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5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences
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Investigation of Physiochemical Properties and Antioxidant Activity of Loquat

Narjes Mirsaeid Ghazi, Mohammad Ali Shariati, Behnam Montazeri, MahsaTabrizi, Mehdi Kaviani

1147-1150

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Effect of Seed Priming on Quantitative Traits Corn Single Cross Hybrids 704 in the
Region Sistan

Mohammad Reza Vazirimehr, Hamid Reza Ganjali and Hamid Reza Fanaei

1151-1154

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Paradigm Shift from Conventional Agricultural Extension to Public-Private Partnership Extension in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, Pakistan

Ikram ul Haq, Md Salleh Hassan, Naeem Shah, Abdul Razaque Chhachhar

1155-1160

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Effect of aqueous alcoholic extract of valerian root on memory using passive avoidance
learning in male Wistar rats

Rahele Torkzadeh Mahani, Heydar Aqababa, Akbar Vahdati

1161-1167

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Effects of Wild Mustard (Sinapis arvensis L.) and Wild Oat (Avena ludoviciana L.) Competition on Shoot and Root Growth of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Pejman Behdarvand, G.S. Chinchanikar and K.N. Dhumal

1168-1171

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The Growth of Cucumber (Cucumis Sativus L.) in the Humid Tropics and the Incidence of Insect Pests as Affected by Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers.

Sylvester R. Atijegbe, Babatunde O. Nuga, Ndowa E.S. Lale and Ruth O. Nwanna

1172-1178

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Effect of mineral nutrient solutions on secondary metabolites of German chamomile in Hydroponics System

Mehrdad Dalvand, Ali Reza Ghiasvand, Mohammad Mahdi Jamali, Maryam Ramezani, Jahanbakhsh Moradi

1179-1184

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Study of Some Agronomic Traits in Foreign Varieties of Winter Safflower for Varamin Region of Iran (Carthamus tinctorios L)

Samaneh Adeli, Mohammad Javad Mirhadi, Younes Sharghi

1185-1189

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The Efficacy of Ozonated Water on Reduction of Four Food Borne Pathogens and Microbial Quality of Lettuce

M. Bahreini, E. Jahed, F. Lotfian, A. Mousavi Khaneghah, M. Ghaderifarah

1425-1430

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Effect of Electromagnetic Waves (Microwave) on Microbial Load and Shelf Life of Liquid Egg Whites

F. Lotfian, A. Mousavi Khaneghah, M. Ghaderifarah, E. Jahed, S.H. Khabbazi, V. Atlassi

1431-1437

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The effect of heavy metals (Cd and Ni) on growth, yield and other characters of Portulaca oleracea L.

Mehrab Yadegari, Sahar Karimi, Ramin Irani Pour

1438-1445

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Toxicity of Some Medicinal Plants to Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) Under Controlled Condition

Mehrab Yadegari, Soheila Mirzakhani, Seyyed Habibollah Nourbakhsh, Zarir Saeedi

1446-1451

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