Prof. Dr. GholamHossein Davarynejad,

Professor of Horticultural Science,

Department of Horticulture,

Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.


My Short Biography:

I was born in Mashhad (Persian: مشهد), the capital city of Razavi Khorasan - an ancient province of Iran and the birthplace of great poets Ferdowsi (935-1020 AD), Omar Khayyam (1048-1123 AD), and Akhavan Sales (1928-1990 AD).

From an early age, I knew I loved three things: weightlifting, wrestling and science. In the meantime, I've kept these while exploring a number of others. My work and studies have taken me to Sari, Mashhad, and Budapest.

I received my PhD in Horticulture from Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary in 1992. Currently I am a Professor at the Department of Horticulture at the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad where I have been a faculty member since 1987. I’m the Founder of the Department of Horticulture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad and served as its director for twelve years. Also I'm the founder of Journal of Horticultural Science where I served as the Editor-in-chief for 12 years. I currently serve as the editorial board of several foreign and domestic journals. I supervised 27 PhD candidates and co-supervised 32 PhD candidates. I’m also the (co-)author of more than 250 scientific peer reviewed articles and co-author of 2 scientific books.


Recreation activities:

Hiking, Weight Lifting and Wrestling.

Have a look at the latest NEWS around my professional activities.

Have a look at the new website we have created for the company I have founded a while ago: Goharbar Farm and Nursery, in Persian or Goharbar Farm and Nursery, in English.

From time to time I write blog posts around diverse themes.

Have a look at the website of my son, Mohsen Davarynejad, who is a senior Machine Learning scientist.

Networking policy: Feel free to connect/contact if you have an interest in joint scientific work and/or you like to share/hear Entrepreneurial Ideas.



Ph.D. in Horticulture, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.

Thesis Entitled: The biology of blossoming, fertility and varietals combination of apple cultivars.

M.Sc. in Agriculture, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.

Thesis Entitled: Bee pollination of apple cultivars.

B.Sc. in Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUM), Faculty of Agriculture, Mashhad, Iran.



The following word cloud should give a glimpse of the type of academic and industry activities.

The above image is the word cloud of the title of my published articles as well as research and industry proposals.



Academic Appointments

1992 - Present Professor of Horticultural Science Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.
2019 - Present Founder and Editorial board Journal of Horticultural Science
2010 - Present Editorial board Journal of Nuts (JON)
2007 - 2019 Founder and Editor-in-chief Journal of Horticultural Science
2005 Member of Technical Committee 5th Iranian Horticultural Science Congress, Shiraz, Iran
2004 Chairman 4th Iranian Horticultural Science Congress, Mashhad, Iran
2003 – 2007 Head of Department of Horticulture Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
1994 – 1998 Head of Department of Horticulture Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
1994 Founder of the Department of Horticulture Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
1993 – 1995 Deputy Dean of Education and Graduate Studies Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran




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Peer Reviewed Journals:


Note: This website is still under construction, and will take time for me to populate the list of Peer Reviewed Journals. For an almost complete list of my 155 Peer Reviewed Journals in English please visit here.


