Ali Asghari

University of Mohaghegh Ardabili | UMA · Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding

Functional SNPs serve as biological markers that aid biologists and breeders in identifying genes linked to specific traits. This study explored the relationship between QTLs associated with drought tolerance and functional SNPs using two populations: Vada × Susptrit (V × S) and Cebada Cappa × Susptrit (C. Cappa × S). Bioinformatics tools were empl...

To investigate the effect of black rust disease (Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici) on wheat yield and its components and to identify genetic resources resistant to this disease, 24 wheat genotypes were evaluated in 2020 -2021 at the East Azarbaijan Research Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources. The evaluation was conducted under both infe...

Aegilops species possessing the U genome are the most widely distributed species in the world. Considering the limitation in the genetic diversity in cultivated wheat, the use of wild relatives and other species of Aegilops can be provided a rich and diverse gene pool of new and ideal alleles for breeders. Therefore, the main goals of the present s...

In order to estimate the heritability and genetic diversity of some seedling biometric traits in response to black rust (stem rust) disease, 24 wheat genotypes in the 2020 at the research greenhouse of the Seedling and Seed Breeding Research Institute was evaluated in the form of a randomized complete block design with four replications under the c...

The study included the role of key metabolites involved in oxidative defense, and osmotic adjustment under water stress is still undiscovered. We have evaluated whether antioxidant potential could be nominated as a potential marker of drought resistance in three maize hybrids (SC01, SC703, and SC720). Underwater deficiency in all maize hybrids decr...

Water deficit is one of the most important abiotic stresses constraining crop production in rapeseed. Understanding the mechanisms of adaptation to this stress is essential for the development and production of drought-tolerant genotypes. For this reason, this research study aims to investigate the importance of genetic diversity in identifying gen...

To investigate the effect of black rust disease (Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici) on yield and its components and to identify genetic resources resistant to this disease, 24 wheat genotypes were evaluated in 2020-2021 at the East Azarbaijan Research Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources. The evaluation was conducted under both infected and...

In order to estimate the heritability and genetic diversity of some seedling biometric traits in response to black rust (stem rust) disease, 24 wheat genotypes in the 2020 at the research greenhouse of the Seedling and Seed Breeding Research Institute was evaluated in the form of a randomized complete block design with four replications under the c...

Black rust is one of the important plant diseases that affects the yield of wheat in many regions of the world. To estimate the heritability and genetic diversity of some physiological traits in response to stem rust disease, 24 wheat genotypes in the crop year 1399-1400 in the research greenhouse of the research institute for the breeding and prep...

Stem rust or black rust is one of the most important fungal diseases that widely affect wheat yield and quality at different sites of the world. So, the selection of resistant genetic materials to stem rust in the breeding programs is necessary. In this study, 24 winter wheat genotypes including eight varieties and 16 elite lines were evaluated at...

Introduction and Objective: Black rust is one of the important fungal diseases that widely affects the quantity and quality of wheat in many regions of the world. So, in order to biometrical analysis of some physiological traits related to resistance to black rust disease, 24 bread wheat genotypes including 8 cultivars and 16 promising lines were s...

Extended Abstract Introduction and Objective: Black rust is one of the important fungal diseases that widely affects the quantity and quality of wheat in many regions of the world. The damages caused by black rust disease can be more than other pathogens in wheat and its importance is such that millions of hectares of healthy fields with high produ...

Evaluation of various root traits and determination of their genetic control in response to water deficit stress is crucial for improving and stabilizing grain yield worldwide. The present study aimed at evaluating the gene action, heritability and genetic variances of grain yield and root morphological traits under water deficit conditions in matu...

Background Maintaining genetic diversity is of the most essential principle for a long-term conservation of plant genetic resources and could play a crucial role in their management. The genus Aegilops is one important member of wheat germplasm, and there are evidences that novel genes of this genus’ species can be studied/utilized as ideal sources...

Cold tolerance in wheat is one of the most important factors effective in the field of winter damage in Iran. Freezing and laboratory tests were carried out in the greenhouse and plant breeding laboratory of Mohaghegh Ardabili University in 2018-20 to achieve the set goals. The plant materials used included 45 promising durum wheat lines. Durum whe...

Crops’ capability to store photosynthetic resources in the pre-flowering stage and successfully re-transport the stored photoassimilates in the seed-filling stage plays a significant role in the development of the final grain yield, and identifying the genetic structure of this mechanism can help breeders develop high-yielding cultivars. For this p...

