The effects and roles of PVP on the phase composition, morphology and magnetic properties of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles prepared by thermal treatment method     

Mahmoud Goodarz Naseri  Elias B. Saion  Saeed Setayeshi 《Fibers and Polymers》2012,13(7):831-836

Cobalt ferrite nanocrystals were prepared from an aqueous solution containing metal nitrates and various of concentrations of poly(vinyl pyrrolidone), followed by calcinations temperature. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis was performed to determine the degree of crystallinity of the ferrite nanoparticles. By transmission electron microscopy (TEM), the morphology and average particle size of the cobalt ferrite nanoparticles were evaluated which had good agreement with XRD results. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) suggested the presence of metal oxide bands in all samples as well as the effective elimination of organic constituents after calcinations. Vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), was utilized to evaluate the magnetic properties of the cobalt ferrite nanoparticles.  相似文献   

Effect of dietary willow herb,Epilobium hirsutum extract on growth performance,body composition,haematological parameters and Aeromonas hydrophila challenge on common carp,Cyprinus carpio     

Somayeh Pakravan  Abdolmajid Hajimoradloo  Rasool Ghorbani 《Aquaculture Research》2012,43(6):861-869

The present study was conducted to evaluate the use of Epilobium hirsutum extract in diet of common carp, Cyprinus carpio (20 ± 2 g). Different levels of plant extract (0%, 0.5%, 1, 3% and 3%+2‰ multivitamin (2 g of multivitamin per kg diet) were spread on commercial diet. The feed was offered by 8 weeks. Results showed that fish fed experimental diets had no significant difference (P>0.05) in specific growth rates, condition factor, feed conversion ratios and survival compared with control. There were no significant difference (P>0.05) in moisture, crude protein, crude lipid and ash content of common carp fed diets containing various levels of plant extract. The mortality of fish challenged by Aeromonas hydrophila have been recorded for 30 days after challenging, results showed that mortality decreased significantly (P<0.05) in fish fed diet containing plant extract compared with the control. The lowest mortality observed in group fed diet containing 3% plant extract. Haematological parameters showed that white blood cells had significantly (P<0.05) increased in infected and uninfected groups compared with the control. Red blood cells, haemoglobin and haematocrit had no significant change (P>0.05) in infected and uninfected groups compared with the control.  相似文献   

Assessment of salinity tolerance threshold for two wheat genotypes in response to zinc     

Payman Keshavarz  Saeed Saadat 《Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science》2016,62(2):247-259

Plants’ tolerance to salt stress is different among species, nevertheless, mineral nutrition might also affect it. A greenhouse experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of Zinc (Zn) on salinity tolerance using a sigmoid response model in two wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes ‘Falat’ and ‘Bam’ with different salinity tolerances. The treatments consisted of three Zn rates (0, 5 and 10 mg Zn kg^?1) and five levels of soil salinity (1.1, 6.5, 12.3, 18.7 and 25.1 dS m^?1). The results showed that dry weight of straw and grain decreased, as salinity increased in both genotypes although this decrease in ‘Falat’ genotype was higher than that of ‘Bam’ genotype. Application of 10 mg kg^?1 Zn increased the dry weight by 25% (straw) and 32% (grain) in ‘Falat’ but 67% (straw) and 60% (grain) in ‘Bam’ as compared with the absence of added Zn. According to the fitted function, in the absence of Zn, grain production began to decline at EC_e-values of 4.7 dS m^?1 in ‘Falat’ genotype, and 7.5 dS m^?1 in ‘Bam’ genotype. Application of Zn led to a decrease of salinity tolerance in ‘Falat’ genotype, but an increase in ‘Bam’ genotype. The study found that Zn application under saline conditions, depending on genetic differences of wheat genotypes, would have different effects on their tolerance to salinity.  相似文献   

Changes of vitamins A, E, and C and lipid peroxidation status of breeding and pregnant sheep during dry seasons on medium-to-low quality forages     

Mohebbi-Fani M  Mirzaei A  Nazifi S  Shabbooie Z 《Tropical animal health and production》2012,44(2):259-265

