The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of different treatments on seed germination in the desert plant speciesCalotropis persica(Gand.). This species is known to have long time for seed germination considering arid region condition and short time of access moist. An experiment was performed with 13 treatments and 4 replications in a completely randomized design. Treatments included KNO3with concentrations of 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 percent, immersion in hot water for five min, acetylsalicylic acid 100, 200, and 300 mg L−1, ethereal sulfuric acid (60%) for 5 and 10 min, thiourea with concentrations of 0.1% and 0.3%, and prechilling for 10 days. Tap water was used as the control. Our findings indicate that KNO30.1% and 100 mg L−1acetylsalicylic acid were the most effective treatments for improvement of seed germination properties in this species. In a comparison of the two mentioned treatment, KNO30.1% treatments is the best.

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To cite this article (Atıf): Sheikh, V.B., Shalamzari, M.J., Farajollahi, A., 2017. Sediment-bound Abstract: Soil erosion is not only the loss of soil particles, but also the loss of sediment-bounded nutrients and elements. One the principle methods of the assessment of soil erosion and nutrient loss, is to use rainfall simulators. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of land-use, slope gradient and direction on the loss of soil nutrients in Kechik Coupled Watershed Site in Golestan Province using rainfall simulation. In order to determine the sediment's content of potassium, nitrogen and phosphorous, flame photometry, Kjedalhl and spectrophotometry methods were used. To estimate organic carbon, the Walkey-Black method was exercised. Given the results, the highest obtained values of nitrogen loss was attributed to the agricultural land-use. This follows rangeland and forest; although, with a slight difference. Potassium loss was greatest in the rangelands by 0.15 t.ha-1, and agriculture and forest ranked second and third. Soil nutrient loss in terms of phosphorus, was maximum in the forest land-use and then respectively, agriculture and rangelands. Soil organic carbon loss was maximally measured in the forest, rangeland and agriculture, respectively. In this study, two slope classes of 0-20 and 20-40 was considered in the forest and rangeland land-uses, while the classification of slope gradient in agricultural land-use was in different two classes of 0-15 and 15-30. According the findings, soil nitrogen, phosphorus and organic matter loss was highest in case of the second slope gradient class (20-40% in rangelands and agricultural fields; 20-40 % in forest land-uses) of all land-uses and aspects. Interestingly, soil potassium loss was greatest in the first slope class. Northern slope directions had the highest soil nutrient loss compared with the southern direction in all land-use types. The findings of this study put emphasis on the land-use management and primarily underlines the role of agricultural land-uses. Keywords: Nutrient loss, land-use, kechik, erosion, BSTF1, GolestanYağış simülasyonu modeli kullanarak toprak ve besin maddesi kayıplarının hesaplanması Özet: Toprak erozyonu sadece toprak parçacıkları kaybı değil, aynı zamanda besin ve elementlerin de kaybıdır. Toprak erozyonu ve besin kaybını ölçmek için yağış simülatörleri kullanmaktır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, arazi kullanımı ve eğim parametrelerini kullanarak Gülistan Eyaleti-Kechik su havzasında yağış simülasyonu modeli kullanarak toprak ve besin kaybını hesaplamaktır. Sedimentlerdeki potasyum, azot ve fosfor içeriğini belirlemek için, Kjedalhl ve spektrofotometri yöntemleri kullanılmıştır. Organik karbon tahmini için ise Walkey-Black Metodu kullanılmıştır. Sonuçlar göz önüne alındığında, azot kaybının en yüksek olduğu alanlar tarımsal arazilerdir. Bunu; küçük bir fark ile meralar ve orman izlemektedir. Potasyum kaybı 0.15 t.ha-1 ile en fazla meralarda görülmüş, tarım ve orman alanları ise ikinci ve üçüncü sırada yer almıştır. Fosfor yönü...

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