Background and objectives: Cotton is one of the world’s most important industrial products, grown for fiber and oilseeds. The evaluation of agronomic traits, especially early maturity and yield in cotton, is valuable and can be used to select better varieties. The purpose of this research is to obtain early and high-yielding varieties in Ardebil pr...

Cotton is an important fiber crop and used to produce fibers and oil. Evaluating morphologic traits of cotton is very important and can be used for the selection of better cultivars. This study was conducted in the Moghan Agricultural Research Station affiliated with the Ardabil Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Training Center, Iran....

The cold semi-arid cropping system is facing soil degradation, climate variability, and drought. For this reason, crop residue management is critical to soil and water conservation and the sustainability of farmers' livelihood. This study was conducted to test the hypothesis that in a cold semi-arid climate, the hydraulic properties of soil can be...

Trigonella foenum-graecum is widely distributed worldwide and grown under a wide range of climatic conditions. The current research was conducted to study the effects of the environmental variables on yield related traits and metabolite contents of 50 different Persian fenugreeks at various geographical locations. Accordingly, multivariate statisti...

In order to investigate different lines of durum wheat for water stress tolerance, an experiment in the greenhouse was implemented, using 20 lines of durum wheat at two levels of water stress (40% and 70% of the amount of available water was completely drained in 0.4 and 0.7 levels of stress, respectyively and re-irrigation was performed) and a con...

In order to assess the genetic diversity existing in some Iranian Aegilops tauschii accessions, 90 samples collected from 13 provinces were evaluated. For this purpose, 21 phenological and agro-morphological traits and five qualitative traits were recorded according to the wheat and Aegilops instruction of Biodiversity International Descriptors. Ba...

To evaluate 38 maize hybrids, an experiment based on randomized complete block design with three replications at the Moghan Agriculture Research Station during the 2020 growing season. The results indicated that a significant difference had among maize hybrids for ear yield, plant height, ear height, leaf temperature, chlorophyll index, maximum...

n order to evaluate durum wheat lines in terms of frost stress tolerance, 45 promising durum wheat lines resulting from crosses between different parents were assessed using stress tolerance indices. This experiment consisting of greenhouse and laboratory tests was performed in the Faculty of Plant Breeding of Mohaghegh Ardabili University in the 9...

This article is about stress tolerance indicators and 45 lines were investigated in this research.

Analysis of the structure of genotype by environment (GE) interaction is essential in crop stability programs. To study the effects of GE interaction on the seed yield and identify stable genotypes of barley for warm and humid regions, 16 barley genotypes with two check cultivars were assayed in a randomized complete block design with four eplicati...

Human activities such as mining and industrials activities have increasingly affected soil contamination through the sedimentation of heavy metals. This issue is concerned as a global problem. All heavy metals are potentially poisonous, which vary based on their biologic available concentrations and the sensitivity of organisms which are exposed to...

Introduction: Rapeseed is one of the most important oilseeds in the world. Rapeseed with the scientific name of Brassica napus L. is ranked third in the world in terms of grain production after soybean and in terms of oil production after soybean and oil palm. Plants are always exposed to a wide range of environmental stresses, both biological and...

In order to investigation of genotype - environment interaction is essential for selecting compatible and stable genotypes in plant breeding. For this order analysis of genotype × environment interaction and identify barley stable genotypes for warm and humid regions, this study conducted in a randomized complete block design with 4 replications an...

Background and Objective:This study was conducted to evaluate freezing stress tolerance and identify tolerant genotypes among a number of rapeseed genotypes. Materials and Methods:The experiment was carried out in the form of split plots based on randomized complete blocks with three replications in 1397 in a field with an area the 2000 square met...

Seven generations of B73, MO17, F1, F2, F3, BC1 and BC2 were evaluated in this study for grain yield and several physiological traits. Field evaluation was conducted in a randomized complete block design with twenty replications under water deficit condition in agricultural research station at the University of Tabriz (Iran) in 2017. Statistical an...

Javadi et al.: Exogenous application of 24-epibrassinolide and nano-zinc oxide at flowering improves osmotic stress tolerance in harvested tomato seeds-4401-APPLIED ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 16(4):4401-4417. Abstract. The favorable effects of exogenously applied brassinosteroids and zinc micronutrient on plant growth performance and seed d...

