Rice–wheat cropping system is very common in India. It contributes to over 70% of total food grain production in the country with an area of 12 M ha under this cropping system. However, it is estimated that under rice and wheat crops separately the area is 42.31 and 22.98 M ha respectively. Looking to the above facts a study at farmer’s field of Ambedkar Nagar district was under taken to evalua...

Brachytherapy to treat prostate cancer uses transrectal ultrasound to guide transperitoneal needle implantation of titanium-shelled radioactive seeds. The standard external dimensions of all seeds used for prostate brachytherapy is 4.5 mm in length and 0.85 mm in diameter. Gland deformation and needle deflection during implantation allow seed-placement errors that cause suboptimal dosimetry. Co...

in this study an innovatively designed tractor-mounted, ground-wheel driven, triple unit, row crop precision planter capable of planting three rows of garlic (allium sativum l.) cloves on each raised bed was designed, fabricated and tested. the major components of this planter include; chassis and transport wheels, lister-bedder unit, seed hopper, seed metering drum, sweeper, knocker, seed tube...

Salvia hispanica L. is an alternative crop cultivated by farmers who want to diversify their production. However, this species sensitive salinity, which affects its germination negatively. Seed priming with different attenuators a technique potential mitigate the effects of salt stress. Thus, objective study was evaluate effect seed use on germination, growth, and organic solute accumulation S....

Measurement studies have shown that real world BitTorrent (BT) systems exhibit high seed capacity. Thus, appropriate use of seed capacity can have a significant effect on BT performance. Moreover, seed capacity is also easily exploitable by free-riders, and such free-riding clients exist out in the wild today. In this paper, we propose a simple and scalable approach that makes more intelligent ...

this study was conducted during 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 growing seasons at shirvan ‎agricultural research station, to evaluate the performance of eight winter chickpea seed lines. ‎the experiment conducted in randomized complete block design with four replications. during ‎the growing season, date of flowering, plant height, number of pod per plant, number of seed ‎per pod and date of maturity ...

Seeds are central to crop production, human nutrition, and food security. A key component of the performance of crop seeds is the complex trait of seed vigour. Crop yield and resource use efficiency depend on successful plant establishment in the field, and it is the vigour of seeds that defines their ability to germinate and establish seedlings rapidly, uniformly, and robustly across diverse e...

We aimed to unravel the events which favor the seed-rhizobacterium Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain ALB629 (hereafter ALB629) interaction and which may interfere with the rhizobacterium colonization and growth on the spermosphere of common bean. Seed exudates from common bean were tested in vitro for ALB629 biofilm formation and bacterial growth. Furthermore, the performance of ALB629 on plant...