In the winter of 2023 and during routine examinations of date palm trees in Safiabad, Dezful (Khuzestan Province, Iran), an intense white mass of fungal molds was observed on the leaf scars of the said trees. Purified ...

An isolate of an ascomycetous fungus collected during a field trip in the Zagros Forest, Kermanshah province (West of Iran) was identified as Myxotrichum. Based on the morphological and molecular characters the isolate was ...

Sphaerulina is a genus of fungi which belongs to the family Mycosphaerellaceae in the order Mycosphaerellales. In a survey of leaf-inhabiting fungi associated with trees in Hyrcanian forests, several isolates of the genus ...

In Flora Iranica area, Tanacetum comprised 18 sections and 54 species. Considering new findings, Tanacetum species in Iran has been increased to 37. No detailed information on the karyotype analysis of the studied species ...

The present study is focused on identifying the differences between the closely related sections Microphysa and Campylanthus in the genus Astragalus using micromorphological characteristics. For this purpose, the morphological ...

Salvia multicaulis is a widespread medicinal plant growing in north, northwest, and center of Iran. In this study, the aerial parts of 29 specimens belonging to five geographical populations were collected and dried at ...

Pollen grains of eight species of Gagea were examined using Light Microscope (LM) and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). Results showed that selected quantitative characters of pollen grains (polar axis, equatorial axis, ...

The protection of genetic resources is crucial for safeguarding national assets as natural resources face various threats such as climate change and changing land use. To conserve endangered species such as Astragalus ...