Soybean aphid is an economic pest of soybean in North America. Currently, management of soybean aphid is achieved through the use of foliar- and seed-applied insecticides. However, natural enemies play an important role in regulating soybean aphid populations, and may be adversely affected by insecticides. The effects of imidacloprid and thiamethoxam seed treatments on the soybean aphid parasit...

Researchers have proven the Litchi seeds of possessing salutary pharmacodynamic effects, such as dispelling cold, relieving pain, promoting the circulation of qi, and removing stasis. This has resulted in its categorization as an affinal drug and diet in the traditional Chinese medicine. Important research progress has been obtained on the chemical components, traditional pharmacological effect...

The winery and distillery industry generates an increasing amount of wastes, whose management and disposal constitute an environmental concern due to their seasonal character and some polluting characteristics. The main solid by-products and residues generated are grape stalk, grape pomace or marc, wine lee, exhausted grape marc and winery sludge, while the main effluents are winery wastewater ...

B. BACKGROUND: With the time rapidly approaching when we will need to grow food plants in an orbiting space station, in a lunar base, and in a station on Mars, it would be important to know just how much fertilizer is absolutely necessary for maximum growth in those environments. Payload size for launching support materials is very precious, so we don't want to send up any more than necessary. ...

Wildfires have always been a part of the history of Mediterranean forests. However, forests are not always certain to regenerate after a wildfire. Whether they do depends on many factors, some of which may be influenced by land management activities. Failure to regenerate will cause a regime shift in the ecosystem, reducing the provision of ecosystem services and ultimately leading to desertifi...

The growth stage of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) at the time of inoculation was determined to be a factor in the severity of seed coat mottling caused by Bean pod mottle virus (BPMV, Genus Comovirus, Family Comoviridae). The virus caused seed coat mottling, and reduced seed size and seed weight. The effects of different isolates of BPMV on seed coat mottling in soybean were found to vary ...

Tree improvement programs have influenced significantly the quality of southern pine seeds produced when compared to collections from native stands. Seed orchard management practices such as fertilization can increase seed size and reduce seed dormancy. These result in the need for less complex pregermination treatments. Repeated cone collections from the same clones facilitate collections acco...

Fertilizer management is essential for achieving sustainable agriculture and protecting the environment. To evaluate the effect of Nitroxin bio-fertilizer application on quantitative and qualitative traits of corn hybrids a farm research was arranged via split plot experiment based on the randomized complete block design with four replications in 2013. Main plots were Included: use of the chemi...

grass (Mueller-Warrant and Brewster, 1986), common occurrences in grass seed fields. Seed laws and market Effective weed control was a major concern of Oregon grass seed expectations define allowable limits for weed seed congrowers during their recent transition from open-field burning to mechanical methods of managing post-harvest residues. This 4-yr herbitamination, but production efficiency ...