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  Dr. Afrasyab  Rahnama

 Associate  Professor in Crop Physiology                   

 Department of Agronomy & Plant Breeding       

 Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University                               

 Ahvaz, Iran                                                                                              

 Phone
: 06133364056 (3049)
        

 Fax
:
06133330079     

E.mail
: a.rahnama@scu.ac.ir 

 

 

Affiliations (Academic Center)

Department of Agronomy & Plant Breeding, University of Tehran, 2003-2009, PhD, Plant physiology

CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra- Australia, 2007-2008, Visiting Scholar

Department of Agronomy & Plant Breeding, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran, Since 2010, Faculty member

 

Areas of Specialization and Research Interests (Education and Research)

Plant Physiology (Physiology of abiotic stresses in plants).

Molecular Biology, Ecophysiology

 

Education (Degree, Academic Center, Country)

Ph.D, Department of Agronomy & Plant Breeding, University of Tehran, Iran  

M.Sc, Department of Agronomy & Plant Breeding, University of Tehran, Iran

B.Sc, Department of Agronomy & Plant Breeding, University of Shahrekord, Iran

 

Current Teaching (Course Title, Degree)

Plant Growth Regulators, Ph.D.

Plant Hormones, M.Sc.   

Plant Biochemistry, B.Sc.  

Industrial Crops Production, B.Sc.  

Medicinal and Spice Plants Production, B.Sc. 

Soil, Water, Plant Relationships, B.Sc.  

Dryland Farming, B.Sc.  

Grain legume Production, B.Sc.  

 

 Books

 1 . Plant Responses to Drought and Salinity stress. 2016. (Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz Press) (in press)

  2. Stress Ecology. 2016. (Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz Press)

3. Applications of Plant Metabolic Engineering. 2012. (Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz Press)

4. Plant Responses to Abiotic Stress. 2011. (Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz Press)

5. The Ecology of Seeds. 2011. (University of Tehran Press)



Thesis

  A. Supervisor

1. The effect of drainage water of sugarcane fields on some morpho-physiological characteristics of different wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes in Ahvaz. 2016. Mahmood Mirzaee Poor (Msc.)

2. Effect of water deficit stress on morphological traits and essential oil of different fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill) ecotypes in Ahvaz conditions. 2016. Fatemeh Shojaee Nia (Msc.)

3. The effect of maternal potassium nutrient on growth and seed germination of wheat under salt stress. 2016. Maryam Mosavi (Msc.)

4. Root growth responses of bread wheat under drought stress conditions. 2016. Bahareh Hosein Alipoor (Msc.)

5. The study of root growth in bread wheat by screening method under salt stress conditions. 2015. Shokooh Fakhri  (Msc.)

6. Influence of water deficit stress on quality and quantity of foliage yield of some alfalfa cultivars (Medicago sativa L . ). 2015. Elham Zamani Khalili  (Msc.)

7. Effects of irrigation with saline water on some morpho-physiological characteristics of 704 corn (Zea mayse L.) hybrids in Ahvaz climate condition. 2014. Fatemeh Ghahramani (Msc.)

8. Effect of potassium on cadmium accumulation and some physiological traits of two durum wheat cultivars. 2014. Sareh Larki (Msc.)

9. Effect of different levels of nano and typical potash on salt tolerance of some bread and durum wheat cultivars. 2014. Seyed Mohammad Alavi Matin (Msc.)

 10. Physiological evaluation of salt tolerance in some bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars . 2012.  Forough Jahangiri (Msc.)

B. Advisor

1. Effects of application of potassium and humic acid on growth and some morpho-physiological Properties of pistachio under salinity and drought stress. 2016. Naser Rashidi (Ph. D)

2. Physiological evaluation of seed priming effect and hormone application (Auxin and Cytokinin) for modulation of suitable sowing date in wheat. 2016. Narges Khamadi (Ph. D)

3. Investigation some morphophysiologic characteristics of Atriplex sp., Suaeda sp., Convolvulus sp. and Prosopis sp. weeds under salinity in Ahvaz. 2016. Azam Jamshidi zadeh (Msc.)

4. Effect of Trichoderma virens inoculation and Silicon adding on salinity stress deterioration in Wheat Plant. 2016. Moslem Shah Mansori (Msc.)

