The off-season period for açaí palm production cause social and economic problems that affect producers consumers. Two species are used pulp production, Euterpe oleracea E. precatoria. These have some distinct characteristics, including the harvest period. cultivation of is expanding in metropolitan region Manaus, state Amazonas, AM, there no studies on these under cultivated conditions this re...

Abstract Weeds are responsible for major crop losses worldwide but can provide beneficial agroecosystem services. This study aimed to elucidate how arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in weeds respond host identity and conservation agricultural practices. The was carried out at two locations Southern Africa during off-season in-season maize cultivation. Off-season AMF root colonisation, diversit...

To examine the effects of cultivation and grazing on evapotranspiration (ET), continuous measurements of ET were conducted over almost two years, from December 2005 to September 2007, using the eddycovariance technique in two paired ecosystems: a steppe and a cropland in Duolun and a fenced and a degraded steppe in Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia, China. The ET of the four ecosystems approached or exc...

Detailed study to investigate the effects of Homoeopathic drugs on growth of cotton plants was initiated at Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, (ICAR), Mumbai. In the present paper promising results of preliminary experiments have been discussed. The results revealed that electrically neutral and pure distilled water develops internal electrical charges as soon as few drops of ...

BACKGROUND Many wrestlers engage in chronic dieting and rapid "weight cutting" throughout the year to compete in a category below their natural weight. Such weight-management practices have a negative influence on their health and nutritional status, so the National Wrestling Coaches Association implemented a new weight-management program for high school wrestlers in 2006. PURPOSE The purpose...