grain is an important nutritional source for honey bee. Morphological studies of pollen grains are important for identifying of typical growth in past and present. In addition, it is used for basic study of special diet provision and identifying original honey from copy. In order to study pollen grains in visited plants by honey bee in Fars province, the pollen was collected by making pollen traps in front of colony. The pollen was catalyzed according to Erdthman method. All pollen samples were prepared for microscopic study and their size measured by micrometer. We can observe different types of pollen grains based on morphological characteristics. These types are: Monocolpate, Trizonocolpate, Hexazonocolpate, Polypantoporate, Fenestrate, Trizonocolporate. Also according to macroscopic study, pollen grains showed different colors. Most of them were yellow, they had different size and colors based on season and flower types.
H. Naghdi Badi; A. Haghiry; M. Makkizadeh; M. Ahvazi; K. Baghalian
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The introduction of new species is one method of agricultural development in each region. In this order, seeds of exotic medicinal species were imported from foreign research centers and a research program has been conducted in the field of Medicinal Plants Institute- ACECR in karaj-Iran along 1999-2004. ...
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The introduction of new species is one method of agricultural development in each region. In this order, seeds of exotic medicinal species were imported from foreign research centers and a research program has been conducted in the field of Medicinal Plants Institute- ACECR in karaj-Iran along 1999-2004. The possibility of production was evaluated via study of their phonological stages f cultivated plants. Of course, selection of species was on the base of parameters such as medicinal properties and their active constituents, which sited in scientific references. The seeds of plants which need to indirect cultivation were planted in greenhouse at February and then seedlings transplanted to field in spring. The other seeds were planted directly in spring at the field. The results showed that 33 exotic species had good performance in direct of their growth & development characters which can be indicated to production potential of these species at karaj ecological conditions. In this study, it is determined that some of medicinal species which are valuable in herbal medicine have high performance for studied conditions such as Echinacea purpurea, Thymus vulgaris, Lavandula angustifolia, Saponaria officinalis, Valeriana officinalis, Tanacetum parthenium, Chrisanthemum cinerarifolium and so on.
S. Esmaeilzadeh; H. Zare-maivan; F. Ghanati
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Mycorrhizae are symbiotic associations that form between the roots of most plants species and fungi.Mycorrhizal symbiosis increase the resistence of plants against damaging agents of plants like drough and salinity stress.also increase biomas and as result it is effective in sustainability and extention ...
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Mycorrhizae are symbiotic associations that form between the roots of most plants species and fungi.Mycorrhizal symbiosis increase the resistence of plants against damaging agents of plants like drough and salinity stress.also increase biomas and as result it is effective in sustainability and extention of the plantsin most of ecosystems. TandourehNational park with 73435 hectares is located in dry locality of the north of khorassan. The natural characteristics and climatic differences between the lowlands and the heights of this park results in variety and distribution of its plants.because about 30 persent plants of park are medicinal and forms a larg part of plant population of Tandoreh Park, the study of Mycorrhizal distribution of the plants for constant extention is necessary. In this research, complete soil and plant samples was collected in 8 station in spring and summer from 26platt(10 x10). soil samples were taken from the top 30Cm.after transforming the samples to laboratory, the fragile roots of the plants were separated and coded. some root pieces were used for preparing longitudinal sections manually and were stained with lactophenol cotton blue followingestablished botanical staining procedures. soil samples were used to isolate Mycorrhizal spore and sprocarps.by sucerose centrifugation method. Results of this study showed that there were 54 vasular plantspecies,which 18 species were medicine plantsThe most persent of medicinal plants are in following familes Gramineae, Labiatae, Crucifereae, Compositeae. Species of Glomus contributed to the mycorrhizal symbiosis. Mycorrhizal association in the medicinal plant communities characterizes the importance of such symbiotic relationship in sustainable development and explotation of plant resources.
Gh. Goudarzi; M. Sattari; M. Goudarzi; M. Bigdeli
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With a view to occurrence of drug resistance, attempts have been made to arrive at new compounds of plant origin as substitute antibiotics. Dried chamomile flowers were added to 85% ethanol and distillated water separately and were then distilled. Dried weights of the extracts were determined per ml. ...
