Apre-sowing treatment was applied to black cumin (Nigella sativa L.) seeds, which were surface-sterilized and soaked for 5, 10 or 15 h in 10–6, 10–5, or 10–4M aqueous solution of gibberellic acid (GA). The potted plants were then analysed at 50, 70 and 90 days after sowing for leaf chlorophyll (Chl) content, stomatal conductance (gs), carbonic anhydrase (CA) activity, nitrate reductase (NR) act...

Weather variability poses numerous risks to agricultural communities, yet farmers may be able to reduce some of these risks by adapting their cropping practices to better suit changes in weather. However, not all farmers respond to weather variability in the same way. To better identify the causes and consequences of this heterogeneous decision-making, we develop a framework that identifies (1)...

Lolium rigidum Gaud. is one of the most common weed species in winter cereals in Northeastern Spain. Herbicide resistance has been growing since the mid 90’s and exclusive herbicide use is not enough in many cases, so that it is necessary to combine as many control tools as possible. Six field trials have been conducted during the cropping seasons 200102, 2002-03 and 2003-04 on winter cereal in...

Aspen produces large numbers of seeds, even though it mainly reproduces asexually with root suckers. The aim of this study was to find out how different moisture conditions affect emergence and survival of Populus tremula L. seedlings. This was studied with a sowing experiment (totally randomized factorial design). There were altogether 10 blocks, each containing 16 microsites and three treatme...

Ir(III)-porphyrins are a relatively new group of phosphorescent dyes that have potential for oxygen sensing and labeling of biomolecules. The requirement of two axial ligands for the Ir(III) ion permits simple linkage of biomolecules by a one-step ligand-exchange reaction, for example, using precursor carbonyl chloride complexes and peptides containing histidine residue(s). Using this approach,...

The predominance of rice-wheat cropping system in Punjab has resulted in number of ecological problems in the state such as depletion of underground water table, deterioration of soil health by adversely affecting the physical, chemical and biological properties of the soil (Kumar et al., 2016). However, for over a decade, ricewheat cropping system yields in high productivity zones have either ...

A precise measurement of the total cross section and the Coulomb scattering at LHC requires the observation of elastically scattered particles at extremely small angles (14 μrad, −t ≤ 0.01 GeV for the first case; 3 μrad, −t ≤ 0.0006 GeV) for the second one). In this paper a very high-β insertion optics which fulfills both conditions is presented. A feasibility study, including the acceptance of...

Crop coefficient values are used to estimate crop evapotranspiration (ETc) for determining irrigation scheduling. Many important crop biophysical properties such as Percentage Vegetation Cover and Leaf Area Index can be estimated from remotely sensed Vegetation Index, in order to quantify real time vegetation growth dynamics. The objective of this study was to understand the effectiveness of ba...