introduction: increasing usage of chemical fertilizers imposes irreparable damages to the environment. disadvantages of chemical fertilizers has led to more attention to the application of organic fertilizers and manures. the use of organic fertilizers and livestock, especially in nutrient poor soils, it is necessary to maintain soil quality. plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (pgpr) occupy t...

the aim of the present study was to investigate the physico-chemical quality of raw milk of one-humped camel coming from khur and biabanak known as a camel-rearing area located in isfahan province of iran. 500 milliliters of raw milk from thirty individual one-humped camels were randomly collected and subjected for proximate analyses indicating the amounts of total solid, protein, fat, lactose,...

Conversion of native rainforest ecosystems in Limón Province of Costa Rica to banana and pineapple monoculture has led to reductions in biodiversity and soil quality. Agroforestry management of cacao (Theobroma cacao) is an alternative system that may maintain the agricultural livelihood of the region while more closely mimicking native ecosystems. This study compared physical, biological and c...

Chemical and morphological characterization of different parts of banana plant(Musa paradisica) (peduncle, leaf stalk and pseudo stem) were carried out in orderto assess their potentiality for chemical pulp. Each portion was tested forextractives, sodium hydroxide solubility, ash, lignin, cellulose and pentosancontents as well as their fiber length and width. These segmented parts werecharacter...

Water is one of the most important of all natural resources known on earth. It is important to all living organisms, most ecological systems, human health, food production and economic development. Analysis of Physicochemical and Microbiological parameters viz. colour, odour turbidity, pH ,total alkalinity, total hardness ,TDS, D.O. ,Fe ,F, river water and tube well water were determined in win...