Water yam (Dioscorea alata) is a staple crop for many of the poorest in the tropics. Yam tuber response to fertiliser application has been reported to be erratic. We hypothesised that this variable response could be due to the development of a suboptimal root system that would not allow the plant to capture the nutrients added with the fertiliser. To verify this hypothesis we studied during two...

a factorial experiment based on a randomized complete block design with three replications was carried out in order to study the effects of tuber size, nitrogen fertilizer and harvest date on yield and yield components of potato. this experiment was conducted in a grower’s farm in uraki village located in chabahar city, in 2011. in this experiment, the treatments were two levels of tuber size (...

abstract genetic diversity of german chamomile (matricaria chamomilla l.) populations in iran was evaluated using morphological, agronomical and phonological characteristics and compared with three cultivars from germany, hungary and iran. in this experiment, statistical design of rcbd with three replications was used, sixteen quantitative traits were measured such as yield, flower number per p...

We present a high–resolution (3.6, 70 pc) CO(J = 1 → 0) mosaic of the molecular gas in M82 covering an area of 2.5×3.5 (2.8 kpc×3.9 kpc) obtained with the OVRO millimeter interferometer. The observations reveal the presence of huge amounts of molecular gas (> 70% of the total molecular mass, Mtot ≈ 1.3 × 10 M⊙) outside the central 1 kpc disk. Molecular streamers are detected in and below M82’s ...

life cycle assessment (lca) had proven to be an appropriate assessment tool for analysis of agri-food products by identifying, quantifying and evaluating the resources consumed and emissions released into the environment. this study was performed for evaluation the environmental impacts of potato agroecosystems based on nitrogen levels by using lca methodology. tuber yield mean during 1999-2013...

We report the nanocluster-catalyzed growth of ultralong and highly uniform single-crystalline silicon nanowires (SiNWs) with millimeter-scale lengths and aspect ratios up to approximately 100,000. The average SiNW growth rate using disilane (Si 2H 6) at 400 degrees C was 31 microm/min, while the growth rate determined for silane (SiH 4) reactant under similar growth conditions was 130 times low...

this experiment was conducted in andimeshk region (north of khouzestan) to study the effects of nitrogen levels on plant characters of  two potato cultivars (solanum tuberosum l.) in identical conditions of poultry manure, in 2012-2013 crop year, as a factorial randmaized complete block design with three replications. the first factor was consisting of four nitrogen levels (0, 70,140 and 210 kg...

A process for realizing sub-cubic millimeter microrobots is detailed. To date, the process has been used to produce spherical structures ranging from 0.5 mm to 3.0 mm in diameter. A model of a 0.7 mm diameter spherical robot has been developed and an estimated power budget is provided. In addition, a model of the electrostatic actuators that will be used for the robot is covered. This model has...