ABSTRACT The use of organic fertilizers can improve the chemical, physical, and biological properties soil, with their implying low environmental impact. This study aimed to evaluate yield quality yellow passion fruit grown in an system associated irrigation input levels. A randomized complete block design a 3x2 factorial arrangement four replications was adopted. factors evaluated were: three ...

Today farmers have several constraints to take into account in managing their crops: (i) competitiveness: productivity must be maintained or increased whereas inputs must be decreased, (ii) the environmental consequences of cultural practices: pesticide and fertilizer use must be decreased, and (iii) product quality must be improved and nitrogen nutrition is an important factor in harvest quali...

A survey of 3,000 residents of Illinois and 375 county-level policymakers in east-central Illinois was conducted during spring 2003. Illinois residents were stratified by those residing in east-central Illinois (a region of the state dominated by agriculture) and the remainder of the state. Response rates were 49% for residents of counties in the East-central Illinois area of focus, 43% from re...

Recently, grey relational analysis (GRA) has been widely applied in analyzing multivariate time series data (MTS); as a solution to the traditional statistical limitations. GRA, which has been proven to be simple and accurate method for analysing relationship in MTS are broadly used in various disciplines such as economics, sociology and engineering. GRA is employed to search for grey relationa...

Batanghari Regency is one of the regencies in Jambi Province that has a potential for development lowland rice commodities. Rice farming consists organic and inorganic rice. Organic technique using fertilizer (compost fertilizers) can be broken down by decomposer organisms. The continuous use chemical fertilizers pesticides on agricultural land results decrease structure composition nutrients s...