A 2 yr field study was conducted to determine how a blend of entomopathogens interacted with Bt maize to affect mortality of Diabrotica spp. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), root injury to maize (Zea maize L.) and yield. The blend of entomopathogens included two entomopathogenic nematodes, Steinernema carpocapsae Weiser and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Poinar, and one entomopathogenic fungus, Meta...

sugar  is very important role  in  humanbeing feed.  for sugar beet  production in tropical area detemine  sowing and  harvesting date is very important . for this reason three sowing date (1 sep, 20 sep and 10 oct) and three harvesting date (15 apr, 15 may and 15 jun) in complete blouck design as factorial with three replication in two year in sarpol area condoucted. results  showed  that  the...

Quantifying maize root response to nitrogen (N) fertilizer, soil texture, and weather is crucial understand complex soil-root-plant processes. We performed a 2-year x 4 locations (sand content range: 5–95%) N treatments (range: 0 336 kg ha?1) field experiment in Iowa, U.S. (1) determine the of traits (2) develop generalized functions aid understanding prediction mass shoot (R:S) ratio. Deep sam...

BACKGROUND Blind and excessive application of fertilizers was found during the cultivation of Panax notoginseng in fields, as well as increase in root rot disease incidence. METHODS Both "3414" application and orthogonal test designs were performed at Shilin county, Yunnan province, China, for NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium) and mineral fertilizers, respectively. The data were used ...

Partial root-zone drying or partial root-zone irrigation is a newly proposed water saving technique which may improve water use efficiency and nutrient uptake by a crop without affecting its yield. A study was conducted to investigate the response of furrow-irrigated okra to partial root zone drying in relation to cropevapotranspiration (ETc), vegetative growth, yield, and nutrient use effi...

Southwest of China is one of the major soybean (Glycine max L.) production regions in China with low availability of soil phosphorus (P). Whereas little information is available on P-efficient soybean genotypes in this region, even though using P-efficient soybean genotypes is a sustainable P management strategy for enhancing yield and P use efficiency. To assess the genetic variation on P use ...

Sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam] yields currently stand at 4.5 t ha-1 on smallholder farms in Uganda, despite the attainable yield (45-48 t ha-1) of NASPOT 11 cultivar comparable to the potential yield (45 t ha-1) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). On-farm field experiments were conducted for two seasons in the Mt Elgon High Farmlands and Lake Victoria Crescent agro-ecological zones in Uganda t...

in order to evaluate some agronomical management on weed control in sugar beet this experiment was conducted at safi-abad agr.res.center, dezful in 2002 and 2004. tow planting dates, september 16 and october 12 and five cultivator applications, one and two time application at 4-6 and 6-8 leaf stages, respectively and once plus hand hoeing, weedy and weed free checks arranged in split plot desig...