Climatic Regions of Snowy Winter and Frosty Winter in Japan

Overcoming Winter Rest of Grapevine Grown in Subtropical Regions Using Dormancy-Breaking Agents

Although, grapevines do not have a high chilling requirement, its fulfillment is critical for normal development of the vines. In tropical and subtropical regions such as Farrashband, in the south of Iran, there is no adequate winter chilling to release bud dormancy in grapevines. So it is necessary to consider the effect of chemical dormancy–breaking agents on bud dormancy. In the present rese...

prediction of winter wheat phenology using meteorological data in three different climatic regions of iran

wheat (triticum aestivum) is one of the major crops in the world and iran. any plan for improvement of wheat yield requires sufficient information on different stages of crop life cycle and the effects of meteorological parameters. the purpose of this study was developing suitable regression models for prediction the length of pheonological stage of winter wheat in three different regions of ir...

Fall-to-Winter and Winter Movements of Pheasants in lowa

Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) movements were studied in south-central Hamilton County, Iowa, during the fall and winter of 1966-67. Fall-to-winter movements of 23 pheasants averaged 0.66 mile. The greatest movement recorded was 2.45 miles. There was no evidence of oriented movement either in direction or to specific wintering areas. The mean winter movement of 43 pheasants was 0.20...

Norovirus storm in Osaka, Japan, last winter (2006/2007).

Contamination Caused by Winter Maintenance in Cold Regions