2021 [pdf] Atefe Ameri, GholamHossein Davarynejad, Nasrin Moshtaghi, Ali Tehranifar, Achieving highly efficient rooting procedure in three Pyrus communis cultivars by response surface methodology, In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant, 57, pp. 398-408
[pdf] Mina Ghazaeian, GholamHossein Davarynejad, Kamal Ghasemi Bezdi, Seyyed Hossein Nemati, Embryo Culture of New Hybrid of Pecan (Carya Illinoensis) with Walnut (J. Regia and J. Nigra), Erwerbs-Obstbau, 63, pp. 185-192
2020 [pdf] Abdollatif Fazeli Salmani, GholamHossein Davarynejad, Bahram Abedi, Could effective microorganisms improve tolerance of UCB1, Comunicata Scientiae, 11, pp. 1-7
[pdf] Sajede Karimpour, GholamHossein Davarynejad, Mohammad Zaki AGhl, M.R. Safarnejad, N. Alburquerque, M.D. Nortes, L. Burgos, M. Rubio, P. Martiez-Gomez, Preliminary results on virus and viroids elimination in apricot through in vitro thermo- and cold-therapy, Acta Horticulturae, 272, pp. 119-122
[pdf] Atefe Ameri, GholamHossein Davarynejad, Nasrin Moshtaghi, Ali Tehranifar Semicompact canopy form in mixoploid plants differentiated from the endosperm of Pyrus communis cv. Natanzi: Evidence from flow cytometric analysis and anatomical and morphological traits, Annals of Applied Biology, 177, pp. 385-394
[pdf] Mitra Rahmati, J.M. Miras-Avalos, P. Valsesia, GholamHossein Davarynejad, Mohammad Bannayan Aval, MAzizi, F. Lescourret, M. Genard, G. Vercambre Assessing the effects of water stress on peach fruit quality and size using the QualiTree model , Acta Horticulturae, 1281, pp. 539-546
[pdf] Atefe Ameri, Ali Tehranifar, GholamHossein Davarynejad, Mahmoud Shoor, Flowering times and some growth indicators of strawberry were affected by physical properties of the growing media, Scientia Horticulturae, 272, pp. 109601-109621
[pdf] Sajede Karimpour, Gholam Hossein Davarynejad, Mohammad Zaki AGhl, Mohammad Reza Safarnejad, Optimization of plant growth regulators for in vitro shoot proliferation of apple cv. ʽAbbasiʼ using response surface method , Journal of Plant Physiology and Breeding, 10, pp. 111-125
2019 [pdf] Pegah SayyadAmin, GholamHossein Davarynejad, Bahram Abedi, Der Einfluss von Polyamin und SICS auf Qualitäts- und Kompatibilitäts-Indizes bei Birnensaft (Pyrus communis L. cv. ‘Williams Christ’) , Erwerbs-Obstbau, 61, pp. 273-282
[pdf] Hadi zeraatgar, GholamHossein Davarynejad, Farid Moradi Nejad, Bhram Abedi, Preharvest Application Effect of Salicylic Acid and Calcium Nitrate on Physicochemical Characteristics of Fresh Jujube Fruit (Ziziphus jujuba. Mill) During Storage , Erwerbs-Obstbau, 16, pp. 119-127
2018 [pdf] Tahereh Parvaneh, Bhram Abedi, GholamHossein Davarynejad, Ebrahim Ganji Moghadam, Enzyme activity, phenolic and flavonoid compounds in leaves of Iranian red flesh apple cultivars grown on different rootstocks , Scientia Horticulturae, 246, pp. 862-870
[pdf] Pegah SayyadAmin, GholamHossein Davarynejad, Bahram Abedi, The effect of polyamines and SICS on the compatibility, fertility and yield indices of apple cv. Golden Delicious , Advances in Horticultural Science, 32, pp. 213-219
[pdf] Seyedeh Faezeh Taghizadeh, Ramin Rezaee, GholamHossein Davarynejad, Gholamreza Karimi, Seyyed Hossein Nemati, Javad Asili, Phenolic profile and antioxidant activity of Pistacia vera var. Sarakhs hull and kernel extracts: the influence of different solvents , Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization, 12, pp. 2138-2144
[pdf] Seyedeh Faezeh Taghizadeh, R. Rezaee, GholamHossein Davarynejad, J. Asili, Seyyed Hossein Nemati, M. Goumenoud, I. Tsakiris, A. M. Tsatsakis, K. Shirani, Gh.R. Karimi, Risk assessment of exposure to aflatoxin B1 and ochratoxin A through consumption of different Pistachio ( Pistacia vera L.) cultivars collected from four geographical regions of Iran , Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 61, pp. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology
[pdf] Pegah SayyadAmin, GholamHossein Davarynejad, Bahram Abedi, The application of polyamines and self-incompatibility control substance on yield indices and qualitative traits of apple cv ‘Red Delicious’ , Acta Scientiarum-Biological Sciences, 40, pp. 1-8
[pdf] Mina Nurzadeh Namaghi, GholamHossein Davarynejad, Hossein Ansari, Seyyed Hossein Nemati, A. Zarea Feyzabady, Effects of mulching on soil temperature and moisture variations, leaf nutrient status, growth and yield of pistachio trees (Pistacia vera.L) , Scientia Horticulturae, 241, pp. 115-123
