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Research Article
The Effect of Cadmium Toxicity on Changes of Proline and Antioxidant in Lettuce

Maryam Haghighi; Mohsen Kafi

Volume 27, Issue 4 , February 2014, Pages 359-366

https://doi.org/10.22067/jhorts4.v0i0.30529

Abstract
  Information of heavy metal toxicity about physiological aspect of lettuce is limited. Therefore an experiment was conducted in CRD designed with 7 replications on lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.). Treatments were cadmium in 3 concentration (0, 2 and 4 mg/L) added to Hoagland solution. Results were shown that ...  Read More

Research Article
Nano Packaging and Edible Coating Used for Improvement of Shelf Life and Quality of Individual Fresh Pistachio Nuts

Zahra Ahmadi; Seyyed Hossein Mirdehghan; Hossein Hokmabadi; Mohammad Hossein Shamshiri

Volume 27, Issue 4 , February 2014, Pages 367-374

https://doi.org/10.22067/jhorts4.v0i0.30531

Abstract
  Fresh pistachio nuts undergo biochemical and physiological changes after harvest and postharvest and as a result, it has a short shelf life. The purpose of this research is to study the effects of packaging type and edible coating on quality and increasing the shelf life of fresh pistachio nut. Therefore, ...  Read More

Research Article
The Effects of Cultural Medium and Cultivars on Some Agronomic and Physiological Characteristic of Melon׳s Transplant

Elahe Mirabi; Seyyed Hossein Nemati; Mohammad Mehdi Mehrbakhsh; Hossein Ebrahimi

Volume 27, Issue 4 , February 2014, Pages 375-382

https://doi.org/10.22067/jhorts4.v0i0.30574

Abstract
  Melon produced by transplanting cause seed saving, reduce the risk of cold, pest and disease stress. In order to investigate the effects of growing medium and cultivars on characteristic of melon's transplants, an experiment was conducted based on randomized completely design with 10 replications at ...  Read More

Research Article
Effect of Vermicompost on Germination and Seedling Growth of Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentom L.) Varieties, Mobil and Superorbina

Parvaneh Abrishamchi; Ali Ganjeali; Abdollah Beyk Khormizi; Amir Avan

Volume 27, Issue 4 , February 2014, Pages 383-393

https://doi.org/10.22067/jhorts4.v0i0.30577

Abstract
  Two separate experiments were carried out with the aim of investigating the effect of vermicompost and its aqueous extracts on traits related to germination and growth of tomato varieties, (Mobil and Superorbina). In the first experiment, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10 and 100% extracts of vermicompost ...  Read More

Research Article
Improving Germination of Guava (Psidium guajava) Seeds by Acid Scarification

Masumeh Abbasi; Mokhtar Heidari; Mojtaba Rahimi

Volume 27, Issue 4 , February 2014, Pages 394-399

https://doi.org/10.22067/jhorts4.v0i0.30581

Abstract
  As seed germination of Guava (Psidium guajava) is poor and time-consuming, the effects of seed extraction technique and scarification methods on the seed germination and seedling growth of Guava cv. Allahabad safeda, were investigated. First experiment was conducted on extraction of Guava seeds using ...  Read More

Research Article
Effect of the Amount and Time of Partitioning of Nitrogen Fertilizer on the Yield and Nitrate Content of Onion in Out-Season Production in Jiroft

Saeideh Mansor Bahmani; Vahid Reza Saffari; Ali Akbar Maghsoudi Moud

Volume 27, Issue 4 , February 2014, Pages 400-410

https://doi.org/10.22067/jhorts4.v0i0.30582

Abstract
  Production of onion all thruough the year particularly in semi tropical regions has been considered as an alternative to fulfil the local markets needs. In order to determine the best amount and method of urea fertilizer application so that to have higher yeild and lower amount of nitrate content the ...  Read More

Research Article
The Study on the Effect of Spraying with Different Concentrations of Vermicompost Extract (Vermiwash) on the Morphological Traits, Yield and Percentage of Essential oil of Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.)

Hajar Neamati Darbandi; Majid Azizi; Samane Mohammadi; Sajede Karimpour

Volume 27, Issue 4 , February 2014, Pages 411-417

https://doi.org/10.22067/jhorts4.v0i0.30588

Abstract
  To investigate the effect of spraying with different concentrations of Vermiwash solution on the morphological traits, percentage and yield of essential oil of lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.), this experiment was conducted as Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with four replications in experimental ...  Read More

Research Article
Effect of Pre-heat Treatment and Herbal Essences on the Postharvest Properties of Blood Orange

Esmat Barzanooni; Mohammad Hossein Aghkhani; Abdolmajid Maskooki; Mohammad Hossein Abbaspour Fard

Volume 27, Issue 4 , February 2014, Pages 418-423

https://doi.org/10.22067/jhorts4.v0i0.30589

Abstract
  Postharvest losses are a limiting factor on storage life of many vegetables and fruits including citrus. Therefore a study was conducted to evaluate the effects of thermal treatments and herbal thyme oil spray on Sanguinello blood oranges in Golestan province in the northern part of Iran. The tests have ...  Read More

