Do Micro-Nutrient Seed Treatments Assist in Range Restoration Efforts?

Insecticidal Seed Treatments in Rice

Rice is the staple food for the majority of the world’s population. Globally, rice is cultivated on an estimated 160 m ha annually [1]. Although the U.S contributes only 2% of world rice production from less than 1% of world’s acreage, the U.S is one of top five global exporters of rice [2]. Insect pests pose a major biotic threat to rice production throughout the world. In the U.S, the rice wa...

Ecology. Synthesizing U.S. river restoration efforts.

Nematicide treatments of turfgrass seed.

Seed treatments of improved Kentucky bluegrass and fescue cultivars with carbofuran, oxamyl, and phenamiphos dissolved in acetone reduced seedling emergence, but treatments were not extremely phytotoxic. Phenamiphos was the most toxic, particularly at the 5,000 mug/ml concentration. Fresh weight of grass clippings 35 d following planting generally was greater in treatments than in controls exce...

MOSAIC+: tools to assist virtual restoration

In many cases, virtual restoration is the only way to have an idea of the original appearance of an artwork. In particular, in the archeological field, it is useful to both assist and guide the operator in physical reconstruction, and to provide to the final visitor a complete vision of the artwork even though the original is damaged or lacks some parts. In this work, we propose a set of tools ...

Organic Corn Seed Coat Treatments

Introduction Organic seed treatments have been limited in organic production, until recently. Agricoat Natural IITM, is reported to be “an organic liquid biological seed treatment applied as a seed film coating and formulated with beneficial microbes, macro and micro nutrients, amino acids, organic acids, enzymes, proteins, vitamins, and minerals.” Natural IITM also is applied to “promote root ...