5. The Effect of Different Levels Soil Compaction, Salinity and Organic Matter on Some Biological Processes of Soils under Wheat Cultivation. 2015. Mehraban Shapoori (Msc.)

6. Evaluating the heat stress effects on physiological and cytogenetical characters of pollen grain in some barley genotypes (Hordeum vulgare L.) in Ahvaz climatic condition. 2014. Akram Oraki (Msc.)

7. Influence of wheat residue management and different nitrogen sources on yield and yield components of wheat. 2013. Samaneh Sohrabi (Msc.)

8. Isolation and Cloning of salt rsistant gene from microalgae Dunaliella in cloning vector for transformation and production of salt tolerant plants. 2012. Kamal Argani (Msc.)

9. Ecological evaluation of the effect of intra and inter Competition on N – use efficiency and photosynthethic reserves efficiency on wheat. 2012. Sara Asadi (Msc.)

10. Effect of potassium on biomass charbohydrate content and grain filling period in two wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L) in Ahwaz condition. 2012. Azadeh Alizadeh (Msc.)





Selected
Publication

A. Journals Papers

1. Shokooh Fakhri, Afrasyab Rahnama and Mousa Meskarbashi. 2016. Relation between root growth traits and physiological indices of two bread wheat cultivars under salt stress. Iranian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, (in Farsi, Abstract in English) (in press).

2. Fatemeh Ghahramani, Afrasyab Rahnama, Muhammad Reza Siahpoosh and Saeed Boromand Nasab. 2016. Effect of sprinkler irrigation with saline water on some morpho-physiological traits and grain yield of maize hybrid 704.  Iranian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, (in Farsi, Abstract in English) (in press).

3. Maryam Javdan Asl, Hamid Rajabi Memari, Dariush Nabati Ahmadi and Afrasyab Rahnama. 2016. Comparision of diferrent genomiv RNA extraction methods from the medicinal plant yaroow (Achillea millefolium L.). Journal of the Plant Production, (in Farsi, Abstract in English) (in press).

4. Afrasyab Rahnama, Rana Munns, and Richard James. 2016. Osmotic stress and ion-toxicity effects of salt stress using immediate photosynthetic response of durum wheat. Iranian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 46 (3): 519–527. (in Farsi, Abstract in English).

5. Seyed Mohammad Alavi Matin, Afrasyab Rahnama and Mousa Meskarbashi. 2015. Effect of potassium supply on the activity of some antioxidant enzymes of two wheat cultivars under salt stress. Journal of the Plant Production. 38(4): 1-12. (in Farsi, Abstract in English).

6. Sareh Larki, Afrasyab Rahnama and Amir Aynehband. 2015. Effect of potassium fertilizers on physiological traits and cadmium accumulation in grain of two durum wheat (Triticum turgidum spp. Durum (Desf) Husn.) cultivars. 2015.  Iranian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 17 (3): 223–235. (in Farsi, Abstract in English).

7. Sareh Larki, Afrasyab Rahnama and Amir Aynehband. 2015. The effect of potassium on cadmium distribution and accumulation in different organs of durum wheat.  Journal of the Plant Production, 38 (3): 79–92. (in Farsi, Abstract in English).

8. Seyed Mohammad Alavi Matin, Afrasyab Rahnama and Mousa Meskarbashi. 2015. Effects of type and rate of potassium fertilizers on agronomic and physiological traits of two durum wheat varieties under salt stress. Cereal Research. 2(5): 177-187. (in Farsi, Abstract in English).

9. Maryam Javdan Asl, Hamid Rajabi Memari, Dariush Nabati Ahmadi and Afrasyab Rahnama. 2016. Isolation of linalool synthase and pinene synthase genes from Yarrow (Achillea millefolium L.) medicinal plant. Journal of Plant Genetic Research, 2 (1). 23-34. (in Farsi, Abstract in English).



10. Rozbeh Farhoodi, Esfandiar Fateh and Afrasyab Rahnama. 2015. The effects of sowing date and different urea fertilizer levels on quality and quantity of chamomile (Matricaria recutita), Perso genotype in Shushtar climate condition. Iranian Journal of Field Crop Research. 13(2): 248-255. (in Farsi, Abstract in English). 
 

