s: The agriculture plays an important role in the Moroccan economy. The cereal culture occupies a place excellence in the farming sector. Cereals are essentially represented by the cultures of the wheat and the barley.The farmers meet several obstacles which accompany them during all the season and which can cause dramatic losses. The difficulty of the estimation of these losses by the farmers ...

Over the last two years, research conducted at the NCAUR in Peoria, IL, in conjunction with The Ohio State University (Khan et al, 1998a; Khan et al., 1998b; Khan et al., 1999a; Khan et al., 1999b; Schisler et al., 1999a; Schisler et al., 1999b), has culminated in the isolation, screening and identification of several putative biological control agents for suppression of FHB. This update provid...

Introduction In connection with a study of the cause of lodging in soybeans as grown in corn for silage it was found that the shading by the corn resulted in a reduction of the percentage of carbohydrates and total dry matter, and that the stems of soybeans thus developed were relatively soft, pliable, and weak. In cereals like oats and wheat a similar situation in the stems with consequent lod...

Wheat quality, a complex term, depends upon intentional use for unambiguous products. The foremost determinants of wheat quality are endosperm texture (grain hardness), protein content and gluten strength. Endosperm texture in wheat is the single most important and defining quality characteristic, as it facilitates wheat classification and affects milling, baking and end-use quality. Various te...

Agriculture holds a pivotal role in context to India, which is basically agrarian economy. Crop type identification is a key issue for monitoring agriculture and is the basis for crop acreage and yield estimation. However, it is very challenging to identify a specific crop using single date imagery. Hence, it is highly important to go for multi-temporal analysis approach for specific crop ident...