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Cant find name/terminology about strawberry sapling death
13 February 2015 2,857 1 View
Most scales used only define the extremes, thus the no damage and the plant death characteristic. the intermediates are arbitrary based solely on the discretion of the technician. I am of the...
13 February 2015 3,591 6 View
Is there a particular paper or book to discuss this topic?----in one replicated plot of an experimental treatment (e.g. irrigation threshold, fertilization rate, etc), how to determine how many...
12 February 2015 7,503 4 View
I want to know about the Mother Tiller Supremacy in crops, having tillering ability. If it is a desirable character, then what is its role? If there is any reference, it would be better.
09 February 2015 7,212 4 View
I would like to calculate heritabilty for the maize Inbred lines, which are evaluated in two different season with two replication.which softwere will be useful for calculating heritability across...
09 February 2015 2,066 8 View
I have found evidence on various landscape variables such as amount of; arable, crop, cereals, etc. But I wondered if you knew of any evidence on winter wheat specifically? Alternatively, on a...
05 February 2015 2,789 6 View
Thanks
05 February 2015 4,853 3 View
I am currently reviewing literature in regards to my undergraduate thesis on Assessment of Cocoa Farmers practices on disposal of Pesticides Waste in Southwestern Nigeria. I need research articles...
03 February 2015 1,452 7 View
With respect to crop production.
28 January 2015 7,794 9 View
Cowpea root nodulation, like other legumes is important for fixing N to the soil. How can this be promoted using leaves of pawpaw, saim weed and neem?
24 January 2015 1,393 2 View
Foliar application of Boron, Zinc and Iron on growth and yield of cucumber in poly house condition. Levels of each micro nutrient (Boron, Zinc and Iron) are three (0, 25, 75).
06 December 2014 8,022 8 View
We often talk about crop/yield losses due to pests, but it would be useful to find some information where such losses are quantified/estimated in monetary terms.
03 November 2014 8,785 3 View
Hi all, In the Community Land Model (CLM) the vegetation is parameterized with Plant Functional Types (PFTs). One of the PFT parameters is "Fraction of leaf N in Rubisco enzyme" (g N in Rubisco /...
23 October 2014 3,308 1 View
The Grey Mildew disease caused by Ramularia areola is responsible for yield losses ranging between 20% to 80% based on the stage it occurs. The study on the kind of inheritance observed in the...
15 October 2014 8,407 3 View
With the run of LP model, we can optimize the natural resources for an area. In these developed alternatives, which one would fetch maximum profitability to the concerned farmers? Is there any...
13 October 2014 2,563 3 View
There are several types of mechanism of salt tolerance and a lot of them are similar. What are the latest mechanisms or is there any census?
22 September 2014 5,825 19 View
To see trends in world and EU countries in last 40-50 years, money amounts in R&D and knowlegde transfer according agriculture (crop and cereals particularly) and where can be proven positive...
13 September 2014 1,716 3 View
Has anybody experience sudden yellowing of mature leaf in crops or plants in any part of the world? The syndrome appears first only in one side of the fully matured leaf in graminae.
29 July 2014 7,071 1 View
I am trying to estimate the proline level of tobacco seedlings under normal and NaCl treatment in Wt and transgenic tobacco lines. In normal conditions the level of proline in tobacco seedling was...
21 July 2014 5,609 2 View
Consider different irrigation types: sprinkle, drip or center-pivot sprinkler systems, among others. I know one reference (Julier and Roulston, 2009) that compares irrigated and non-irrigated...
06 June 2014 3,075 8 View
Does anyone have seeds that they could send to me from different cultivars of Quinoa with different abiotic resistances? The main objective is to subject them to different stresses and evaluate...
05 June 2014 6,675 10 View
I've been away from the field of pathology and crop biodiversity for a few years and am curious about advances in understanding of host-pathogen interactions in genetically diverse cropping...
29 May 2014 249 2 View
I have to measure the nitrogen content of paddy crop during the different stage of paddy crop in laboratory condition. I need detailed procedure and chemicals need for this.
12 May 2014 1,759 1 View
Farmers differ in their commitment and interest to keep a diverse crop species and varieties.But which kind of farmers are more interested to keep maintaining diversified cropping systems?
20 March 2014 471 2 View