The Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) is an important pest of citrus and other deciduous trees. There a need for sustainable management tools the use entomopathogenic nematodes have been explored controlling stages medfly that occur in soil. We investigated further this approach by assessing efficacy commercially available applied early season or off-...

The overall design of an industrial crop production system should optimize the system's global parameters, such as total area required, intensity of cultivation and general production schedule. The key element is the optimal intensity of cultivation for the prevailing climatic and economic environments. A single-state-variable vegetative crop model (e.g. lettuce) was used to optimize a crop pro...

Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) is a pseudocereal grown on limited extensions in Italy and Western Europe in general, but is currently the subject of considerable interest from the scientific community and consumers for its unique nutritional properties: it is rich in vitamins and mineral salts, dietary fiber and antioxidant substances, and it is free of gluten. This species also has ag...

The economic value of irrigation water was determined through Contingency Valuation Method and Crop-Water Production function during wet and dry season of paddy cultivation. Factors namely, area under rice and water requirement influenced the willingness to pay for water by farmers. Social values of farmers’ over water were found to be high. The comparison of the economic value of water estimat...

The field experiment conducted at Rice Research Station, Tirur, Tiruvallur District of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University aimed to evaluate the performance rice-based cropping sequences cucurbits in district. Five were evaluated for - Ashgourd, Muskmelon, Cucumber, Pumpkin and Watermelon. study focused on post samba season (December March), when water scarcity results low yields rice cultivatio...

Agriculture encroachment over alpine pastoral land is posing serious threats to the sustainable use of natural resources and agro-pastoral systems in upland environment. This study aimed understand scenario agriculture within a management context Northern Pakistan’s uplands (Buhrawai). Both quantitative qualitative methodological approaches were used for primary data collection on pattern cropl...

This study aimed to evaluate the influence of soybean cultivation on the fungal community structure in a tropical floodplain area. Soil samples were collected from two different soybean cropland sites and a control area under native vegetation. The soil samples were collected at a depth of 0–10 cm soil during the off-season in July 2013. The genetic structure of the soil fungal microbial commun...

PURPOSE To determine the impact of inclusion of a band or chain compensatory acceleration training (CAT), in a 5-week training phase, on maximal upper body strength during a 14-week off-season strength and conditioning program for collegiate male athletes. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty-four National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) collegiate baseball players, who were familiar with the c...