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With a view to occurrence of drug resistance, attempts have been made to arrive at new compounds of plant origin as substitute antibiotics. Dried chamomile flowers were added to 85% ethanol and distillated water separately and were then distilled. Dried weights of the extracts were determined per ml. The anti bacterial properties of the extracts were investigated by tube dilution method in broth media. Different concentrations of the extracts were used to determine minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimal bactericidal concentration (MBC). Equal amounts of these concentrations were added to wells in Muller – Hinton agar. Mean diameter of growth inhibition zones (mm) were noted. Some concentrations of the alcoholic extract showed significant antibacterial effects. Alcoholic extract at 2.617 mg/ml concentration was growth inhibitory and at 5.237 mg/ml concentration was bactericidal on both strains whereas; the aquatic extract did not show any antimicrobial effect. So the alcoholic extract of German chamomile showed antibacterial activity on the Staphylococcus aureus strains; however it’s introduction as an antibacterial compound require further investigations.
M.A. Alizadeh
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Model of seed storage behavior has high importance for seed conservation. With determination model of seed storage behavior, collection and conservation of plant seed would be recognized. If the plant seeds have orthodox behavior, their conservation will be carried out in out of provenance and it is ...
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Model of seed storage behavior has high importance for seed conservation. With determination model of seed storage behavior, collection and conservation of plant seed would be recognized. If the plant seeds have orthodox behavior, their conservation will be carried out in out of provenance and it is termed as Ex- situ conservation. If the plant seeds have recalcitrant behavior, their conservation would be done within provenance and it is termed as In situ conservation. In this research, model of seed storage behavior of some medicinal plant seeds were studied. The seed samplesof some medicinal plants from different state of country were processed and analyzed. The processing of the seed samples included physical and genetic purity, seed healthy test, thousand weight, moisture content determination, germination test, packaging and conservation of the seed samples in cold room of gene bank. Evaluation and determination of model of seed storage behavior was the major point of this research work. By determination of moisture content, the model of seed storage behavior of medicinal plant seeds was identified and most of them have orthodox seed storage behavior. Therefore their conservation should be done as Ex- situ conservation.
S.M. Adnani; H. Bashari; H. Bagheri
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Medicinal plants are used as by-products of rangeland in Iran from many years ago. Identification of ecological properties of theseplants is necessary for sustainable and economic utilization from potential in natural resources. Ferula gumosa is a medicinal plant in mountains of Iran that has very important ...
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Medicinal plants are used as by-products of rangeland in Iran from many years ago. Identification of ecological properties of theseplants is necessary for sustainable and economic utilization from potential in natural resources. Ferula gumosa is a medicinal plant in mountains of Iran that has very important economical of value. The purpose of this research was consideration of ecological properties and some chemical components of Ferula gumosa for identification and protection from the main provenances in Qom province. This research conducted in Qom rangeland ecosystems from 1996 for 3 years. First the distribution map of Ferula was prepared by extant references and field study then a key area about 1 ha was selected in each provenance. The vegetation parameters were considered by transect-quadrate method also the distribution of root system and phenological stages were studied with selection of 20 stand of plants. Soil sampling to take the measurement of organic material, pH and EC was done from 0-15 and 15-30 cm depths also plant sampling to determine nutrient value which was accomplished. The results indicated the provenance of Ferula can be found in semi-steppic regions with elevation of more than 2000 meters, in soils with light texture, in pH between 7.5-7.8 and EC 0.06 to 0.479 mmohs/cm and from geological standpoint in granite and granodiorite. This species can tolerate temperature between –23.5º to 35º C and annual precipitation about 270-320 mm is suitable for that. Root/herbage ratio was between 0.7-0.73 and total digestible nutrients of Ferula is higher than another rangeland plants. This plant has great value because of its high nutrient and economical value.
A. Zarezadeh; M.A. Dehghani Tafti; K. Dashtakian
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There are many different plant species in arid ecosystems. The most species are rare and decaying. In addition there are some exclusive species in arid zones. These ecosystems are the center of biodiversity and have many species. This research was carried out as a part of research projects of medicinal ...
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There are many different plant species in arid ecosystems. The most species are rare and decaying. In addition there are some exclusive species in arid zones. These ecosystems are the center of biodiversity and have many species. This research was carried out as a part of research projects of medicinal plants and also by field observations and library information in 1994-2004. There have been introduced 37 species beloning to 25 families as drought tolerance medicinal plants in this survey. In addition, Persian name, family, growing form, propagation, parts used, chemical constituents and great medicinal properties were described. Some dominant plant families that are important from the point of view of medicine and growing in arid zones were: Lamiaceae, Apiaceae, Solanaceae, Fabaceae, Papaveraceae, Cucurbitaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Asteraceae, Capparidaceae, Liliaceae. The most number of medicinal species were related to Solanaceae, Apiaceae and Lamiaceae families.
