A natural infestation of Meloidogyne javanica in an aggregated Oxisol declined at an exponential rate when aliquots of the soil were stored for 72 days in polyethylene bags at various soil water potentials (Psi). Time periods required for reduction in soil infestations by 50% were 2.7, 4.9, 110, 10, and 2.6 days at Psi of -0.16, -0.30, -1.1, -15, and -92 bars, respectively. In the wetter soils,...

A solar still is a viable option when the demand of potable water does not exceed more than 3 litres. Enhancement in distillate output from the solar still is a main goal of many researchers all over the world. In this research, the effect of copper and aluminium plates on distillate output is investigated experimentally as well as theoretically at different water depths under the same climate ...

In this study, an artificial neural network based model for prediction of solar energy potential in Kerman province in Iran has been developed. Meteorological data of 12 cities for period of 17 years (1997–2013) and solar radiation for five cities around and inside Kerman province from the Iranian Meteorological Office data center were used for the training and testing the network. Meteorologic...

solar radiation data play an important role in solar energy relevant researches. these data are not available for some locations due to the absence of the meteorological stations. therefore, solar radiation data have to be predicted by using solar radiation estimation models. this study presents an integrated artificial neural network (ann) approach for estimating solar radiation potential over...

Climate change and solar geoengineering have different implications for drought. can “speed up” the hydrological cycle, but it causesgreater evapotranspiration than historical climate because of higher temperatures. Solar (stratospheric aerosol injection), on other hand, tends to “slow down” cycle while reducing potential evapotranspiration. There are two common definitions drought that take th...

One way of processing agricultural products is by drying process. It a process reducing water content to certain extent so that it can inhibit the rate damage (rice) due biological and chemical activities. Drying last step in series operations, product usually ready use. The goal this research design Paddy Drier with 1000 Kg capacity. result study showing specification drier