Grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) has a high potential for forage production inboth rangelands and cultivated rainfed areas of Iran. It is well adapted to semi-arid areas ofwest and north of country where annual rainfall is 250–350 mm. To study the seed and DryMatter (DM) yield and agronomic traits, six genotypes of Lathyrus sativus L. and twogenotypes of Lathyrus inconspicuous L. were provided b...

Root crops are an important staple food in the Pacific region. Yields are generally low and inorganic fertilizers are deemed an option to increase root crop production. The effects of inorganic N fertilizers on upland taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) and sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) were quantified with the aim to investigate relationships between inherent soil fertility, N up...

Physicochemical properties of the commercially procured rubber seed oil (RSO) were studied to evaluate its potential as viable feedstock for biodiesel production. The procured rubber seed oil were characterized for acid value, saponification value, free fatty acid, flash point, kinematic viscosity, and refractive indices using standard methods. Results indicate that the procured rubber seed oil...

introduction: in recent decades, excessive use of chemical fertilizers causes environmental problems such as water resource pollution and decrease in soil fertility. organic matters are excellent sources of plant-available nutrients and their addition to soil could maintain high microbial populations and activities. in crop studies, prabha et al. (2007) reported that there was excellent plant g...

The seed potato cost is very important component in total production and account for 30 to 70% which varies depending on the country or region. Tuber size an factor decide requirement per unit area. Seed affects yield, graded marketable tuber yields. Standard of 25–125 g weight (30–55 mm) known as tubers India. Obtaining achieving higher potential cultivars. profile can be reduced expanded by a...

in the present experiment, the effects of nitrogen and phosphor fertilizer application in two methods of furrow and trickle irrigation on the yield and quality of sugar beet seed cultivar 7233 were studied. the experiment was conducted as a split factorial in a completely randomized block design with three replications during 2003 and 2004 in hamedan province. main plots were allocated to irrig...

The northern root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne hapla) is a major pathogen of processing carrot in New York, significantly reducing marketable yield and profitability. Severely infected carrots are stubby, galled and forked and therefore unmarketable. In field microplot trials in 1996 and 1998, the incidence and severity of root-galling increased and the marketable yield of carrot decreased as the...

in order to understand the effect of plant density and different fertilizers on sesame (sesamum indicum l.) production, an experiment was conducted as a factorial arrangement based on completely randomized block design with three replications. the experimental treatments were fertilizers in four levels (cow manure (30 t.ha-1), municipal compost (30 t.ha-1), chemical fertilizer (250 kg ammonium ...