11. Sara Asadi, Amir Aynehband and Afrasyab Rahnama. 2015. Nitrogen use efficiency assessment under intra specific competition stress. 2012.  Journal of Plant Physiology and Breeding, 4 (2): 9–21.

12. Seyed Mohammad Alavi Matin, Afrasyab Rahnama and Mousa Meskarbashi. 2015. Effects of different levels of nano and typical potassium on yield and some physiological characteristics of two wheat cultivars under salt stress. Iranian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 46 (1): 83–91. (in Farsi, Abstract in English).

13. Samaneh Sohrabi, Esfandiar Fateh, Amir Aynehband and Afrasyab Rahnama. 2014. An evaluation on the effect of the residue management and different nitrogen sources on yield and yield components of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Agroecology Journal, 6 (3): 645–655. (in Farsi, Abstract in English).

14. Samaneh Sohrabi, Esfandiar Fateh, Amir Aynehband and Afrasyab Rahnama. 2014. Assessment of nitrogen efficiency indices and variation in nutrients uptake of wheat influenced by crop management and nitrogen sources. Sustainable Agriculture and Production Science, 24 (3): 17–33. (in Farsi, Abstract in English).

15. Samaneh Sohrabi, Esfandiar Fateh, Amir Aynehband and Afrasyab Rahnama. 2014.  Evaluation The effect of the residue management and different nitrogen sources on accumulation and remobilization of wheat stem reserve.  Electronic Journal of Crop Production , 7 (2): 113–134. (in Farsi, Abstract in English).

16. Azadeh Alizadeh, Majid Nabipoor and Afrasyab Rahnama. 2015. Effects of different levels potassium on soluble carbohydrate remobilization in two bread wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L.). Journal of the Plant Production. 37(3): 69-82. (in Farsi, Abstract in English).

17. Amir Ali Koliaei, Gholam Ali Akbari, Afrasyab Rahnama, Omid Armandpisheh and Mohammad Reza Labbafi Hossain abadi. 2013. Effects of biological and chemical phosphorus fertilizers on growth analysis of Maize S.C. 704 with different irrigation regimes. Journal of the Plant Production. 36(1): 79-88. (in Farsi, Abstract in English).

18. Afrasyab Rahnama, Kazem Poustini and Reza Tavakkol-Afshari. 2013. Short-term response of stomatal conductance for screening wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L.) differing in salt tolerance for osmotic stress. Journal of the Plant Production. 36(3): 93-104. (in Farsi, Abstract in English).

19. Sara Asadi, Amir Aynehband and Afrasyab Rahnama. 2011. Wheat yield response to competition stress and different levels of nitrogen. 2013.  Iranian Journal of Field Crop Research, 11 (2): 365–375. (in Farsi, Abstract in English).

20. Sara Asadi, Amir Aynehband and Afrasyab Rahnama. 2011. Study weed-crop competition by agronomic and physiological nitrogen use. 2012.  European Journal of Experimental Biology, 11 (2): 365–375.

21. Afrasyab Rahnama, Rana Munns, Kazem Poustini and Michelle Watt. 2011. A screening method to identify genetic variation in root growth response to a salinity gradient. Journal of Experimental Botany, 62 (1): 69–77.

22. Afrasyab Rahnama, Richard A. James, Kazem Poustini and Rana Munns, 2010.  Stomatal conductance as a screen for osmotic stress tolerance in durum wheat growing in saline soil. Functional Plant Biology, 37: 255-269.

23. Afrasyab Rahnama, Kazem Poustini, Reza Tavakkol-Afshari, Ali Ahmadi and Houshang Alizadeh. 2011. Growth properties and ion distribution in different tissues of bread wheat genotypes (Triticcum aestivum L. (differing in salt tolerance. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. 197 (1): 21-30. doi:10.1111/j.1439-037X.2010.00437.x

   24. Amir Aynehband, Sara Asadi and Afrasyab Rahnama. 2011. Dry matter distribution as affected by N rates and intra- and interspecific competition in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment (JFAE). 9(3&4): 354-363.

25. Abdolrahman Rasoulnia, Mohammad Reza Bihamta, Seyed Ali Peyghambari, Houshang Alizadeh and Afrasyab Rahnama. 2011. Proteomic response of barley leaves to salinity. Molecular Biology Reports. 38:5055-5063. DOI 10.1007/s11033-010-0651-8.

