Iranian Knowledge-Based Firm Offers New Greenhouse Substrate
TEHRAN (ANA)- A knowledge-based company in Iran has produced an innovative product from date-palm tree waste as a greenhouse substrate.
Iranian Researchers Discover New Method to Keep Barberry Fresh in Storage for Long Time
TEHRAN (ANA)- A knowledge-based company in Iran has discovered a method for barberry storage, which enables Iranian farmers to export fresh barberries to world markets.
Iranian Researchers Produce Plant-Based Meat to Increase Food Security in Country
TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers at a technology company in Iran have used plant proteins to produce meat containing 85-90% protein, which is very similar to taste and smell of animal's meat.
Iranian Student Carries Out Nematology Experiment on Tomato
TEHRAN (ANA)- The first plant nematology experiment was conducted in the form of a doctoral thesis by an Iranian student of the plant pathology major at the Islamic Azad University’s Marvdasht branch.
Ethiopian Plants Show Anticancer Potential
TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers from Georgia State University and its Perimeter College are actively gathering and analyzing samples of indigenous plants from Ethiopia to explore their disease-fighting capabilities.
Researchers in Iran Begin Wheat Cultivation Using Plasma-Activated Water (PAW)
TEHRAN (ANA)- Secretary of the Iranian Nanotechnology Innovation Council (INIC) says that wheat cultivation using plasma-activated water (PAW) will be carried out for the first time in Iran later this year in October.
Researchers Use Gene Editing to Combat Wheat ‘Cancer’
TEHRAN (ANA)- A research team from China has employed gene editing technology to improve wheat resistance to stripe rust, an airborne fungal disease described as ‘cancer’ for this crop.
Iran Planning to Harvest Over 150,000 Tons of Olives in 1 Year
TEHRAN (ANA)- Javad Mir Arab, the executive director of the Boost in Oil Cultivation Program in Iran predicted that oil harvest will increase by 100% this year in the country compared to last year, adding that more than 150,000 tons of olives and 11,000 tons of olive oil is going to be produced in the country this year.
Researchers Discover Mechanism to Trigger Plant Regeneration
TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered the primary wound signal that initiates plant regenerative responses, providing a convenient method for improving the crops' genetic transformation efficiency.
Citrus Waste Used by Iranian Researchers to Produce Essential Oil
TEHRAN (ANA)- Specialists of the Innovation and Acceleration Center of the Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research of Shahid Beheshti Organization succeeded in producing essential oil and pectin (polysaccharide) from citrus waste.