North American prairie vegetation has been a role model for designing highly attractive plantings for German urban green spaces for the past decade. In combination with gravel mulch top layers on planting sites and non-selective maintenance techniques like mowing or burning, prairie plantings are considered to be cost-effective and low-maintenance. This study was undertaken to assess the impact...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The control of dormancy in yam (Disocorea spp.) tubers is poorly understood and attempts to shorten the long dormant period (i.e. cause tubers to sprout or germinate much earlier) have been unsuccessful. The aim of this study was to identify and define the phases of dormancy in Dioscorea rotundata tubers, and to produce a framework within which dormancy can be more effective...

efficacy of many herbicides to control broad- and narrow-leaf weeds (grass weeds) in tobacco fields of mazandaran and guilan provinces was investigated. the experiment was randomized complete blocks design in four replications and the following treatments: eptam (eradicane 82% ec) at 6 l.ha-1 which incorporated pre-planting (ppi), trifluralin (treflan 48% ec) at 2 l/ha ppi, cycloate (roneet 72....

Four million hectares of wheat are planted after cotton and rice in Pakistan. Little research has been done on the aronomy of wheat following these crops on a cropping pattern basis. Both of these crops delay wheat planting, and it is estimated that 40–50 kg of wheat grain is lost for every day that planting is delayed past 20 November. Current recommendations for land preparation, fertilizer u...

in order to evaluate the effect of row space and weed management on weed population, chickpea yield and yield components, a factorial experiment based on rcbd with three replications was conducted at field research of agriculture college of lorestan university in cropping season of 2006-2007. in this research experimental factors were chickpea row spaces with four levels (15, 20, 30 and 40 cm w...

The study aimed to determine the interference periods of weeds in cassava ‘IAC 90’ cultivated different cycles and cropping systems. An experiment was conducted period 2014/15 (1st cycle) another from pruning plants 2015/16 (2nd cycle). experimental design a randomized block with split-split plots four replicates. represented systems (conventional no-tillage) corresponded without coexistence (0...

Leaf senescence varies greatly among genotypes of cotton (Gossypium hirsutium L), possibly due to the different expression of senescence-related genes. To determine genes involved in leaf senescence, we performed genome-wide transcriptional profiling of the main-stem leaves of an early- (K1) and a late-senescence (K2) cotton line at 110 day after planting (DAP) using the Solexa technology. The ...

The influence of a supplementary bradyrhizobial inoculation after an initial seed slurry inoculation with the same strain on nodulation and N(2) fixation in soybeans was examined in the greenhouse. The plants were grown in a Typic Eutrocrepts soil: sand mixture containing 25, 65, or 83 mg of N per kg (i.e., native soil N plus N-labeled ammonium sulfate). Harvests were made at early flowering an...