in order to study the influence of nitrogen and different harvesting dates on sorghum yield, a split plot experiment based on randomized complete block design was conducted with three replications in 2010 at the research farm of islamic azad university, ardabil branch. factors were: different harvesting dates in three levels containing, beginning of flowering, two and four weeks after beginning...

This study deals with the influence of heterotrophic growth on autotrophic nitrogen removal from wastewater in a granular sludge reactor. A mathematical model was set-up including autotrophic and heterotrophic growth and decay in the granules from a partial nitritation-anammox process. A distinction between heterotrophic bacteria was made based on the electron acceptor (dissolved oxygen, nitrit...

A method for estimating thermal desorption curves and desorption efficiencies of organic solvents from activated carbon was developed for the determination of adsorbed solvent by thermal desorption method, and the estimated values were compared with the experimental values. The Freundlich or the Langmuir isotherm was assumed in obtaining the solution. Thermal desorption experiments were conduct...

Understanding salinity and fertilizer interaction is of great importance to improve crop production use efficiency in saline areas. To evaluate the interactive effects different soil levels nitrogen (N) applications rates on sunflower photosynthetic characteristics N uptake efficiency, a two-year field experiment was conducted Hetao Irrigation District, China. The consisted three initial (IS) e...

Functional traits can drive plant responses to short- and long-term stressful conditions, with potential effects on species persistence in local habitats, changes in population size and structure, and potential species range shifts in changing environments. We investigated whether ecophysiological traits in a rare cycad vary along environmental gradients and with ontogeny to understand intra-sp...

models can be used to predict crop yield and inputs levels such as fertilizer, in order to conduct programming for the management of probable future crisis. in this study, based on the model, the effect of nitrogen fertilizer on dry matter partitioning in shoot and root of sugar beet was predicted. for model construction, data were collected from an experiment conducted in karaj city in 2001. i...