Background and objectives: Chickpea has the highest harvest area and production quantity among pulse crops in Iran. This crop is a poor competitor against weeds. So understanding the critical period of weed control (CPWC) is important for determining proper time of weed management and herbicide application. The objective of the experiment was to determine the CPWC of chickpea in dry-land conditions of Dehgolan plain in Kurdistan province. Material and methods: The field experiment was carried out as randomized complete block design with four replications at agricultural research station of Kurdistan University in Dehgolan plain, Kurdistan province from April 18, to July 21, 2014. The chickpea cultivar ILC 482 was used for the study. The trial had 16 treatments, including seven non-weeding (Interference) periods and seven weeding (weed-free) periods as well as whole season weed free and weed interference as control. Weed interference and weed-free treatments were set up as 12, 22, 32, 42, 52, 62, and 72 day periods after planting. The beginning and the end of CPWC was determined by curve fitting to weed interference and weed free periods respectively. Relative seed yield of treatments was calculated as percent of weed-free control. A four parameter logistic equation was fitted to relative yields of weed interference and weed-free periods and then CPWC was determined based on 2. 5, 5, and 10 percent Acceptable yield loss (AYL). Results: Weed density of interference periods ranged 9. 98-17. 42 and the mean density was 14. 82 plant m-2 during growing season. Mean density of Chenopodium album, Convolvulus arvensis, Carthamus oxyacantha, and Amaranthus retroflexus were 8, 4, 1. 5, and 0. 5 plant m-2 respectively and composed the major species of weed community. Weeds dry weight increased linearly as interference period increased and reached 62. 13 gm-2 on harvest time. In contrast, weeds dry weight decreased exponentially with increasing weed-free periods and approximately approached zero at the end of growing season. Seed yield of weed-free and weed interference controls were 106. 38, and 68. 71gm-2 respectively. Therefore, weed interference reduced seed yield by 35. 5% compared to weed-free control. The beginning of CPWC was estimated 208, 292, and 426 degree days (18, 24 and 36 days after planting) equal to 3, 5, and 8 chickpea leaf stage and the end of CPWC was also determined 1234, 969, and 720 degree days (79, 67 and 54 days after planting) equal to mead seed filling, the end of podding, and early flowering according to 2. 5, 5, and 10 percent yield loss. Conclusion: The CPWC was determined 24-67 days after planting (the 5 leaf stage to the end of chickpea podding) based on 5% yield loss.

In order to determine the critical period for weed control of greenhouse cucumber, an experiment was conducted in 2012 in a soil greenhouse located 25 km from Mashhad, as a randomized complete blocks design with three replications. The experiment consisted of two treatment series of weed interference. The first series consisted of weedinterference periods (including 14, 28, 42, 56, 70 and 84 days after emergence and the entire growth period of greenhouse cucumber) and the second series consisted of weed-free periods (including 14, 28, 42, 56, 70 and 84 days after emergence and the whole period of greenhouse cucumber growth). Results of this study showed that red root pigweed, common purslane, black nightshade, dwarf mallowand and common lambsquarters were the weeds with the highest density and biomass. Increasing or decreasing the weed-interference and weed-free periods led to changes in density, biomass, relative density and relative biomass of these plants. If 10, 5, and 1% of greenhouse cucumber yield loss are Acceptable, then weed control must be carried out from 23 to 77 days (54 days), 18 to 94 days (76 days), and 16 to 107 days (91 days) after the greenhouse cucumber emerges, respectively. In general, the results of this experiment demonstrated that weed control in greenhouse cucumber production is necessary to achieve optimal yield.

