Producers and agronomists need crop developmental scales that are easy to use, universally accepted, and accurate. Development of such a scale requires correlation of stages among scales currently in use and correlation of developmental patterns among crops. A computer program for converting among staging systems is a useful tool in developing new staging systems with wider applicability. The B...

This study was carried to develop functions that could explain the growth of Oxalis latifolia, in both early stages and throughout the season, contributing to the improvement of its cultural control. Bulbs of the Cornwall form of O. latifolia were buried at 1 and 8 cm in March 1999 and 2000. Samples were destructive at f ixed times, and at each time the corresponding BBCH scale codes as well as...

Triploid Miscanthus × giganteus (Greef et Deu. ex Hodkinson et Renvoize) is a sterile, perennial grass used for biomass production in temperate environments. While M. × giganteus has been intensively researched, a scale standardizing description of M. × giganteus morphological stages has not been developed. Here we provide such a scale by adapting the widely-used Biologische Bundesanstalt, Bund...

In order to investigate chitosan and magnesium-nano fertilizers’ impact on photosynthetic pigments, protein, proline, and soluble sugar contents of sesame under irrigation cut-off treatment, a split-factorial experiment was conducted based on randomized blocks with three replications. Irrigation cut-off based on BBCH sca...

Testing of lupine varieties for alkaloids was performed in the period 2006-2010 at the Voke Branch of the Lithuanian Institute of Agriculture in the course of a competitive trial of feeding lupine (Lupinus sp.). Samples of feeding yellow lupine (Lupinus luteus L.) varieties as well as narrow-leaved lupine (Lupinus angustifolius L.) were used. The alkaloid concentration was assessed in the perio...

Phenology is a key trait of plants all species, as it determines their season and duration growth reproduction, well ability to capture variable resources. Understanding the phenology Elaeagnus multiflora Thunb. rare but promising fruit medicinal plant Ukraine, namely codification stages seasonal development, according international BBCH scale, important for evaluation breeding material develop...