Research Article
Effect of Gibberellic Acid and Scarification on Seed Germination in Four Almond Species

Vahid Rouhi; Zahra Rafiei

Volume 27, Issue 4 , February 2014, Pages 424-432

https://doi.org/10.22067/jhorts4.v0i0.30655

Abstract
  Almonds belong to Prunus genus, which is related to Rosaceae family. It has close relatives with different species of stoned fruits. One of the main reasons for the long period of seed germination in Prunus is compound dormancy, such as the external seed cover as physical dormancy and embryo dormancy ...  Read More

Research Article
The Study of Extract Biochemical Variations Content Some of Spearmint (Mentha spicata L.) Population

Askar Ghani; Seyyed Hossein Nemati; Majid Azizi; Mohammad Jamal Sahar khiz; Mohammad Farsi

Volume 27, Issue 4 , February 2014, Pages 433-443

https://doi.org/10.22067/jhorts4.v0i0.30656

Abstract
  A pot experiment was conducted to evaluate the extract biochemical variations among 25 spearmint population. The experiment was a randomized complete design (RCD) with 25 treatments (population) and three replications. For this purpose, three rhizomes with 5 cm length were selected and planted in each ...  Read More

Research Article
Effects of Calcium Chloride, Gibberellin and Benzyladenine on Qualitative and Quantitative Characteristics and Flower Longevity of Zinnia (Zinnia elegans J.)

Vahid Rouhi; Behrooz Shiran; Abdolrahman Mohamadkhani

Volume 27, Issue 4 , February 2014, Pages 444-452

https://doi.org/10.22067/jhorts4.v0i0.30658

Abstract
  The Zinnia (Zinnia elegans J.) flower has many applications in landscape design, whereas lack of adequate conditions and nutritions in some cases can reduce the quality and number of flowers. Therefore, control of growth conditions is very important related to nutrition and application of growth regulators ...  Read More

Research Article
The Effect of Different Levels of Nitrogen and Copper on Yield and Nutrients Concentrations and Nitrate Broccoli Head (Brassica oleracea)

Fatemeh Rakhsh; Ahmad Golchin

Volume 27, Issue 4 , February 2014, Pages 453-459

https://doi.org/10.22067/jhorts4.v0i0.30660

Abstract
  In order to study the effect of different levels of nitrogen and copper on yield and nutrients concentrations and nitrate in broccoli head, an experiment was conducted based on a factorial combinations of five levels of nitrogen (0, 100, 200, 300 and 400 kg/ha) and three levels of copper (0, 2.5 and ...  Read More

Research Article
Effect of Cycocel on Growth and Photosynthetic Pigments of Tow Olive Cultivars under Different Irrigation Intervals

Vahid Akbari; Rasul Jalili Marandi

Volume 27, Issue 4 , February 2014, Pages 460-469

https://doi.org/10.22067/jhorts4.v0i0.30663

Abstract
  The water deficiency is one of the serious problems in the arid zones. In order to investigate the effect of Cycocel on different growth aspects of two olive cultivars (Mary and Mission), a greenhouse experiment was conducted using three factors of: cycocel at three levels (0, 500 and 1000 mg L-1), irrigation ...  Read More

Research Article
Effect of Different Growth Media on Nutrients Uptake, Growth Characteristics and Yield of Gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii) in a Soil Less Culture System

Mohammad Ali Khalaj; Mina Amiri; Mohammad Hossein Azimi

Volume 27, Issue 4 , February 2014, Pages 470-479

https://doi.org/10.22067/jhorts4.v0i0.30664

Abstract
  This experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of different substrate on growth and yield of Gerbera flower. The experiment was performed using 10 treatments as fallow: fine sand, peat +fine sand (%25+%75), peat + fine sand ( %50 +%50), perlite + peat (%75 + %25), perlite + peat (%50 + %50), ...  Read More

Research Article
Association Analysis of Some Important Morphological Traits with RAPD Markers in 15 Iranian Date Palm

Monireh Marsafari; Ali Ashraf Mehrabi; Zahra Tahmasebi; Abdolamir Rahnama

Volume 27, Issue 4 , February 2014, Pages 480-487

https://doi.org/10.22067/jhorts4.v0i0.30665

Abstract
  This study was performed for assessment of correlation of 11 morphological traits with RAPD molecular markers in 15 cultivars of date palm collected from the South and South West of Iran as population analysis by stepwise regression method. The results of simple and multiple regressions showed that in ...  Read More

Research Article
Effects of 1-Methylecyclopropene (1-MCP) and Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) on Increasing Storage Longevity in Mature-Green “Mission” Olives

Mehdi Mackvandi; Saadat Shahpory; Ali Akbar Ramin

Volume 27, Issue 4 , February 2014, Pages 488-494

https://doi.org/10.22067/jhorts4.v0i0.30666

Abstract
  The effects of postharvest application of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) and calcium chloride dip or their combination on storage quality of mature-green olives (Olea Europaea cv. mission) were examined. The experiment was conducted using a completely randomized design with three replications, in a factorial ...  Read More