Purpose: To report visual and anatomical outcome of flap loss after LASIK surgery for correction of high myopia. Materials & Methods: Retrospective evaluation of flap loss in two eyes of two patients, a rare complication of LASIK Surgery. Case No. 1: 27 y/o woman with Ref. OD -9.75; 2.75*177 VA. CC: 20/60 KR OD: 41.86*77 39.86 * 168 & partial amblyopia due to anisometropia. Case No. 2: 38 y/o woman with Ref OD. -9.50 1.0*177 VA CC: 20/30 KR OD: 42.06*77 40.99 * 167. Results: In both patients during LASIK surgery free cap complication occurred and after Laser therapy free cap positioned over the stromal bed, but the next day after operation flaps were lost. For case NO.1only medical management performed and after 4.5 years F/U cornea has 2° central haziness. For case NO.2 another corneal flap from donor globe cut and sutured with Nylon 10/0 and after 18 months F/U cornea is clear. Conclusion: In patients with flat keratometry less than 41.0 Diopter rate of free cap are high and after laser therapy for high myopia the keratometry became more flat. If surgeon doesn't suture flap the rate of flap loss increase so for prevent of corneal haziness and corneal ectazia this evaluation suppose to perform donor corneal flap graft.      

In order to investigate the possibility of quinoa producing in Garmsar, Iran, a factorial experiment conducted in randomized complete block design with three replications in 2018-2019 growing season at Garmsar Agricultural Research Station. The factors were planting date at three levels (March 6th, April 1st and April 6th) and the three genotypes of quinoa (Q26, Q29 and Titicaca). Results showed that the effect of planting date was significant for all studied traits except the harvest index. Also, all studied traits were significantly different in all genotypes. Titicaca planted on March 6th had the highest yield (2276 kg.ha-1).The grain yield and yield components decreased with the delaying the planting date. Compared to early plantings, Latest date, April 6th, led to reduction of all traits, especially grain yield (about 50%). The results of simple phenotypic correlation between the studied traits showed that grain yield per hectare had the highest correlation with plant yield (0.877) and then with leaf area index (0.832), panicle weight (0.815) and number of branches per plant (0.745) that was significant at the 1% probability level.

To investigate the effect of weed interference and weed-free periods on Balangu (Lallemantia royleana Benth. in Wall) and to evaluate the critical period of weed control (CPWC) in this oilseed crop, an experiment was conducted as a randomized complete block design with three replications in Naghadeh region in 2018. Experimental consisted of two groups of treatments; weed infestation treatments (infestation for 144.2, 345.9, 574, 848.2, 1147.6 and 1451.3 growing degree day (GDD) after transplanting and then plots were remained weed-free the rest of the growing season) and weed-free treatments (weeding for 144.2, 345.9, 574, 848.2, 1147.6 and 1451.3 GDD after transplanting and then plots were remained infested until harvesting time). In each block, one weed free and weed infested control was for all the growing season. Results indicated that the density and dry biomass of weeds were increased as weed removal was delayed. In contrast, density and dry biomass of weeds were decreased as weeds establishment was delayed. Height, tetrachenes fruits, ripened achenes, 1000-seed weight and biological, seed and relative yields of Balangu were decreased and increased as the duration of weed-infested and weed-free period increased, respectively. Also, logistic and Gompertz curves fitted to data showed that the beginning and end of the CPWC based on a 10% yield loss of relative yield, was estimated to be from 11 to 108 days after transplanting (97 days weed-free period) in order to prevent a noticeable yield loss.

The critical period of weed control is a part of crop life cycle during which weeds must be kept weed-free to avoid yield losses due to competition. In order to evaluate the effect of deficit irrigation on critical period of redroot pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus L. ) in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L. ), an experiment was carried out as split plot based on randomized complete block design with three replications at the experimental farm of College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, during 2010 and 2011 growing seasons. Factors were water deficit at three levels (100%, 75% and 50% of field capacity) as main plots and weed interference periods in weedy and weed-free plots at five sunflower growth stages (8-leaf, 12-leaf, head emergence, flowering and maturity) as subplots. Results showed that water deficit decreased grain yield and grain yield components in both years. Critical period of redroot pigweed in normal irrigation with accepting 5% yield loss in sunflower was 35-86 DAP (days after planting) in the first year and 49-94 DAP in the second year. By decreasing irrigation water to 75%FC and 50%FC, the length of critical period increased to 34-100 and 32-105 DAP in the first year and 50-101 DAP and 44-98 DAP in the second year of the study, respectively. Generally, our results showed water deficit extended the length of critical period of redroot pigweed in sunflower.

