Considering profitability in pasture-based systems, investigating parameters affecting crop coefficients for irrigation management becomes important. In this experiment, we determined the coefficient of ‘Marandu’ palisadegrass based on accumulated degree-days and estimated plant water consumption under single (‘Marandu’ alisadegrass) mixed + black oats Italian ryegrass) cropping regimes. The re...

biological characteristics and population growth parameters of diaeretiella rapae (hym.: braconidae) on russian wheat aphid, diuraphis noxia (hem.: aphididae) were investigated at five constant temperatures (10, 15, 20, 25 and 27.5 ?c), 60±5% rh and a photoperiodicity of 16:8 h (light:dark). developmental period of immature stages of d. rapae was the lowest at 25 ?c (11.23±0.144 days) and highe...

The effects of dietary supplementation of garlic (Allium sativum) extract on the growth and disease resistance of African catfish, Clarias gariepinus was evaluated. Also in-vitro evaluation of susceptibility of fish-borne multidrug resistant (MDR) pathogenic bacteria to aqueous extract of garlic was done. Aqueous garlic extract exhibited inhibitory activity against MDR bacteria and the degree o...

ABSTRACT To reduce the risks associated with production of gladiolus flowers in climatic conditions southwestern Paraná, Brazil, this study characterized growth, development, and floral stem quality plants cultivated under different-colored shade nets mulching four growing seasons. The cultivar ‘White Goddess’ was grown beds without soil. Three individually stained black, silver red all 35% sha...