the dragon's head(lallemantia iberica f. & c. m.) can be introduced as a new oilseed crop to cold rainfed areas because of its unique characteristics. the field trial was carried in a split-plot factorial in a randomized complete block design (rcbd) with three replications in dryland agricultural research institute (dari) in 2010-11. the treatments included three landraces of dragon’s head...

ABSTRACT Spontaneous plants in vegetable growing areas significantly impact yield and costs, regardless of the adopted cultivation system. This study aimed to evaluate weed interference periods on profitability organic carrot under different sowing methods. Two experiments were set up [weed control coexistence, a randomized block design arranged as split plots (5 × 2), with five periods: 15, 20...

Aspen produces large numbers of seeds, even though it mainly reproduces asexually with root suckers. The aim of this study was to find out how different moisture conditions affect emergence and survival of Populus tremula L. seedlings. This was studied with a sowing experiment (totally randomized factorial design). There were altogether 10 blocks, each containing 16 microsites and three treatme...

introduction red beans (phaseolus vulgaris l.) with 22-25 % protein and 50-60 % carbohydrates are one of the most important legumes in the world, particularly in some developing countries. it is one of the major sources of vegetable protein. with regard to increasing population and increasing the need of protein, the use of plant resources like red bean with a large amount of protein is growing...

Dry direct seeding of rice (DDSR) is being increasingly used in water-scarce areas across Asia. When drought occurs, deep sowing may enable germinating seeds to utilize the residual moisture below surface. Our objective was examine effects different depths on DDSR crop growth. Two yield experiments, one Philippines and other Japan, were established rainfed lowlands, but did not occur. Across at...

Crop depends on its canopy to intercept solar radiation to drive both assimilation and water, nutrient absorption for its growth. Field experiments, involving three sowing time and three sowing rate, were conducted at Luancheng Station to investigate the effects of canopy size and development on crop growth and radiation use efficiency (RUE) of winter wheat during 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 gr...

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of different sowing time on seed yield and quality in under used medicinal plant babchi. The study was carried out for 12 months from January to December. Results showed that the seeds sown in November month recorded the maximum seed yield and quality parameters followed by October month than other months. November month recorded the maximum fi...

Molecular markers have been used to predict the genetic variance of segregating soybean populations by measuring the genetic distance between parents. For this purpose we analyzed the genetic distance among six pairwise combinations of four soybean lines grown in Southern Brazil. The AFLP-based distances (AFD) were estimated with 21 primer-pair combinations. Additive genetic variance (D) was es...