Water deficit is one of the most important abiotic stresses constraining crop production in rapeseed. Understanding the mechanisms of adaptation to this stress is essential for the development and production of drought tolerant cultivars. In this sense, this research study aims to investigate the importance of genetic diversity in identifying culti...

Pathogens are the major causes of wheat crop yield losses, including the fungus Fusarium graminearum, an agent of Fusarium Head Blight (FHB). A better understanding of the relationship between plant morphological and biochemical traits and resistance to FHB can be effective in implementing a successful breeding program. This study investigated the...

Onion (Allium cepa L.) is one of the most important vegetable crops in the world. Weeds are the most global problem in onion production. Purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus L.) is one of the most damaging weeds, which propagates rapidly through extensive underground system and tubers. The aims of this study were to evaluate the effect of solarization...

To verify diversity, relationship between traits, and selection of superior genotypes using the selection index of ideal genotype (SIIG) technique, an experiment was carried out on agricultural land in Tikmeh Dash city, from the province of East Azarbaijan, Iran in 2017-18. In this experiment, 22 autumn canola genotypes were studied in a randomized...

Oilseed crops with a high relative amount of unsaturated fatty acids content are one of great significance for human health. Canola oil is considered one of the most health-promoting vegetable oils in terms of unsaturated fatty acid. Seed fatty acid composition and oil content of canola are also affected by drought stress. Large parts of the world...

Introduction: Onion (Allium cepa L.) is one of the most important vegetables (with 2.305 million tons production) in Iran. Onion cultivation area of southern Kerman is 5732 hectares and this region is ranked first for onion production (307 thousand tons of production) in Iran. Onion growth and yield are significantly reduced by weed competition. Am...

To study gene action and inheritance of some biochemical traits generation mean and generation variance analyses of basic seven generations B73 (as maternal line), MO17 (as paternal line), F1, F2, F3, BC1, and BC2 were conducted at the University of Tabriz agricultural research station (NW-Iran) in 2017. The generations were sown in PVC pipes using...

To map quantitative trait loci (QTL) for harvest index, 148 recombinant inbred lines and their parents, Yecora Rojo and an Iranian landrace line (No. 49), were evaluated under normal and terminal water deficit stress conditions in the research stations of Mahabad University and Miyandoab Agricultural Research Center, Iran, during 2014 and 2015. The...

Hajivand et al.: Stability analysis of seed yield of chickpea genotypes, Iran-2621-APPLIED ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 18(2):2621-2636. Abstract. Evaluation of compatibility and stability of cultivars under different environmental conditions is a particular interest in crop breeding programs. In order to evaluate the seed yield stability of...

This research was carried out using seven generations of MO17 (the paternal line), B73 (the maternal line), F1 (SC704), F2, F3, BC1 and BC2 to study the inheritance of chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and relative water content using generation mean analysis. The experiment was conducted in the research station of the University of Tabriz, Iran,...

In the present study, in order to evaluate the drought tolerance indices and their relationship with ISSR markers, 12 rapeseed genotypes were studied using a factorial experiment based on completely randomized block design under the three irrigation treatments (control and irrigation after drainage of 60 and 85% moisture content) in the greenhouse...

به منظور گروهبندي لاينهاي نوتركيب گندم نان ازنظر صفات فنولوژيك و تخصيص مواد فتوسنتزي، 148 لاين اينبرد نوتركيب گندم نان به همراه والدين (Rojo Yecora و 49. No (در قالب طرح آلفا لاتيس با دو تكرار و در شرايط آبياري كامل و تنش كمآبي انتهاي فصل در دو سال زراعي 93 و 94 در ايستگاه تحقيقات كشاورزي و منابع طبيعي مياندوآب و مهاباد مورد ارزيابي قرار گرفتند. نت...

بهمنظور شناسايي نشانگرهاي آگاهيبخش مرتبط با تعدادي صفات و شاخصهاي فيزيولوژيك 22 ژنوتيپ كلزا تحت شرايط تنش هاي كنترلكننده صفات مورفولوژيك در شرايط تنش خشكي پيوسته بودند، استفاده QTL خشكي، از 36 نشانگر ريزماهوارهاي كه با استفاده شد. ميزان MLM و GLM شد. بهمنظور شناسايي نواحي ژنومي دخيل در كنترل صفات فيزيولوژيك از مدلهاي ارتباطي PIC متغير بود. متوسط مي...