26. Afrasyab Rahnama, Kazem Poustini, Reza Tavakkol-Afshari, Afshin Tavakoli. 2010. Growth and Stomatal Responses of Bread Wheat Genotypes in Tolerance to Salt stress. International Journal of Biological and Life Sciences. 6:4.

27. Rahnama-Ghahfarokhi, A and R. Tavakol Afshari. 2007. Methods for dormancy breaking and germination of galbanum seeds (Ferula gummosa). Asian Journal of Plant Sciences. 6(4):611-616.

28. Rahnama Ghahfarokhi, A., K, Poustini., A, Ahmadi., H, Alizadeh. 2010. Evaluation of Sodium Exclusion in Different Tissues of Bread Wheat Cultivars (Triticum aestivum L. ( Differing in Salt Tolerance. Iranian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 41(1):79-92. (in Farsi, Abstract in English) 

29. Rahnama, A., K, Poustini., R. Tavakol Afshari and A, Rasoulnia. 2011. Study of Antioxidant Enzymes and Lipids Peroxidation in Flag Leaf of Sensitive and Tolerant Wheat Cultivars (Triticum aestivum L. ) to Salt Stress. Iranian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 42(2): 359 -371. (in Farsi, Abstract in English)

30. Rahnama Ghahfarokhi, A., A, Ahmadi., N, Khodabandeh and A, Bankesaze. 2007. Effects of drought stress at different growth stages on yield and yield components of maize (Zea mays L.). Iranian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 38(1): 141-150. (in Farsi, Abstract in English).

 

B. Conference Papers

1. Bahareh Hosein Alipoor, Afrasyab Rahnama and Ahmad Farrokhian Firouzi. 2015. Study of some physiological traits of bread wheat under osmotic stress. 1st International Congress on Development of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources.  Lodz, Poland

2. Afrasyab Rahnama, Rana Munns and Richard James. 2014. Osmotic and ionic effects of salt stress using photosynthetic responses of wheat. 1st International And 13th Iranian Crop Science Congress And 3rd Iranian Seed Science and Technology. Karaj, Iran

3. Shokooh Fakhri, Afrasyab Rahnama and Mousa Meskarbashi. 2014. The study of physiological responses of two bread wheat cultivars exposure to NaCl and KCl. 1st International And 13th Iranian Crop Science Congress And 3rd Iranian Seed Science and Technology. Karaj, Iran.

4. Shokooh Fakhri, Afrasyab Rahnama, Mousa Meskarbashi and Seyed Mohammad Alavi Matin. 2014. Root growth response of two bread wheat cultivars under saline soil conditions. 2014. 1st International And 13th Iranian Crop Science Congress And 3rd Iranian Seed Science and Technology. Karaj, Iran

5. Fatemeh Ghahramani, Afrasyab Rahnama, Muhammad Reza Siahpoosh, Saeed Boromand Nasab and Sohrab Minaei. 2014. Study of some physiological traits of two maize hybrids in two irrigation methods with saline water in summer planting. 2014. 1st International And 13th Iranian Crop Science Congress And 3rd Iranian Seed Science and Technology. Karaj, Iran

6. Akram Oraki, Muhammad Reza Siahpoosh and Afrasyab Rahnama. 2014. Optimizing the germination of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) pollen under in vitro condition. 2014. 1st International And 13th Iranian Crop Science Congress And 3rd Iranian Seed Science and Technology. Karaj, Iran

7. Fatemeh Ghahramani, Afrasyab Rahnama, Muhammad Reza Siahpoosh, Saeed Boromand Nasab and Sohrab Minaei. 2014. Study of some physiological traits of two maize hybrids in two irrigation methods with saline water in summer planting. 2014. Third Iranian Conference of Plant Physiology. Isfahan, Iran

8. Akram Oraki, Muhammad Reza Siahpoosh and Afrasyab Rahnama. 2014. Studying the effects of heat on gametophytic cell cycle of barley with regard to pollen germination. National congress of agricultural pollutions and food health.  Ahvaz, Iran

