Elham Danaee; Vahid Abdossi
Volume 4, Issue 4 , December 2021, , Pages 13-20
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Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) belongs to the mint family, which contains essential oils and phenolic compounds with antibacterial and antioxidant properties. Iron, potassium, and zinc are essential nutrients for plants. The use of nano-chelates is effective on vegetative characteristics ...
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Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) belongs to the mint family, which contains essential oils and phenolic compounds with antibacterial and antioxidant properties. Iron, potassium, and zinc are essential nutrients for plants. The use of nano-chelates is effective on vegetative characteristics essential oils percentages of medicinal plants. The aim of this study was to investigate foliar application effects of nano-chelates levels on morphophysiological and phytochemical traits of basil. This experiment was performed as a completely randomized statistical design with 10 treatments including nano-chelates of iron, potassium, and zinc (0, 2, 4, and 6 mg/l). Non-foliar treatment with nano-chelates was used as a control treatment. The results showed that foliar application of different levels of nano-chelates had a significant effect on traits such as shoot fresh weight, total chlorophyll, flavonoids, amount of iron, potassium, and zinc at the level of 1%. Also, there was a significant impact on traits such as shoot and root dry weight, root fresh weight, phenol, vitamin C and essential oil percentage at 5% level. The highest fresh and dry weight of shoots and roots, vitamin C, phenol, and zinc was observed in Zn nano-chelate treatment. The highest content of total chlorophyll, flavonoids, iron content, and essential oil content in Fe nano-chelate treatment and the highest amount of potassium was in the treatment of K nano-chelate. Foliar application of different levels of nano-chelates in basil improved quantitative qualitative and nutritional contents. Nano-chelate fertilizers affected the percentage of compounds and the amount of essential oil compounds except methyl chavicol.
Khatereh Nejadasgari Chokami; Vahid Abdossi; Saeed Samavat; Alireza Ladan Moghadam; Pezhman Moradi
Volume 4, Issue 3 , September 2021, , Pages 28-32
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This research was carried out in Pakdasht private greenhouse, to evaluate the effect of putrescine, spermine, and spermidine on the quantity of Basil under conditions of salt stress as a factorial experiment in a completely randomized block design with three replications in ...
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This research was carried out in Pakdasht private greenhouse, to evaluate the effect of putrescine, spermine, and spermidine on the quantity of Basil under conditions of salt stress as a factorial experiment in a completely randomized block design with three replications in 2016-2017. The treatments included the application of putrescine, spermine, and spermidine at levels 4 (0, 50, 100, and 150 mg/l), salinity stress at four levels (0, 50, 100, and 150 mM), and control treatment (distill water). The results showed that the interaction effects between polyamines, salinity, and concentration on Potassium, Phosphorus, Calcium, Manganese, Manganese Zinc, Iron, Cupper content, was statistically significant at 1% level. K, P, Ca, Mg, Mn, Zn, Fe, Cu content raised in all polyamine treatments. Interaction and simultaneous exposure of 150 mg/l spermidine and low salinity had a positive effect on all the studied plant traces. In addition, the findings indicated that the concentration of 150 mM sodium chloride solution reduced the mentioned traits. However, spermidine improved this condition and symptoms of stress and damages were less observed in spermidine-treated plants. Therefore, it seems that the enhancement synthesis of compounds in plant tissues acts as a health activator in the human body.
Mazaher Hosseinzadeh Rostam Kalaei; Vahid Abdossi; Elham Danaee
Volume 4, Issue 2 , April 2021, , Pages 1-7
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The aim of this research was to determine the effect of selenium forms (sodium selenate and sodium selenite) at (2, 4, 8, and 16 mg/l) levels on the phytochemical attributes of Echium amoenum (Vipers bugloss) as factorial randomized complete block design. Selenium sources were added in four steps: 2 ...
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The aim of this research was to determine the effect of selenium forms (sodium selenate and sodium selenite) at (2, 4, 8, and 16 mg/l) levels on the phytochemical attributes of Echium amoenum (Vipers bugloss) as factorial randomized complete block design. Selenium sources were added in four steps: 2 true leaves stage, 10 leaves, 2 weeks, and 1 week before flowering. The traits were evaluated in different stages of flowering (beginning, full flowering, and end of flowering). Results showed that selenium sources significantly affected the qualitative characteristics of the E. amoenum. The highest photosynthetic pigments were obtained by 4 mg/l sodium selenite at beginning of flowering. When the plants were sprayed with 4 mg/l sodium selenate and harvested at beginning of flowering, higher total alkaloid contents in leaves and petals were observed compared to the other treatments. When the plants were sprayed with 8 mg/l sodium selenate and harvested at end of flowering, higher total phenols and flavonoids contents, soluble sugars content were observed compared to the other treatments. Moreover, foliar application of selenium sources significantly increased the content of this element in the petals. Sodium selenate was more effective than sodium selenite in increasing the content of this element. Generally, the results showed selenium sources significantly improved phytochemical properties of E. amoenum.