Identifying the constraining factors of production and yield gap is very important. Therefore; this research was performed to identify the production constraining factors of local rice cultivars. All management practices from nursery preparation to harvesting stages for 100 paddy fields of local rice cultivars were recorded through field studies, in Sari, from 2015-2016. In the CPA, the actual and calculated potential yield were 4495 and 5703 kg/ha, respectively and the gap was 1221 kg/ha. The yield gap caused by number of top-dressing variables was 324 kg/ha, equal to 27% of the total yield gap. The yield gap related to previous year of legumes cultivation was 218 kg ha-1, equal to 18% of the total yield variation. Among the 10 variables entered in the CPA model, the effects of top-dress fertilizer application and its application frequency and foliar application were remarkable, which could compensate a significant part of the yield gap (444 kg/ha, 37% of total) in the farmers’ fields by managing these variables. According to boundary line analysis (BLA) finding, actual yield mean on the basis of optimal limit related to 12 variables under study was 5369 kg/ha, with 881 kg/ha yield gap . Mean relative yield and relative yield gap for 12 variables (transplanting date, seedling age, number of seedlings per hill, planting density, nitrogen and phosphorous per hectare, nitrogen before transplanting, harvesting date, lodging problem, pest problem, diseases problem and weeds problem) were 83.64 and 16.35 kg/ha, respectively. Based on the finding, it can be stated that the model precision is appropriate and can be applied for both estimation of the quantity of yield gap and determining the portion of each restricting yield variables.

Considering the importance of Acceptable tax expenditures in the process of tax assessment and the necessity of examining the legal dimensions of the issue, these questions arise: What is the definition of Acceptable costs and legal conditions for accepting these costs? In this regard, the present study organized two main sections based on the two mentioned questions. Resulting in the first part, statistics and description of "seven legal conditions" for accepting tax costs, and in the second part, "seven legal criteria" governing the stage of determining the instance, assessment and addressing the mentioned costs were investigated. Finally, two legislative proposals and a procedural proposal in this area were proposed. The research method is descriptive-analytical and the latest "tax laws and regulations" in addition to the votes issued by the Supreme Tax Council, "General Board, Specialized Boards and Branches of the Administrative Justice Court" have also been considered.

In order to study the effect of plant density on critical period of weed control in canola (Brassica napus L.), hybrid cultivar of hyola 401, a factorial experiment was conducted using a randomized complete blocks design with three replications at Rice Research Institute of Iran (RRII) in Rasht during 2008-2009 growing season. The factors included plant density (80 and 57 plants m-2) and periods of weed management based on growth stages the crop. These periods included five levels of weed control until crop emergence, 2, 4, 8 leaf stages and emergence of flowering bud initiation and five levels of weed interference until the above mentioned growth stages. Two additional treatments including fullseason weedy and weed free checks were also prepared. The critical period of weed control was determined with the use of 5 and 10% Acceptable yield loss levels by non-linear regression method and fitting logistic and gompertz equations to relative yield data. The results showed that the critical period of weed control in a density of 80 plants m-2 was between emergence to flowering bud initiation and planting to flowering (31.5-108.4 and 13.5-139.4 days after planting) and In a density of 57 plants m-2 was also between emergence to flowering and planting to flowering (25.5-115 and 4-143 days after planting) considering 10 and 5% Acceptable yield loss, respectively. Therefore, the critical period started earlier and was also longer in a density of 57 plants than the density of 80 plants m-2. Weeds in field due to fall product were divided into fall and spring categories. Fall weeds in order of importance (in terms of density) were Poa trivialis, Phalaris minor, Ranunculus bulbosus and Rumex crispus. Spring weeds also were Erigeron Canadensis and Lythrum salicaria. The results also showed that plant density, control and interference of weeds and their interactions had significant effects on number and dry weight of weeds. The highest weed dry weight and number were related to 57 plants m-2 on interference treatment to 8 leaf stages.