[pdf] Hadi zeraatgar, GholamHossein Davarynejad, Farid Moradinezhad, Bahram Abedi, Chinese Jujube Physicochemical Characteristics, Storability And Marketing In Response To Preharvest Application Of Salicylic Acid And Calcium Nitrate , Ukrainian Journal of Ecology, 8, pp. 601-607
[pdf] Hossein Ebrahimi, Bahram Abedi, Hojatollah Bodaghi, GholamHossein Davarynejad, Hamid Haratizadeh, Amalia Conte, Investigation of developed clay‐nanocomposite packaging film on quality of peach fruit ( Prunus persica Cv. Alberta) during cold storage , Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 42
[pdf] Mitra Rahmati, José M. Mirás-Avalos, Pierre Valsesia, Françoise Lescourret, Michel Génard, Gholamhossein Davarynejad, Mohammad Bannayan, Majid Azizi and Gilles Vercambre1, Disentangling the Effects of Water Stress on Carbon Acquisition, Vegetative Growth, and Fruit Quality of Peach Trees by Means of the QualiTree Model, Frontiers in Plant Science 9:3.
[pdf] Sohrab Davarpanah, AliTehranifar, Javier Abadía, Jesús Val, Gholamhossein Davarynejad, Mehdi Aran, Reza Khorassanid, Foliar calcium fertilization reduces fruit cracking in pomegranate (Punica granatum cv. Ardestani), Scientia Horticulturae, 230, pp. 86-91.
[pdf] Sohrab Davarpanah, Ali Tehranifar, Javier Abadía, Jesús Val, Gholamhossein Davarynejad, Mehdi Aran, Reza Khorassani, Foliar calcium fertilization reduces fruit cracking in pomegranate (Punica granatum cv. Ardestani), Scientia Horticulturae, 230, pp. 86–91.
[pdf] Atefe Ameri, Gholamhossein Davarynejad, Nasrin Moshtaghi, Ali Tehranifar Polyethylene glycol and chilling overcome Somatic embryogenesis obstacle in Pyrus communis, Scientia Horticulturae, 227, pp. 57–64
[pdf] Seyedeh Faezeh Taghizadeh, GholamHossein Davarynejad, J. Asili, Seyyed Hossein Nemati, Gh. Karimi, Assessment of phenolic profile and antioxidant power of five pistachio cultivars collected from four geographical regions of Iran, Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine, 8(1), pp. 33-42
[pdf] Zohreh Hoshyar, Bahram Abedi, E.Ganji Moghadam, GholamHossein Davarynejad, Effect of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza on Growth and Physiological Behavior of PHL-C Rootstock, Journal of Plant Physiology and Breeding, 7(1), pp. 53-60
[pdf] Hadi Zeraatgar, GholamHossein Davarynejad, F. Moradinezhad, Bahram Abedi, Effect of Salicylic Acid and Calcium Nitrate Spraying on Qualitative Properties and Storability of Fresh Jujube Fruit (Ziziphus jujube Mill.), Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 46, pp. 138-147
2017 [pdf] Seyedeh Faezeh Taghizadeh, GholamHossein Davarynejad, J. Asilib, Seyyed Hossein Nemati, R. Rezaee, M. Goumenoud, A. M Tsatsakis, Gh. Karimif Health risk assessment of heavy metals via dietary intake of five pistachio ( Pistacia vera L.) cultivars collected from different geographical sites of Iran, Food and Chemical Toxicology, 107(9), pp. 99-107
[pdf] Shadan Khorshidi, GholamHossein Davarynejad, Leila Samiei, Mohammad Moghaddam, Study of Genetic Diversity of Pear Genotypes and Cultivars (Pyrus communis L.) Using Inter-Simple Sequence Repeat Markers, Erwerbs-Obstbau, 59, pp. 301–308
[pdf] Zeinab Safaei, Majid Azizi, GholamHossein Davarynejad, Hossein Arouiee, The Effect of Planting Seasons on Quantitative and Qualitative Characteristics of Black cumin -Nigella sativa L.- , Journal of Medicinal Plants and By-products, 6, pp. 27-33
[pdf] Zohreh Hoshyar, Ebrahim Ganji Moghadam, Bahram Abedi, GholamHossein Davarynejad, Micropropagation of Sweet Cherry Dwarf Rootstock (PHL-C), Jordan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 13
2016 [pdf] Sohrab Davarpanah, Ali Tehranifar, GholamHossein Davarynejad, Javier Abadía, Reza Khorassani, Effects of foliar applications of zinc and boron nano-fertilizers on pomegranate (Punica granatum cv. Ardestani) fruit yield and quality, Scientia Horticulturae, 2010(10), pp. 57-64
2015 [pdf] Mitra Rahmati, GholamHossein Davarynejad, M. Genard, Mohammad Bannayan Aval, Majid Azizi, G. Vercambre, Peach water relations, gas exchange, growth and shoot mortality under water deficit in semi-arid weather conditions, PLoS One, 2015(4)
[pdf] Mitra Rahmati, Gilles Vercambre, GholamHossein Davarynejad, Mohammad Bannayan Aval, Maid Azizi, Michel Génard Water scarcity conditions affect peach fruit size and polyphenol contents more severely than other fruit quality traits, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 95(5), pp. 1055-1065