This study assessed the changes of plasma vitamin A, E, and C and the lipid peroxidation status of sheep during breeding and pregnancy under drought conditions. The study was conducted on 105 cross-bred fat tailed ewes, 3–5 years old with body condition scores (BCS) of 2.5 to 3.5. The ewes were grazing on medium-to-low quality forages during summer and low quality forages within the succeeding months and had ad libitum access to a mixture of alfalfa hay (40%) and wheat straw (60%) in the afternoons. From 3 weeks before breeding till 1 month after the introduction of rams, 300 g of barley grain/head/day was offered to the ewes and then the supplemental grain was reduced to 100 g/head/day. For better synchronization of estrus cycles in ewes, they were isolated from the rams for at least 2 months and then kept in close proximity of the rams for 1 week before the introduction of the rams to the ewe flock. Then, whole blood samples were collected on days 1, 7, 21, and 120 after ram introduction. Vitamins A, E, and C were measured in plasma. Malondialdehyde (MDA) was measured in the hemolysate as a biomarker of lipid peroxidation. Plasma progesterone (P4) was measured in the samples of day 120 for assessing pregnancy status of the ewes. Vitamins A and C showed continuous and significant declines (P < 0.05) through days 1 to 120. Vitamin E declined only during the first 21 days of the study and remained almost constant till day 120. MDA concentration increased significantly at day 21. An elevated concentration of MDA was also detected at day 120. The difference between days 21 and 120 was not significant (P > 0.05). A positive correlation between vitamins E and C was detected at day 120 (r = 0.349, P < 0.01). Age and BCS did not affect the patterns of changes. Assuming that the ewes with P4 concentrations ≥2.5 ng/ml were pregnant, 95 out of 105 ewes (90.5%) were pregnant at day 120 of the study. Under the conditions of the present study with medium-to-low quality pastures as the main sources of feed, ewes of various ages and body conditions may suffer from oxidative stress during breeding and pregnancy.  相似文献   

Evaluation of photosynthesis,physiological, and biochemical responses of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L. cv. Pirouz) under water deficit stress and use of vermicompost fertilizer     

Saeed Reza Hosseinzadeh  Hamzeh Amiri  Ahmad Ismaili 《农业科学学报》2018,17(11):2426-2437

One goal in the face of drought stress conditions is to increase growth and yield through the reduction of negative effects of stress. Vermicompost can play an effective role in plant growth and development and in reducing harmful effects of various environmental stresses on plants due to its porous structure, high water storage capacity, having hormone-like substances, plant growth regulators, and high levels of macro and micro nutrients. This study considered the physiological, biochemical, and photosynthetic responses of the chickpea to different combinations of vermicompost and water stress in a greenhouse environment. Two factors were involved, addition of vermicompost to soil at four ratios: control (100 wt% (weight percentage) soil); 10 wt% vermicompost+90% soil; 20 wt% vermicompost+80 wt% soil; 30 wt% vermicompost+70 wt% soil weight percentage, and treatment of water stress at three levels including 75, 50, and 25% of field capacity. The results showed that vermicompost had a significant effect on all traits under stress and non-stress conditions. Application of vermicompost in soil, especially at the levels of 20 and 30 wt% significantly increased all studied traits under non-stress conditions. Under moderate stress conditions, vermicompost at 30 wt% treatment resulted in a significant increase in the photosynthetic pigments, CO₂ assimilation rate, internal leaf CO₂ concentration, transpiration, the maximal quantum yield of photosystem II (PSII) photochemistry (F_v/F_m), concentrations of Ca and K in root and leaf tissues, proline and soluble protein contents in root tissues. Peroxidase (POX) and catalase (CAT) enzyme activities decreased significantly with increasing proportions of vermicompost, but the activity of superoxide dismutase was not significantly different. In conclusion, the above results showed that vermicompost fertilizer had a positive effect on physiological, biochemical, and photosynthetic responses of chickpea under non-stress and moderate stress conditions, but no positive effect was determined under severe water stress.  相似文献   

Evaluation of vermicompost fertilizer application on growth,nutrient uptake and photosynthetic pigments of lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) under moisture deficiency conditions     

Saeed Reza Hosseinzadeh 《Journal of plant nutrition》2018,41(10):1276-1284

Vermicompost can play an effective role in plant growth and also in reducing harmful effects of various environmental stresses on plants due to its porous structure, high-water storage, having hormone-like substances and also high levels of macro and micro nutrients. Application of vermicompost in soil, especially at the levels of 15 and 25 Wt% significantly increased all studied traits under non-stress conditions. Under temperate and severe stress conditions, vermicompost at 25 Wt% treatment resulted in a significant increase in plant height (+10% +21%), number of pod (+44% +65%), root dry weight (+63% +66%), shoot dry weight (+50% +89%), leaf area (+6% +7%), root area (+65% +35%). The leaf calcium (Ca) (+62% +67%), leaf potassium (K) (+39% +45%) and root Ca (+33% +34%) under temperate and severe stress, increased using of 25% vermicompost. In conclusion, we suggested that application of vermicompost had a positive effect on lentil under moisture deficit stress.  相似文献   

