Cotton, the king of natural fibres is mainly cultivated for its lint which is the most sought after textile fibre till date due to its inherent ecofriendly and comfort characteristics. It is also one of the important cash crops of many of the Afro-Asian countries like India, Iran, Egypt, Sudan, Uzbekistan, Tanzania, etc. and plays a major role in their economic development. However, of late, co...

Title of Thesis: THATCH AND SOIL PESTICIDE DEGRADATION AND MICROBIAL ACTIVITY AS INFLUENCED BY TURF CULTIVATION PRACTICES Yusong Mu, Master of Science, 2009 Thesis Directed By: Mark J. Carroll, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture Pesticide degradation in turf is complicated by presence of an organic matter enriched layer called thatch. It is not well...

Although it has been known that human urine could be reused as nutrients for plant, too much application may cause an accumulation of sodium (Na) and/or nitrogen (N) in soil and eventually inhibit plant growth. A study was carried out to evaluate the effects of extra urine application in plant and soil. Thus, pot test was conducted in greenhouse using synthetic urine, Komatsuna and sandy soil. ...

Portulaca oleracea L. belongs to the family Portulaceae, is a warm-climate annual herb, known as khurfa in Arabic and common purslane in English. The plant is succulent, herbaceous, erect or decumbent growing up to 30 cm height with cylindrical stem of 2-3 mm in diameter. The plant, which is common weed of cultivation, are eaten as a vegetable and used for medicinal purposes. Traditionally, sin...

Morinda citrifolia Linn. is a hardy plant which can grow on wasteland and tolerate salinity. Its fruit is used in traditional medicine and contain many vitamins and minerals. In this paper an attempt has been made to provide its cultivation aspects and economic value.

For about a century, spanning the eras of early genetics to state-of-the-art biotechnology, the moss Physcomitrella patens has been a popular object of biological research. Meanwhile it has become an established model organism in plant evolutionary and developmental biology, mainly due to a combination of two factors: its phylogenetic key position in the plant tree of life and the sum of its fa...