Wazirpur industrial area of Delhi generates a huge quantity of sludge per day, which is highly acidic in nature (pH 2.7 to 4.4) and contains macronutrients, micronutrients as well as toxic metals. A pot-culture experiment was conducted by taking the two soils (JNU and Chhattarpur) amended with sludge (0%, 10%, 20%, 30%), pretreated with lime (0%, 0.5% and 1%). Two wheat seedlings were planted p...

In this paper the results are presented of original research into the automatic and “intelligent” detection of breakpoints in Dissolved Oxygen (DO) profiles. The research has been based on a large body of data collected from laboratory SBRs operating on synthetic wastewater. Two different approaches were followed to identify the endpoints. The paper analyses and evaluates the results of automat...

In this paper, to simulate mechanical stress on the cutter bar of the harvesting combine during cutting of wheat stems, first, shearing strength of the stems was measured for various moisture content levels and cutting heights. After that the cutter bar of combine was simulated by Abaqus with the specified conditions. The results of the simulation showed that with increase in moisture content o...

PTH-057 Table 1 Regimen 1 (mean HS score ± SEM) Regimen 2 (mean HS score ± SEM) P value Rectum 3 ± 0.05 3.5 ± 0.05 < 0.0001 Sigmoid 2.8 ± 0.05 3.3 ± 0.03 < 0.0001 Descending colon 2.7 ± 0.06 2.6 ± 0.06 0.3 Transverse colon 2.7 ± 0.04 2.6 ± 0.07 0.6 Ascending colon 2.6 ± 0.05 2.6 ± 0.07 0.8 Caecum 2.5 ± 0.05 2.6 ± 0.1 0.7 Total score 16.5 ± 0.1 17.3 ± 0.01 0.07 PTH-057 Conclusion Increasing the ...

Knowledge of spatial and temporal variations in crop growth is important for crop management and stable crop production for the food security of a country. A combination of crop growth models and remote sensing data is a useful method for monitoring crop growth status and estimating crop yield. The objective of this study was to use spectral-based biomass values generated from spectral indices ...

The aim of the present work was to determine the applicability of the AFRCWHEAT2 wheat growth model under Hungarian conditions. The Farquhar model, which, when properly calibrated, gives a satisfactory description of the net photosynthesis of Hungarian winter wheat varieties at various atmospheric CO2 concentrations, temperatures and light conditions, was incorporated into the model. Both the o...

mechanical damage due to harvesting, handling, and other processes is an important factor that affects the seeds quality. seed damage results in lower grain value and more storability problem and reduces seed germination and seedling vigor and subsequent yield of crops. tests were conducted to determine the percentage of physical damage (ppd) and percentage of loss in germination (plg) of wheat...

Aluminum (Al)-tolerance of different cultivars shows considerable differences. Elevation of rhizosphere pH is an external Al-resistant mechanism of plants. To elucidate the correlation between Al tolerance and the capacity of plants to modify the rhizosphere pH at different Al-tolerant levels, a comparative study on the wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars ET8 (Al-tolerant) and ES8 (Al-sensit...

Breeding for solid-stemmed durum (Triticum turgidum L. var durum) and common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars is one strategy to minimize yield losses caused by the wheat stem sawfly (Cephus cinctus Norton). Major stem-solidness QTL have been localized to the long arm of chromosome 3B in both wheat species, but it is unclear if these QTL span a common genetic interval. In this study, we h...