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Conventional farms are in general are monocropping based whereas organic agriculture is suppose to have a more diverse cropping system and these two systems may have a different cropping cycles....
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climate change adaptation
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I am working on bio-remediation (hyper accumulators+bacteria) of heavy metals and want to test bacterial strains that are only metal specific. i.e. one strain for each metal..
15 October 2014 4,750 5 View
I want to know information for by which chemical formulation we can accelerate the flowering or anthesis of a paddy plant.
03 October 2014 8,645 3 View
For my PhD thesis I would like to track 3 different sheep flocks. Collars are quite expansive and I was thinking to attach just one GPS on a leader animal. Maybe it would be not enough to get data...
12 September 2014 3,118 13 View
Several farms adjacent to the Kenyan coastline are infected by the witch weed (Striga asiatica). The smallholder farmers in coastal Kenya cannot afford expensive methods of crop husbandry. The...
11 September 2014 7,213 9 View
I am intending to do a Lab study on the growth indices of Fenugreek in response to short-term high temperature. Since the time I started to study the physiological indices in Fenugreek, I couldn't...
10 September 2014 8,609 4 View
I want to know if this model can be used at regional scale? Thanks! Any recommended materials?
04 September 2014 5,970 17 View
I'm particularly interested in databases and comprehensive collections of literature from the agronomic sciences.
30 August 2014 5,763 7 View
There has been significant nutrient depletion from agricultural soils, and existing fertilizers primarily supply plants with the nutrients they need to grow, and not necessarily with the nutrients...
05 August 2014 4,360 18 View
Could someone give me an idea of the "prescriptive planting" technique and its implications? I read about it in this...
18 July 2014 6,151 3 View
I am looking for methods to identificate some arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. I isolated different morphotypes (spores) from soil.
11 July 2014 5,346 9 View
I have incubated the seed (25 deg C in dark) after imbibation. It was almost 144 h but no germination occurred. The main problem I think is the gelly surrounding the seeds.
27 June 2014 7,934 7 View
I want to evaluate the role of sulfur and zinc on weed emergence in Dry Direct Seeded Rice.
24 June 2014 3,560 3 View
We are trying to ensile square bales of legume hay for an animal feeding trial.
23 June 2014 5,904 3 View
I am looking in to key potential areas of research and development in high-salinity environments that may positively contribute to climate change effect mitigation as a policy study for the Middle...
19 June 2014 5,523 5 View
In estimating erosion in the field under rain fed agriculture, how can the variables be measured or estimated?
03 June 2014 2,267 2 View
With changing climate it is expected that wheat yield will decrease especially with rise in night temp but with extented duration wheat yield increases? Then what is overall effect
28 May 2014 2,131 5 View
What are the effects of tassel removal on the maturity and yield of maize? Are there any other parameters which are effected. Please attach any publications if available.
27 May 2014 7,343 4 View
We all know that arable land is becoming a limited resource and as such is planting vertically really the way to increase production in smaller spaces?
24 May 2014 8,998 13 View
I sonicated the root with potassium buffer for 15-30 minutes, and then diluted the solution to count the bacteria number. I wonder whether it is possible to show the data as c.f.u./mL, rather than...
23 May 2014 1,677 3 View
I have to bring to your attention another scientific and practical problem that appears in winter and spring wheat in all my experimental and production fields from Southern Romania. For some of...
22 May 2014 6,108 25 View
Need your opinion.
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