Selected National and International Peer Reviewed Conference Papers:


Note: This website is still under construction, and will take time for me to populate the list of Conference Papers. For an almost complete list of 75 National and International Peer Reviewed Conference Papers visit here.


2014 [pdf] Peyman Azarkish, Mohammad Moghaddam, Jamil Vaezi, Abdollah GhasemiPirbalouti, GholamHossein Davarynejad, Genetic diversity of different ecotypes of horse mint (mentha longifolia) in southwest of Iran using Morphological traits, 4th National Congress on Medicinal Plants.
[pdf] Mitra Rahmati, Gilles Vercambre, Pierre Valsesia, Gholam Hossein Davarynejad, Mohammad Bannayan Aval, Majid Azizi, Françoise Lescourret, Michel Génard, Enhancing the ability of QualiTree to study the effect of water availability on the fruit-tree development and growth, X International Symposium on Modelling in Fruit Research and Orchard Management.
[pdf] S.Z. Persely, I. Ertsey, M. Ladányi, J. Nyéki, M. Soltész, Z. Szabó, G.H. Davarynejad and T. Szabó, Climatic Indicator Analysis of Bloom Time for Sour Cherries, Acta Horticulturae (ISHS) 1020, pp. 239-246.
[pdf] G.H. Davarynejad, Z. Szabo, S.Z. Persely, T. Szabo and J. Nyéki, The Fruit Set Capability of Some Sour Cherry Cultivars (Prunus cerasus L.), Acta Horticulturae (ISHS) 1020, pp. 181-184.
[pdf] G.H. Davarynejad, J. Nyéki, T. Szabo, L. Lakatos, Z. and Szabó, Fruit Drop Pattern of Sour Cherry Cultivars, Acta Horticulturae (ISHS) 1020, pp. 185-189.
[pdf] G.H. Davarynejad, Z. Aryanpooya, and S.Z. Persely, Effect of Modified Atmosphere Packaging on Fresh Sour Cherry Fruit Quality, Acta Horticulturae (ISHS) 1020, pp. 143-147.
[pdf] Z. Aryanpooya, G.H. Davarynejad, and L. Lakatosb, Postharvest Quality of Sour Cherry Fruits Sprayed by Ethephon, Acta Horticulturae (ISHS) 1020, pp. 121-126.
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If you are a student of mine, you may access course materials through this web site. I am expect you to put in a minimum of 60 minutes to practice the course materials each day, five days a week. More would obviously be better.

PhD Courses

The physiology of Flowering
Physiology of Fruit Growth and Development
Root stock physiology

Master Courses

Greenhouse and Nursery Management
Horticultural plant nutrition
Advance of Plant propagation
Physiology of fruit trees

Bachelor Courses

Plant propagation
Principle of Horticulture
Tree culture
Temperate zone pomology
Physiology of Growth and Yield
Organic Production of Horticultural Crops
Plant Nutrition and Metabolism


If you are a current or former student of mine, I would be happy to know where you are and what you are doing. Just drop me an email. I'd like to put up links on this page highlighting my students and their work.

Postgraduate Students

Saeed Rezaeeian BajgiranPhD Candidate
Hosain RoohbakhshPhD Candidate
Safieh Vatandoost JartoodehPhD Candidate
Mitra RahmatiPhD Candidate
Mehdi KhayyatPhD Candidate
Hamid Mohammadi AliabdPhD Candidate
Ali Akbar ShokouhianPhD Candidate
Mohammad Reza VazifeshenasPhD Candidate
Mehdi Zarei MohamadabadPhD Candidate
F. AlizadePhD Candidate
Hadi ZeraatgarPhD Candidate
Mahdy NasirpoorPhD Candidate
M. Nurzadeh NamaghiPhD Candidate
Pegah SayyadAminPhD Candidate
Shadi AttarPhD Candidate
Seyedeh Faezeh TaghizadehPhD Candidate
Shadan KhorshidiPhD Candidate
Sajede KarimpourPhD Candidate
Dhulfiqar HamizPhD Candidate
A. AmeriPhD Candidate
M. GhazaeianPhD Candidate
A. FazeliPhD Candidate
H. Hassanpoor PhD Candidate
E. ArdakanyPhD Candidate
‪Ali ShokouhianPhD Candidate
M. JavaheriPhD Candidate
K. DolatabadyPhD Candidate
Sakineh ArefkhaniM.Sc. Student
Mohammad-Ebrahim NasrabadiM.Sc. Student
Mahmood GoliM.Sc. Student
Somayeh DorafshanM.Sc. Student
Elham ArdakaniM.Sc. Student
Sajedeh KarimpourM.Sc. Student
Aliakbar Seddigy
Hossein Karoony Foolady
Hossein Afshary
Mohammad Ahmadi
Hamid Hassanpour
S. Jamalian
Mahmood Ansari
Zainab Aryanpooya
Saeed Mahmoodi Tabar
Behnam Esfandiari
Abdolghader Moemeny
Reza Mansouri Dehshoaibi
Maryam Akheratee
Z. Ghayoor Karimiani
M. Sheibani
Ehsan Davarynejad
Mehran Asfanani
A.V. Azghandi
M. Taghizadeh
A. Toosi


GholamHossein Davarynejad ( Persian: غلامحسین داوری نژاد )
Postal Address: Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, Po.Box: 91775-1163, Mashhad/ Iran.
+098 (0)511-8795618
davarynej AT um DOT ac DOT ir
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