Introduction: Cyerus rotundus is a perennial weed of the Cyperaceae family spread throughout the tropical and subtropical parts of the world. It is a C4 and fast-growing plant that replicates rapidly through the extensive underground system and tuber. This weed causes damage to more than 92 countries and 50 crop species. In this regard, it is consi...

Salinity stress is a non-toxic and important limiting factor for crop production. Due to the increasing salinity of the country, identification of salinity tolerant genotypes in crops such as chickpea is important in areas where salinity is high. This experiment was carried out in a greenhouse of Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Univer...

Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) is a major crop cultivated worldwide mainly for oil, human consumption and renewable fuel. Plant growth is controlled by several factors, of which water plays a vital role. Large parts of the world are increasingly affected by drought. Drought stress is one of the most important abiotic factors which adversely affect gr...

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of nitrogen on the wheat competition with susceptible and resistant wild mustard biotypes to Tribenuron-Methyl herbicide at Gonbad Kavus University and Agricultural Research Station of Gonbad Kavus in a randomized complete block design with three replications in 2014-2015. In this experiment, six...

In order to investigate the nitrogen content in resistance and susceptible biotypes of wild mustard to tribenuron methyl herbicide in competition with wheat, a pot experiment was conducted at Gonbad Kavus University in a randomized complete block design with three replications. Three treatments of wheat and wild mustard plants were included: pure w...

This study was conducted to evaluate the efficiency of nitrogen use in susceptible and resistant to Tribenuron methyl herbicides susceptible to wheat in Gonbad Kavus University and Gonbad Kavus Agricultural Research Station in a randomized complete block design with two replications. In this experiment, six levels of nitrogen (0, 0.04, 0.08, 0.12,...

In order to mapping additive and epistatic QTL and their interaction with environment for traits related to spike characteristics using a RILs population of wheat, comprising 148 recombinant inbred lines derived from a cross between two winter wheat cultivars, ‘YecoraRojo’ and ‘No. 49’, was evaluated in two locations in Iran (Miandoab and Mahabad)...

Durum wheat (Triticum durum desf.) is one of the most important cereal crops used to make pasta, macaroni and other foods. Understanding the complexity of the genotype × environment interaction (GEI) and its impact on determining the most stable genotypes, mega environments and other adaptation goals has been a special concern for the plant breeder...

Drought stress is one of the most important abiotic factors which adversely affects growth, metabolism and yield of crops worldwide. The goal of the research was identify drought tolerate canola genotypes using the different drought tolerance indices. The experiment was conducted as split plot based on randomized complete block design with three re...

In bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), crop height is an important determinant of agronomic performance. To map QTLs with additive effects and additive×additive epistatic interactions, 148 recombinant inbred lines and their parents, (‘YecoraRojo’ and Iranian landrace (No. #49)) were evaluated under normal and water deficit conditions. The experimen...

Genotype × environment interactions complicate selection of superior genotypes for narrow and wide adaptation. Multi-environment yield trials of twenty durum wheat genotypes were conducted at five locations of Iran (Gachsaran, Gonbad, Moghan, Ilam and Khorram abad) over four years (2009-2013). Combined ANOVA of yield data of the twenty environments...

به منظور بررسي تأثير سطوح مختلف تراکم بوته و کود نيتروژن بر عملکرد و اجزاي عملکرد غده سيب زميني(رقم آگريا)، آزمايشي در سال 1385 در اردبيل (ايران) در قالب طرح آزمايش فاكتوريل بر پايه بلوک هاي کامل تصادفي، با 3 تکرار انجام شد. فاکتورها شامل کود نيتروژن در 4 سطح(0، 80، 160و 200 کيلوگرم نيتروژن خالص در هکتار) و تراکم بوته در 3 سطح(5/5، 5/7 و 11 بوته در...

Description and prediction of water flow through unsaturated soils is necessary to understand their hydraulic properties, including soil water retention curve (SWRC). Many models have been developed for estimation of SWRC and many researchers compared water retention curve derived from these models with the measured values. In this paper, in additi...

The study was performed to determine as to whether antioxidant potential (enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants) as well as some other attributes could be used as potential drought resistance markers in two maize lines (B73 and M O17). Under water deficit conditions, growth traits, relative water content (RWC), chlorophyll a, total chlorophyll a...