Saeideh Bagheri; Pezhman Moradi; Fereshteh Nematolahi; Vahid Zarinnia; Vahid Abdossi
Volume 4, Issue 1 , March 2021, , Pages 5-9
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Chemical methods to grow and improve plants threaten the health of the environment. In a previous study, factors assuming that flavonoids properties for instance pH, temperature, time, and plant extract content were assayed. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is the second most important vegetable in the ...
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Chemical methods to grow and improve plants threaten the health of the environment. In a previous study, factors assuming that flavonoids properties for instance pH, temperature, time, and plant extract content were assayed. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is the second most important vegetable in the world in terms of its economic value. This experiment was conducted in a completely randomized block design with three levels of chitosan, sylamol, aqueous extract, and silver nanoparticles with three replications. Different concentrations of silver nitrate solution (10, 20, 30mg/ l), aqueous extract (10, 20, 30mg/ l), chitosan (0.1, 0.3, 0.5 v/v) and silamol (1/1000, 2/1000, 3/1000(v/v) and control treatment (distilled water) were applied. Nutritional content including lycopene, Total soluble solids concentration (TSS), vitamin C, zinc, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, and potassium. Factors assuming that flavonoids properties for instance pH, temperature, time, and plant extract content were assayed., Fe, Mn, P, Ca and K, are significantly affected by using treatment. Measurement of features was done at 4, 1, 3, 7, and 11 days. The results showed that the application of the above treatment at 30 ppm silver nanoparticles was more effective than all other nutritional characters. So, these natural matters could be used for increasing the quality of tomatoes.
Parviz Samavatipour; Vahid Abdossi; Reza Salehi; Saeed Samavat; Alireza Ladan Moghadam
Volume 3, Issue 4 , December 2020, , Pages 1-6
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Recently, the role of selenium (Se) as an antioxidant has generated wide interest in humans and animal-based on its presence in antioxidant defense systems. Unfortunately, people in many countries fail to get enough selenium. Dill (Anethum graveolens L.) is one of the medicinal plants belonging to the ...
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Recently, the role of selenium (Se) as an antioxidant has generated wide interest in humans and animal-based on its presence in antioxidant defense systems. Unfortunately, people in many countries fail to get enough selenium. Dill (Anethum graveolens L.) is one of the medicinal plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. Any kind of herbal drug is influenced by many factors. Genetic, pre-harvest (season of harvest, soil, type of water), and post-harvest factors (storage, temperature, moisture) can affect total phenolic, flavonoid, and antioxidant capacity as well as other elements and compounds. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of selenium trace in combination with and acids on the enrichment of dill. The experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design with three levels of acid (0, 50, and 150 mmol /l) and selenium application at 5 levels (0, 6, 8, 12 and 16 mg/l). The results of this experiment showed that the effect of selenium at different level of acids was significant. So that shoot fresh and dry weight, chlorophyll, essential oils, selenium content, and antioxidant enzymes were affected by increasing treatment level. The results indicated that (50 mg/l acid+12 mg/l sodium selenate) increased and improved some morphophysiological traits and essential oils including ɑ-Pinene, β-Myrecene, ɑ-Phellandene, and Carvone.
Mehran Jandaghi; Mohammad Reza Hasandokht; Vahid Abdossi; Pezhman Moradi
Volume 3, Issue 3 , September 2020, , Pages 8-12
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Currently in order to develop healthy foods, the usage of organic fertilizers has received more consideration as a suitable suggestion for the application of chemical fertilizers. Cucumbers, a fruit in the Cucurbitaceae family, have many uses for salad as a food. This research was carried out to figure ...
