A field experiment was carried out in the year 2014 and 2015 at experimental of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh to evaluate effect agronomic weed management practices on crop growth rate (CGR) relative (RGR) direct seeded rice. Twenty-four treatment combinations consisting two mulching viz. no mulch live (brown manuring with Sesbania) nitrogen levels (120 kg ha-1, 150 ha-1&nbs...

growth traits, yield and fruit quality in ‘synda’ tomato were compared with those in tomatoes grafted onto either ‘king kong’ rootstock or onto their own rootstocks, (trained as single or double stem), and at two fruit thinning levels, of: no thinning or thinned to five fruits per truss. the data related to crop growth rate (cgr), relative growth rate (rgr), net assimilation rate (nar), leaf ar...

1 The savanna–forest boundary in the tropics is marked by a discontinuity not only in tree density, but also in species composition, with few tree species regularly occurring in both savanna and forest environments. 2 We performed comparative growth analysis for nine congeneric pairs, each containing one savanna species and one forest species, grown in a factorial design involving two light and...

The submerged species Carolina fanwort ( Cabomba caroliniana ) has attracted considerable attention in Lake Taihu Basin (LTB), China. This was widely used as a garden plant until 2016, when it identified invasive. In this study, we conducted mesocosm experiment to compare the morphological traits, includingtotal dry mass, shoot/root (S/R) ratio, relative growth rate (RGR) and competition index ...

Growing travel and trade threatens biodiversity as it increases the rate of biological invasions globally, either by accidental or intentional introduction. Therefore, avoiding these impacts by forecasting invasions and impeding further spread is of utmost importance. In this study, three forecasting approaches were tested and combined to predict the invasive behaviour of the alien macrophyte L...

The idea that herbaceous plants have higher relative growth rates (RGRs) compared with woody plants is fundamental to many of the most influential theories in plant ecology. This difference in growth rate is thought to reflect systematic variation in physiology, allocation and leaf construction. Previous studies documenting this effect have, however, ignored differences in seed mass. As woody s...

The aim of this study was to grow maize with quinoa plants as an alternative in intercropping system and determine the effects different plant mixtures on production. For purpose, a trial carried out coastal Aegean region (Aydın Province) Turkey under Mediterranean climate conditions. In addition 100% (monocultures), 3 (75% maize-25% quinoa, 50% maize-50% 25% maize-75% quinoa) were also created...

use of the growth indices is a method to assessment of intercropping efficiency. in order to evaluation growth indices of soybean, sweet basil and borage in intercropping with different ratios, an experiment base on randomized complete block design was conducted with 9 treatments and 3 replications at north khorasan in 2011. treatments were consisted of the plants pure culture, replacement seri...

The continuous expansion in the textile industry results high loads of coloured wastewaters that heavily pollute limited freshwater sources. Therefore, a wide array treatment methods has been used to remediate water/wastewater from dyes. One common practice is use plants degrade, absorb, metabolise, and detoxify different types pollutants, including This study employs sweet basil (Ocimum basili...

in order to estimate responses of growth rate and growth hormone of clarias gariepinus to stocking density, fish (initial weight 30.71 ± 0.89 g) were stocked in 120-l tanks at densities of 35, 65, 95, and 125 kg/m3 for 60 days. on day 30 and 60, the fish growth rates were measured, pituitary growth hormone (gh) mrna levels and serum gh concentrations were examined by real-time qpcr and elisa te...