9. Seyed Mohammad Alavi Matin, Afrasyab Rahnama and Mousa Meskarbashi. 2014. Effect of different levels of potash on yield of bread wheat cultivars under salt stress. 13th Iranian Soil Science Congress. Ahvaz, Iran

10. Seyed Mohammad Alavi Matin, Afrasyab Rahnama and Mousa Meskarbashi. 2014. Effect of different levels of nano and typical potash on seed germination characteristics of two durum wheat cultivars under salt stress. 13th Iranian Soil Science Congress. Ahvaz, Iran

11. Sareh Larki, Afrasyab Rahnama and Amir Aynehband. 2014. Effect of forms and rates of potassium on yield of durum wheat cultivars contaminated with cadmium.  13th Iranian Soil Science Congress. Ahvaz, Iran

12. Sareh Larki, Afrasyab Rahnama and Amir Aynehband. 2014. Effect of nano and typical potash on seed germination characteristics of two durum wheat cultivars under cadmium exposure. 2015.  13th Iranian Soil Science Congress. Ahvaz, Iran

13. Forogh Jahangiri, Habib Roshanfekr, Afrasyab Rahnama and Payman Hassibi. 2014. Evaluation of ion distribution status in different organs of some bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars under salinity stress. 2015. The First National Congress of Salt Stress in Plants, Methods of Agriculture Development in Salt Conditions.  Tabriz, Iran

 

14. Samaneh Sohrabi, Esfandiar Fateh, Amir Aynehband and Afrasyab Rahnama. 2014. Investigation the alternation trends of wheat weeds under residue management and nitrogen resources. The national congress on organic agriculture, Ardebil, Iran

15. Afrasyab Rahnama, Rana Munns, and Richard James. 2012. Use of stomatal conductance to screen for osmotic stress tolerance in durum wheat. 12th Iranian Crop Science Congress. Karaj, Iran

16. Azadeh Alizadeh, Majid Nabipoor and Afrasyab Rahnama. 2012. Effects of different levels of soil potassium on stomatal and non-stomatal factors controlled photosynthesis in two wheat cultivars. 12th Iranian Crop Science Congress. Karaj, Iran

17. Afrasyab Rahnama, Rana Munns, and Michelle Watt. 2012. Root growth response to salt stress using a new screening method. 12th Iranian Crop Science Congress. Karaj, Iran

18. Rana Munns, Afrasyab Rahnama and Michelle watt. A new screening method identifies genetic variation in root response to a salinity gradient. September 2011. Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

19. Afrasyab Rahnama and Abdolrahman Rasoulnia. Activities of antioxidant enzyme and lipid peroxidation in wheat genotypes (Triticum aestivum L.) differing in salt tolerance. 10th International Conference on Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species in Plants.  Budapest, Hungary

20. Rana Munns, Afrasyab Rahnama and Michelle watt. A new screening method identifies genetic variation in root response to salt and water stress. July 2010. SEB Annual Main Metting. Prague, Czech Republic.

 21. Richard James, Afrasyab Rahnama, Kazem Poustini, Xavier Sirault, Robert Furbank, and Rana Munns. New phenotyping methods for screening wheat and barley for water stress tolerance. 2009. Interdrought III, Shanghai, China.

 22. Rahnama, A., K. Poustini., R. Tavakkol-Afshari., A. Ahmadi, and H. Alizadeh. Study of some physiological traits related to salt tolerance in the flag leaf of wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L. (differing in salt tolerance. 2010. 11th Agronomy and Plant Breeding Congress. Tehran, Iran.

23. Rahnama, A, and K. Poustini. Relation between stomatal conductance and growth rate in tolerance to osmotic stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under saline conditions. 2010. 11th Agronomy and Plant Breeding Congress. Tehran, Iran.

24. Rahnama, A., N. Khodabandeh., A. Ahmadi, and A.Bankesaze. The effects of drought stress at different growth stages on yield, yield components of corn (Zea Mays). 2004. 8th Agronomy and Plant Breeding Congress Rasht, Iran.

 25. Rahnama, A., N. Khodabandeh., A. Ahmadi, and A. Bankesaze. Evaluation of drought stress effects at different growth stages on growth physiological traits of corn (Zea Mays). 2004. 8th Agronomy and Plant Breeding Congress. Rasht, Iran