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Currently in order to develop healthy foods, the usage of organic fertilizers has received more consideration as a suitable suggestion for the application of chemical fertilizers. Cucumbers, a fruit in the Cucurbitaceae family, have many uses for salad as a food. This research was carried out to figure out the impact of chicken manure tea and vermicompost on some nutritional traits in cucumber fruit (Cucumis sativus cv. Extreme), in a greenhouse in Iran's Tehran province. The study was factorial in a randomized completely block design with four replications. Treatments were control (without any fertilizer), control with chemical fertilizer (20-20-20), vermicompost in two levels (20 and 30 %), and chicken manure tea (1/4, 1/8, and 1/12). At the end of the grown season, fruits were harvested. Some nutrients traits were measured. Results showed that increasing the amount of chicken manure tea (up to 1/8 v/v) significantly increased trace elements (Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, Copper, Iron, Zinc, Manganese) of cucumber. By enhancement in the content of chicken manure tea (1/4 v/v), all traits showed the same result as treatment with chemical fertilizer. So, manure fertilizer can be used for the improvement of nutritional value in cucumber cultivation to produce healthy foods.
Sara Motamedi; Forogh Mortazaeinejad; Vahid Abdossi; Davood Naderi
Volume 3, Issue 2 , June 2020, , Pages 1-8
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To investigate the effect of polyamines and some organic acids’ application on postharvest life of button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus), an experiment was conducted in 2016. The treatments included putrescine (1, 2, and 3 mM), spermine and spermidine (0.75, 1, and 1.5 mM), ascorbic acid (10, 20, ...
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To investigate the effect of polyamines and some organic acids’ application on postharvest life of button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus), an experiment was conducted in 2016. The treatments included putrescine (1, 2, and 3 mM), spermine and spermidine (0.75, 1, and 1.5 mM), ascorbic acid (10, 20, and 30 mM), citric acid (2, 3, and 4 mM), cinnamic acid (50, 100, and 150 mM) and the control. Treatments were used in two stages, before and after harvest, in two separate experiments based on a completely randomized design with three replications. At the end of the experiment, the nutritional value including, K, Ca, Fe, Vitamin C, TSS, and Protein in button mushroom were measured. The results indicated that in post-harvest stages, the maximum level of protein and Vitamin C were obtained in response to use of spermidine 1.5 mM. The maximum value of protein was observed at 3 mM putrescine and 30 mM Vitamin C at post-harvest stages. The maximum level of TSS was shown in spermidine 1 mM in both pre- and post-harvest. The application of treatments affect on micro and macro elements significantly. It can be said that application of treatments in the post-harvest stage has more influence on the nutritional value and durability of button mushroom.
Ramesh Faghihi; Kambiz Larijani; Vahid Abdossi; Pezhman Moradi
Volume 3, Issue 1 , March 2020, , Pages 35-39
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The increasing need for enhanced fresh food shelf life, as well as require of protection against forborne diseases, stimulate the growth of antimicrobial food packaging. Among the most impressive ways, the mixture of organic-inorganic, packaging, i.e. polymer inserted metal nanoparticles demonstrate ...
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The increasing need for enhanced fresh food shelf life, as well as require of protection against forborne diseases, stimulate the growth of antimicrobial food packaging. Among the most impressive ways, the mixture of organic-inorganic, packaging, i.e. polymer inserted metal nanoparticles demonstrate to be extremely, useful. Silver nanoparticles, particularly, have antimicrobial, anti-fungi, anti-yeasts, and anti-viral activities and can be joined with both non-degradable and edible polymers for fresh packaging. The present application of AgNPs in fresh vegetable packaging is arranged by EU and USA food safety authorities carefully, due to the incapability to make certain bulletin on their toxicity. Hence, their use is figuring out in terms of Ag+ transformation into the packed food. This study was done to determine the effect of plastics embedded silver nanoparticles at concentrations of 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 ppm on some cucumber postharvest traits. In addition, it was examined the evaluation of the efficacy of AgNPs-containing hybrid materials to assure fresh vegetable safety. The results indicated that plastic bags were made successfully and 60 ppm concentration of silver nanoparticles was more effective than all other treatments on postharvest characters. Soluble solids concentration, TSS, Vitamin C, Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mg, and K, is significantly affected by using bags. Cucumbers shelf life is relatively long, lasting 21 days whereas control was 13 days. In addition, the highest level of silver penetration (1.99±0.002 ppb) in exocarp, (0.25±0.006 ppb) in mesocarp, and (0.30±0.006 ppb) in endocarp was associated with the treatment of 60 ppm silver nanoparticles in cucumber. So, these bags could be used for increasing shelf life in cucumber.
