The objective of present study was to determine appropriate fruit harvesting stage for Jatropha curcas L. for getting seeds with good oil content and better germination. The seeds separated from the fruits harvested at yellow capsule stage (C2) showed maximum germination efficiency, both under laboratory and nursery conditions whereas seeds separated from the fruits harvested at brownish black ...

This paper is introduces a hybrid problem solving algorithm developed for presenting and promoting the customer knowledge management (CKM). It is called customer knowledge management maturity (CKMM). The algorithm includes three main phases: at the first phase, the existing status of the CKM as well as its maturity level will be determined with consideration of the just in time (JIT) factor. Re...

chow and Sinclair, 1991), and sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) (Chapman et al., 1993). An approach based on a linear rate of increase in harvest index Deficiencies in the HI approach, however, may be (HI) with time after anthesis has been used as a simple means to predict grain growth and yield in many crop simulation models. When associated with use of a constant rate of HI increase applied to...

The management of IT carve-out projects is very challenging due to the strict time frame, the severe contractual penalties, the huge number of stakeholders and the various as well as unique IT tasks that have to be conducted. Up to now, there is no instrument for evaluating the readiness of the IT for a carve-out and also not for managing such a project. In order to address this, we develop a m...

objective: melatonin, the chief secretory product of the pineal gland, regulates dynamic physiological adaptations that occur in seasonally breeding mammals as a response to changes in daylight hours. because of the presence of melatonin in semen and the membrane melatonin receptor in spermatozoa, the impact of melatonin on the regulation of male infertility is still questionable. the aim of th...

seed hardiness in annual medics plays an important role in soil seed bank reserve to ensure ley farming system sustainability. to study the level of seed hardiness in annual medic (medicago scuttelata var.rabinson) at different fertilizing treatments and growing conditions (irrigated and dry farming system), an experiment was conducted at two research stations (sararod, research institute and s...

heat stress is well recognized among the hazardous physical agents that might be present during work. this study aims to compare wbgt index at acclimated and unacclimated people to permissible threshold limit value and study the differences between physiological parameters at them. twenty one healthy men were participated in the study. all of the subjects were monitored in two different weather...

The high postharvest losses (40 – 50%) reported in the mango value chain are partly attributed to lack of reliable maturity indices. Harvest is dictated by intended use and target market for fruits. aim this study was establish indices three commercial varieties namely ‘Van dyke,’ ‘Kent’ ‘Tommy Atkins’ Embu County Kenya. At least eighteen trees (six per variety) were randomly tagged at 50% flow...