BACKGROUND AND AIMS It is widely accepted that fruit-set in plants is related to source-sink ratio. Despite its critical importance to yield, prediction of fruit-set remains an ongoing problem in crop models. Functional-structural plant models are potentially able to simulate organ-level plasticity of plants. To predict fruit-set, the quantitative link between source-sink ratio and fruit-set pr...

The sensitivity of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] main stem node accrual to ambient temperature has been documented in greenhousegrown plants but not with fi eld-grown plants in the north-central United States. Biweekly V-node and R-stage, stem node number, internode length, and other traits were quantifi ed in an irrigated split-plot, four-replicate, randomized complete block experiment cond...

The sensitivity of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] main stem node accrual to ambient temperature has been documented in greenhousegrown plants but not with fi eld-grown plants in the north-central United States. Biweekly V-node and R-stage, stem node number, internode length, and other traits were quantifi ed in an irrigated split-plot, four-replicate, randomized complete block experiment cond...

drought is one of the most important factors limiting crop yields around the world. drought stress in plants, the change (increase or decrease) in the production of plant proteins. this research was carried out using bread wheat genotypes. for evaluation of leaf protein pattern in wheat, 10 genotypes were assayed with 3 replications under irrigated (non-stress) and rain-fed (stress) conditions....

The growth stage of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) at the time of inoculation was determined to be a factor in the severity of seed coat mottling caused by Bean pod mottle virus (BPMV, Genus Comovirus, Family Comoviridae). The virus caused seed coat mottling, and reduced seed size and seed weight. The effects of different isolates of BPMV on seed coat mottling in soybean were found to vary ...

The grass stage is an inherent and distinctive developmental trait of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris), in which height growth in the first few years after germination is suppressed. In operational forestry practice the grass stage extends for two to several years and often plays a role in planting failures and decisions to plant alternative species. Interspecies hybrids involving loblolly (P. t...

Background and aim: The third stage of labour is one of the most troublesome stages of child delivery. The basic principle of the third stage management is administrating prophylactic uterotonics. However, the time of its administration varies in different hospitals. This study aimed to determine the effect of intramuscular oxytocin injection after emergence of the fetal anterior shoulder or pl...

Wilhelm, W.W., McMaster, G.S., Rickrnan, R.W. and Klepper, B., 1993. Above-ground vegetative development and growth of winter wheat as influenced by nitrogen and water availability. Ecol. Modelling, 68: 183-203. Assessing the influence of nitrogen and water availability on development and growth of individual organs of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is critical in evaluating the response o...