E. Sharifi Ashoorabadi; M.H. Lebaschi; A. Matin; B. Abbaszadeh; K. Alizadeh Anaraki
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To investigation of Eenergy efficiency in agroecosystem, a field experiment was carried out on Mellisa officinlais in Alborz research complex in 2004 year. The treatments was 80 kgha-1 nitrogen application in soil and spry application (%2 nitrogen) that was compared to the control treatment (no fertilizers) ...
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To investigation of Eenergy efficiency in agroecosystem, a field experiment was carried out on Mellisa officinlais in Alborz research complex in 2004 year. The treatments was 80 kgha-1 nitrogen application in soil and spry application (%2 nitrogen) that was compared to the control treatment (no fertilizers) in complete randomize block design with three replication. In both treatments, the first application was conducted when plant high was 10 cm and second application was after 30 days. The harvest carried out before flowering. The energy efficiency was calculated by a software that had been designed.The results showed that, the spry method was significant (a=%5) to others. In comparison of other treatments, the spry application of nitrogen, increased energy efficiency to 2.14. In the spry method, nitrogen fertilizer reduced. Based on the results, low input Agriculture systems could be introduced for sustainable agriculture.
M.H. Lebaschy; E. Sharifi ashoor abadi
Volume 20, Issue 3 , October 2004, , Pages 249-261
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Determination of medicinal plants growth under different water stresses could be well guidance for cultivation of resistant plants in dry regions. In numerous glasshouse experiments under Completely Randomized Design (CRD), 5 medicinal plants species planted separately. Plantago psyllium, Achillea ...
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Determination of medicinal plants growth under different water stresses could be well guidance for cultivation of resistant plants in dry regions. In numerous glasshouse experiments under Completely Randomized Design (CRD), 5 medicinal plants species planted separately. Plantago psyllium, Achillea millefolium, Salvia officinalis, Calendula officinalis and Matricaria chamomilla were treated by well water (FC), 75%FC, 50%FC and 25%FC. Total dry matter, root weight, root length, shoot weight and height of medicinal plants were measured and analyzed separately. All of water and water stresses treatments were significant different in 1% probability. Among the medicinal plants in this experiment, Salvia officinalis and Achillea millefolium had the best growth in all water stresses treatments and conserved their freshness under sever water stress. These species could establish as the resistant medicinal plants in dry region or water deficit. Other species also completed their life cycle under sever water stress.
A. Mousavi
Volume 20, Issue 3 , October 2004, , Pages 345-368
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The research project of collection & identification of medicinal plants of zanjan province was studied during 2000-2003 and 217 species of medicinal plants were collected and identified. They are classified in 68 families. The most number of medicinal specifies belongs to compositae (27 species). ...
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The research project of collection & identification of medicinal plants of zanjan province was studied during 2000-2003 and 217 species of medicinal plants were collected and identified. They are classified in 68 families. The most number of medicinal specifies belongs to compositae (27 species). Before this study about 49 species were identified as medicinal plants in Zanjan province and now we have identified and antroduced 163 species.
E. Sharifi Ashoorabadi; A. Matin; M.H. Lebaschi; B. Abbaszadeh
Volume 20, Issue 3 , October 2004, , Pages 369-376
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In order to effects of reduction in nitrogen fertilizer in agroecosystem, a field experiment was carried out on Mellisa officinlais in Alborz research complex in 2004 year. The treatments was 80 kgha-1 nitrogen application in soil and %2 spry application ...
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In order to effects of reduction in nitrogen fertilizer in agroecosystem, a field experiment was carried out on Mellisa officinlais in Alborz research complex in 2004 year. The treatments was 80 kgha-1 nitrogen application in soil and %2 spry application that was compared to the control treatment (no fertilizers) in complete randomize block design with three replication. In both treatments, the first application was conducted when plant high was 10 cm and second application was after 30 days. The harvest carried out before flowering. The results showed that, in comparison of other treatments, the application of nitrogen in form of spry , raised dry mater yield to 5532.8 kgha-1. The LSD test showed that, the spry method was significant (a=%5) to control. In the spry method, nitrogen fertilizer reduced 87.5% to the control. Based on the results, low input Agriculture systems could be introduced for sustainable agriculture.
