Understanding how soil phosphorus (P) fractions change is critical to achieve more efficient P use in a highly P-sorbing calcareous soil. The fields were managed without or with annual fertilizer (40 kg ha? 1), continuously growing sole cropping intercropping of maize and faba bean. Soil samples (0–200 mm) collected at the start experiment eight years later, we evaluated using sequential fracti...

Abstract: The aim was to evaluate the effects of previous crop and top-dressing nitrogen fertilization on yield physiological sanitary quality common bean seeds. design used in randomized blocks a split-plot scheme, with four replications. plots were represented by three crops (sole maize, maize + Urochloa ruziziensis sole U. ruziziensis), preceding bean. subplots consisted N doses (urea) appli...

Heterosis has been utilized widely in the breeding of maize and other crops, and plays an important role in increasing yield, improving quality and enhancing stresses resistance, but the molecular mechanism responsible for heterosis is far from clear. To illustrate whether miRNA-dependent gene regulation is responsible for heterosis during maize germination, a deep-sequencing technique was appl...

Friction stir processing was applied for fabricating an aluminum alloy based hybrid nano composite reinforced with nano sized Al2O3 and micro sized graphite particles. A mixture of Al2O3 and graphite particles was packed into a groove with 1 mm width and 4.5 mm depth, which had been cut in 5083 aluminum plate of 10 mm thick. Packed groove was subjected to friction stir processing in order to im...

In order to investigate effect of application of Nitroxin and nitrogen chemical fertilizer on yield and yield components, split plot experiment on the basis of Randomized Complete Block Design with four replications was conducted. Four levels of Nitrogen fertilizer (N1: 100% chemical fertilizer, N2: 75% chemical fertilizer + 100% biological fertilizer, N3: 50% chemical fertilizer + 100% biologi...

The effect of temperature on Hill activity has been compared in chilling-sensitive and chilling-resistant plants. The Arrhenius activation energy (Ea) for the photoreduction of 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol by chloroplasts isolated from two chilling-sensitive plants, mung bean (Vigna radiata L. var. Mungo) and maize (Zea mays L. cv. PX 616), increased at low temperatures, below 17 C for mung bea...

Cover crops are a major focus of conservation agriculture efforts because they can provide soil cover and increase nutrient availability after their mineralization in cropping systems. To evaluate the effect of residue type and placement on rate of decomposition and carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) mineralization, residues from two food crops, maize (Zea mays L.) and common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris ...

efficacy of fomesafen and storm (bentazone+aciflorfen) herbicides on common bean (phaseolus vulgaris l.) weed control were evaluated in a randomized complete block design with four replications during 2008 in lorestan province. herbicides were applied postemergence at three trifoliate growth stage of common bean. herbicide injury on weeds reached maximum three days after treatments and common b...

Maize is Germany’s most important fodder and energy crop. However, pure maize cultivation has ecological disadvantages. Moreover, its yield low in crude protein, an feed quality parameter. Maize–bean intercropping can potentially address both issues. A bean variety specially developed for was first introduced 2016. Using this variety, a network of institutions conducted 13 field trials from 201...

Power, J.F., Wilhelm, W.W. and Doran, J.W., 1986. Crop residue effects on soil environment and dryland maize and soya bean production. Soil Tillage Res., 8 : 101-111. The research reported here provides data on the effects of crop residues o n the surface of no-till soil upon the soil environment and resulting biological activity, including crop growth. For maize (Zea mays L.) and soya bean [Gl...