Assistant Professor of Botany, Duke University, Durham, N.C. 27706; and Research Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 Abstract: Precipitation and dry fallout were collected over a 2-year period at a remote site in the Santa Ynez Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California, USA and analyzed for nutrient content. Mean annual depositions o...

The efficacy of sustained release Altosid sand granules to control adult Aedes taeniorhynchus and Culex quinquefasciatus emergence was investigated. Sand granules applied at a 7-day preflood application rate of 5.6 kg/ha controlled 99% of the Ae. taeniorhynchus emergence in saltwater plots for 44 days posttreatment and 35% of Cx. quinquefasciatus in freshwater plots. A 5.6 kg/ha rate controlled...

The duration of the efficacy of 4% methoprene pellets against emergence of chironomid midges, Chironomus stigmaterus Say, Goeldichironomus amazonicus (Fittkau) and Tanypus imperialis Sublette, in man-made lakes supplied with tertiary effluent water in Palm Desert, California, was dose dependent. For C. stigmaterus and T. imperialis, the rate of 4.5 kg/ha of the controlled release pellet formula...

A study was conducted in Somawarpet taluk of Kodagu district Karnataka the aim soil carbon stocks under different land use systems namely natural forest use, coffee based agroforestry and paddy systems. Soil samples were collected at depths like 0-20, 20-40, 40-60 60-80 cm with five replications each Natural Forest showed highest mean value Potassium Dichromate Oxidizable Carbon content 18.06g ...

Curcumazedoaria (Berg) Rose. (wild turmeric or kastoorimanjal of commerce rhizome is used as appetizer, tonic, blood purifier and cosmetic. It is useful in flatulence and dyspepsia and also for worms and skin diseases a study on the agrotechniques for its cultivation at the aromatic and Medicinal plants Research Station, Odakkali during 1996-1999 revealed that it is highly adaptable to a wide r...

1 Corresponding author: [email protected]; 865-862-2029 ABSTRACT: Spruce-fir forests in the southern Appalachian Mountains receive high atmospheric nitrogen inputs and have high nitrate levels in soil solution and streamwater. High levels of excess nitrogen have been associated with reduced tree vigor. Additionally, the balsam woolly adelgid (Adelges piceae Ratz.) has killed the majority of e...

abstract this study was conducted to determine the impacts of plastic mulch, drip irrigation method and different amount of water and their interactions on yield, water use efficiency (wue) and quality characteristic of tomato (mobile cultivar). the study was conducted in torogh agricultural research station, razavi khorasan province. the study was done during 2007-2008. experimental design was...

abstract- declining land productivity associated with decreasing soil organic carbon and nutrients is a significant issue in monoculture production. the field experiment with different rates of fertilizer systems (60 kg ha-1 n + 100 kg ha-1 p, 300 kg ha-1 bio-organic (organic fertilizer), 3 kg ha-1 bioumik (biofertilizer), 30 kg ha-1  n + 50 kg ha-1 p + 150 kg ha-1 bio-organic fertilizer and 30...