In order to study the germination and growth of pepper seeds, a factorial experiment based on a completely randomized design with three replications was conducted. The first factor was consisting of five cultivars of pepper (Marquiza, Cadia, California Wonder, California Wonder 310 and California Wonder 300) and the second factor was gibberellic acid with three levels (0 as control, 250 and 500...

A novel conductometric hydrogen sulfide (H2S) sensor was fabricated by AC dielectrophoretic assembly of amino acid mediated grown gold nanoparticles across microfabricated gold electrodes. Excellent sensing performance toward hydrogen sulfide, including a sensitivity of 29.84% ppm , a lower detection limit in the sub-ppm level, the upper detection limit of 2 ppm, and a response time of<20 s for...

hexavalent chromium is mobile and hazardous in the environment. electrokinetic remediationof chromium (iv)-contaminated soils is intended either to remove or to reduce cr (vi) to cr (iii). this studyexamines the effectiveness of utilizing edta and acetic acid solutions as alternative electrolytes in theelectrokinetic (ek) process, with coupled nano-scale zero-valent iron (nzvi) as a barrier for...

the antioxidant properties and total phenols’ content of 80% methanol, acetone and water extracts of olive leaves procured through microwave assisted extraction (mae) were examined. two varieties of olive namely: cronaiky and roghani were the ones studied. various experimental models were employed for antioxidant activity evaluation of the extracts. the results revealed the highest phenolic con...

INTRODUCTION Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the micro-organism of choice for the conversion of fermentable sugars released by the pre-treatment of lignocellulosic material into bioethanol. Pre-treatment of lignocellulosic material releases acetic acid and previous work identified a cytochrome oxidase chaperone gene (COX20) which was significantly up-regulated in yeast cells in the presence of acet...

background : within the framework to control mosquitoes, ovicidal, larvicidal and pupicidal activity of annona senegalensis leaf extract and its 4 fractions against anopheles gambiae and culex quinquefasciatus were evaluated in the laboratory conditions. methods : ovicidal test was performed by submitting at least 100 eggs of mosquitoes to 125, 250, 500, 1000 and 2000 ppm concentrations, while ...

A field experiment was carried out at Horticulture Farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh, to assess the effect of different plant growth regulators on tomato during summer season 2011. Different plant growth regulators (PGR) viz. PGR = Control, PGR = 4-CPA (4-chloro phenoxy 0 1 acetic acid) @ 20 ppm, PGR = GA (Gibberellic Acid) @ 20 ppm and PGR = 4-CPA + GA3 @ 20...

Parthenocissus plant is one of the most attractive outdoor deciduous vines; provides deep green cover to most any object, rapidly climbing by means of tendrils and adhesive disks, can be espaliered against a wall and provides great visual appeal during winter when the leaves have fallen. Rooting the cutting of this plant is difficult without using a rooting hormone, so the present research proj...

A pot experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design with five treatment and five replication, in each replication were 6 plants used. The study of zinc sulphate (ZnSO4) application (20 and 40 ppm) and Salicylic acid (SA) application (50 and 150 ppm) was compared to the control (distillated water) on growth and flowering Petunia hybrid. For each plant was used 10...