The application of organic fertilizers alone or in combination with bio-fertilizers is important for sustainable agriculture, healthy agricultural production and restoring soil quality. Compost, vermicompost and mycorrhiza amendments could improve soil quality and plant yield. However, little is known about their impact on yield and quality of European borage (Borago officinalis L.). To evaluat...

The characterization of corn starch (CS) films impregnated with CaCO3 nanoparticles was investigated. Criteria such as morphology, crystallinity, water vapor permeability (WVP), opacity, and mechanical properties were the focus of the investigation. It was found that the CaCO3 contents had significant effects on the tensile properties of the nanocomposite films. The addition of CaCO3 nanopartic...

in order to study the reason for the prominent increase of the average of sugar content in sugar beet produced in iran in 2007 and finding the relation of this increase with climatic parameters, chenaran sugar factory district was chosen. due to precise and reliable statistical data of sugar factory during the campaign and weather data, chenaran sugar factory was chosen for this investigation. ...

The impact of different soil orders and land use systems on the distribution physico-chemical properties is most critical matter to address in order maintain sustainable agricultural production. Hence, present investigation was carried out study variation characteristics diverse (LUSs), i.e., agriculture, horticulture, forestry, under major (entisol, inceptisol, alfisol) Majha region Punjab. A ...

abstract irrigation planning and management requires continious monitoring and measurements of soil moisture content. application of gypsum blockes (gb) are common in soil moisture measurements. gb readings are subjected to its geometry and soil solution concentration. this study was carried on 90 gb in research greenhouse of faculty agricultural, ferdowsi university of mashhad. at the begining...

Problem-based learning (PBL) was used as the instructional design basis for a TAFE unit of competency developed for online delivery. The courseware was commissioned to provide online content for users of the Victorian TAFE Virtual Campus. The aim of the project was to provide courseware that would develop competency in the course topic ‘Soil Characteristics and Survey Techniques’ and also devel...

The present study examines the role of leguminous compost (LC), humic acids (HA), and phosphate-solubilizing bacteria (P-SB) in alleviating stress effects high soil CaCO3 content Phaseolus vulgaris. Two pot trials for two consecutive seasons; fall 2019 summer 2020 were implemented an open greenhouse. A mixed three-way ANOVA, independent factors (season treatments) one within (time) used with fo...