This study was conducted to determine the effects of pesticide mixtures on degradation patterns of parent compounds as well as effects on soil microbial respiration. Bioavailability of residues to sensitive plant species was also determined. Soil for this study was obtained from a pesticide-contaminated area within an agrochemical dealer site. Degradation patterns were not affected by the prese...

Background: Protein-energy malnutrition is the most prevalent form of nutritional disorder in developing countries. Several studies have demonstrated that reproductive performance in adulthood is partially determined by a variety of extrinsic factors from conception to birth. Among these factors, maternal nutrition during fetal and neonatal life plays a key role as it can affect the reproductiv...

Although leishmaniasis is a major tropical disease, the currently available drugs are toxic and inadequate. We show that the antimicrotubule herbicide trifluralin has antileishmania activity. The present study aimed at deducing the relationship between the structure of the molecule and its antiprotozoan activity. Nine dinitroanilines, all of which were analogs of trifluralin, were compared. We ...

Several preemergent herbicides were compared for control of the warm season annuals Phyllanthus urinaria and P. tenellus. Approximately 55 seeds per species were applied to each 3.8-liter container filled with a pine bark:Canadian sphagnum peat:sand medium (3:1:1, by vol.; initial pH = 5.6). The six treatments (including untreated pots), with four replications per treatment and three pots per r...

2 Formulations for the Reduction of Root Penetration into Subsurface 3 Drippers 4 Yifat Zait,† Dekel Segev, Avraham Schweitzer, Yaakov Goldwasser,‡ Baruch Rubin,‡ 5 and Yael G. Mishael*,† 6 †Department of Soil and Water Science and ‡Institute of Plant Science and Genetics in Agriculture, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of 7 Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Reho...

Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) is an important grain legume crop. Among all the biotic factors, weed infestation being adverse impact on growth, yield, nutrient uptake and economics due to lentil short stature, low branching, lack of protective canopy it’s unable smother weeds. Although, applying pre emergence herbicides, in many situation early control herbicides are not that much efficient f...

Weeds represent a major constraint for successful pea cultivation, resulting in loss of green yield and quality. Two field experiments were carried out during the winter seasons 2018/2019 2019/2020. The objectives current study to evaluate efficacy pendimethalin, butralin, fluazifop butyl, bentazon, hoeing on weed control, their impact growth, nodule formation, yield, quality, storability. resu...

Weeds pose a serious threat to wheat productivity. A study was undertaken during the winter season of 2019/20 in experimental field, National Agronomy Research Centre, NARC, Khumaltar assess various doses and application dates for controlling mixed weed flora wheat. The experiment laid out Randomized Complete Block Design with ten treatments replicated thrice net plot size 6 sq. m. included met...