combining ability and heterosis were studied in a 6×6 partial diallel cross during 2007-2009 to see the nature of gene action in cucumber (cucumis sativus l.). analysis of variance revealed high significant differences among all the f1 hybrid means and among their respective six parental values for all the traits examined. the mean squares attributed to general combining ability (gca) and speci...

abstract soil crust decreases soil infiltration and prevents plant stablishment. thus reduction of crust effects is a prominent way to avert desertification. this study was conducted to investigate the effect of polyacrylamide on emergence of canola seedlings in a crusted soil and some physicochemical properties of soil such as ph, ec, sar and bulk density in a field located in date and tropica...

Declines in cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) crop quality may result from delaying harvest to allow for greater total yield. An accurate, reliable, rapid and inexpensive method to estimate yield before harvest not requiring direct weight measurements would assist cabbage growers and handlers in harvest scheduling. Results from 3 years of study during which a tool to predict cabbage yie...

We studied the suitability of municipal solid waste compost (MSWC) application to submerged rice paddies in the perspective of metal pollution hazards associated with such materials. Experiments were conducted during the wet seasons of 1997, 1998 and 1999 on rice grown under submerged condition, at the Agriculture Experimental Farm, Calcutta University at Baruipur, West Bengal, India. The treat...

this experiment was conducted to study the effect of transplanting date of onion set and transplant on earliness of onionpopulationsin khuzestan province at behbahan agriculture research station in khuzestan province and farm of baghe-e- malek region within one year (2013-14). experiment was performed in split factorial based on rcbd with three replications. main plot consisted of propagule typ...

abstract this research was conducted in hamadan province for evaluation of potato cultivars reaction to cultivation date. this experiment was performed in split plot design based on randomized complete block in thee replication with two factors, containing, i. main plots are planting date including: 9 april, 25 april, 10may, 26may, 10 june, 26 june 2. and subplots are cultivar with three levels...

in the present study, the energetic and economic modeling of lentil and chickpea production in esfahan province of iran was conducted using adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (anfis) and linear regression. data were taken by interviewing and visiting of 140 lentil farms and 110 chickpea farms during 2014-2015 production period. the results showed that the yield and total energy consumption w...

this research was carried out to evaluate the effects of irrigation methods and n fertilizer rates on the quantity and quality of sugar beet in ekbatan research station during 2001 and 2002. experiment was performed in split-plot with 3 replications and 15 treatments. treatments included 3 irrigation systems: sprinkler (solid set)، furrow (hydroflum) and drip (tape: 508-20-500) in main plots an...