Ramin Taheri

Yazd Research & Clinical Centre for Infertility

Abstract The aim of this study was the evaluation of the methods to increase the yield of potato and the accumulation of iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) in response to iron and zinc fertilizers. In these studies, ‘Marfona’ potato (Solanum tuberosum) cultivar was used in a statistical factorial design experiment with three factors: methods of fertilizer ap...

In this study, the effects of concentration and application time of ethephon on growth parameters; stem height, stem diameter, biomass, carbohydrate content; sucrose content, invert sugar, brix value, and juice volume of two sweet sorghum cultivars were determined. Three ethephon application time (8 leaves, booting, and flowering) and five ethephon...

Sweet sorghum is tolerant to high temperature and drought and can be considered as an alternative crop to sugar beet and maize in Iran. In this study, the effects of nitrogen and potassium fertilizers on growth parameters including stem height, stem diameter, stem fresh weight, total fresh weight; carbohydrate contents including total sugar, brix v...

Nine cultivars and lines of sorghum of Iran were evaluated for sucrose content, grain yield, and yield components. Results show that cv Rio had the highest sucrose content (125.6 g kg –1 fresh stalk) and cv Turno, the lowest (28.8 g kg –1). IS 18154 (1085 g m – 2) had the highest grain yield and cv Rio (541 g m –2), the lowest. Soave was intermedia...

The carbohydrate contents of sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) is an important industrial factor for crystal sugar or bioethanol production. In this study the relationship between growth analysis and carbohydrate contents were studied to recognize the best growth stages for sweet sorghum harvesting. Five sweet sorghum cultivars and four swe...

Due to the population increase, about 1.5 million tons of sugar is needed annually in Iran. Half of this amount is provided by sugar beet and sugarcane industries and the other half is imported. These two crops are facing many problems such as: high cost of planting and harvesting, long growing season and high water requirement. Whereas, sweet sorg...

The effect of nitrogen and potassium fertilizers on growth parameters and yield components of two sweet sorghum cultivars ( Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) were studied. The experiment was assessed in split plot design with three replications. Three rates of N-fertilizer (0, 90, 180 kg Urea ha<SUP>-1</SUP>), two rates of K-fertilizer (0 and 50 kg potass...

Sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is a multiple-purpose crop which has been consumed as either food or feed and recently, industrially cultivated for liquid sugar and ethanol production. Biomass and carbohydrate composition of sweet sorghum are considered as important factors for industrial productions. Thus, in this study fresh stalk yie...