Molecular identification of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Chilli leaf curl India virus</Emphasis> along with betasatellite molecule causing leaf curl disease of menthol mint (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Mentha arvensis</Emphasis> var. Kosi) in India     

Sana Tabanda Saeed  B. Kumar  A. K. Shasany  A. Samad 《Journal of General Plant Pathology》2017,83(5):333-336

Whitefly-transmitted begomovirus induces leaf curling and stunting of Mentha arvensis (Kosi) and is responsible for heavy economic losses in and around Lucknow, India. The complete genome was amplified, sequenced and assembled as 2759 bp long, with 1376 bp betasatellite molecule. Because no DNA-B amplicon was detected, the virus was classified as “Old World begomovirus” with the characteristic seven ORFs; two ORFs (AV1, AV2) in the V-sense and five ORFs (AC1–AC5) in the C-sense. BLASTn and phylogenetic analysis showed highest similarity (98%) with chilli leaf curl India virus (ChiLCINV). This is the first report of ChiLCINV infection in M. arvensis (Kosi) from India.  相似文献   

A comparative study to evaluate efficiency of EDTA and calcium in alleviating arsenic toxicity to germinating and young <Emphasis Type="Italic">Vicia faba</Emphasis> L. seedlings     

Marina Rafiq  Muhammad Shahid  Saliha Shamshad  Sana Khalid  Nabeel Khan Niazi  Ghulam Abbas  Muhammad Farhan Saeed  Mazhar Ali  Behzad Murtaza 《Journal of Soils and Sediments》2018,18(6):2271-2281

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A metabolic approach to understanding adaptation to sea water by endangered Persian sturgeon,Acipenser persicus fingerlings          下载免费PDF全文

Saeed Hajirezaee  Ali Reza Mirvaghefi  Hamid Farahmand  Naser Agh 《Aquaculture Research》2018,49(1):341-351

In this study, metabolic responses of Persian sturgeon fingerlings to hyperosmotic condition were investigated by NMR‐based metabolomics. Persian sturgeon fingerlings (n = 2010, mean total weight: 3.2 ± 0.6 g; mean total length: 8.5 ± 1.5 cm) were held in freshwater (FW) for 96 hr and then acclimated in brackish water (BW) (12 g/L) for 24 hr. Blood samples were taken before and after salinity acclimation. The major metabolite changes corresponding to salinity acclimation were related to amino acids, osmolytes and energy metabolites. The plasma glucose levels increased significantly after 24 hr acclimation in BW (p < .05). Other energetic metabolites (acetate, acetoacetate, beta‐hydroxybutyrate, phosphocreatine, creatine, glycerol) showed no significant changes after 24 hr salinity challenge (p > .05). The osmolytes (taurine, trimethylamine‐N‐oxide, choline, N,N‐dimethylglycine) and amino acids (aspartate, glutamate, glutamine, leucine, phenylalanine, β‐alanine, histidine, threonine, cysteine) declined significantly after 24 hr acclimation in BW (p < .05). However, the levels of glycine elevated after 24 hr acclimation in BW (p < .05). Other amino acids including aspargine, isoluecine, Tyrosine, Tryptophan, Valine, and Lysine showed no significant changes after salinity challenge (p > .05). The considerable decreases in almost all plasma amino acids and all osmolytes showed specific importance of these metabolites in osmotic adaptation of fish in BW. Also, it seems that Persian sturgeon fingerlings rely more on oxidation of glucose to meet energetic requirements of osmoregulation than oxidation of lipids, as we observed no detectable changes in metabolites associated with lipid oxidation during osmotic acclimation in BW. Our results may help to understand osmoregulation in a chondrostei fish species from a metabolic approach.  相似文献   

Integrated nutrient management for better quality and yield of Kinnow mandarin     

Saeed Ahmad  Muhammad Mubashar Naeem  Muhammad Mosan Malik  Muhammad Nafees  M. Yaseen 《Journal of plant nutrition》2017,40(6):755-760

This study was carried out to determine the integrated effect of organic matter alone and in combination with chemical fertilizers in order to maintain the nutritional status in Kinnow fruit plants. Lahore Compost was used as a source of organic matter. Treatments were made by using compost alone and in combination with nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium (NPK), and well-rotten farm yard manure (FYM; cow dung). Treatments were applied before flowering and after fruit set. Effect of these treatments on different physicochemical characteristics of Kinnow fruit and nutritional status in tree leaves was determined. Among all treatments, minimum flower drop, maximum yield, and better fruit quality were recorded in plants where 40 kg compost + 1/2 recommended doses of NPK were applied before flowering and after fruit setting, while minimum fruit set was recorded from the plants where 30 kg compost alone was applied before flowering.  相似文献