A major challenge in rice (Oryza sativa L.) production is to enhance water use efficiency (WUE) and maintain or even increase grain yield. WUE, if defined as the biomass accumulation over water consumed, may be fairly constant for a given species in given climate. WUE can be enhanced by less irrigation. However, such enhancement is largely a trade-off against lower biomass production. If WUE is...

in order to evaluate the effects of harvesting dates on qualitative traits of safflower genotypes, an experiment was carried out under field conditions in the agricultural faculty of urmia university in 2009-10. factorial experiments were based on randomized complete blocks design with four replications was used under field condition. genotypes included isfahan landrace, sina, il111 and pi25053...

Background: Lentil is the top cultivated pulse crop in Bangladesh. Even if there are a number of modern high yielding varieties (HYV) with all natural favorable conditions and resources for cultivation but due to lack available stress climate (biotic abiotic) resilient variety; potential yield this rarely met. Against huge sum demand supply deficit country which met by importing. Reflecting sit...

The present investigation was intended to determine the growth , yield capacity and soil moisture use of different late sown varieties wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under irrigation schedules. is study undertaken with an objective evaluate varietal performance less availability. To fulfil aim field experiment conducted during winter (Rabi) season 2019-20 combination three schedules as main plot,...

Determination of the optimum harvest window plays a key role in the agro-food chain as the quality of fruit depends on the right harvesting time and appropriate storage conditions during the postharvest period. Usually, indices based on destructive measurements are used for this purpose, like the De Jager Index (PFW-1), FARS index and the most popular Streif Index. In this study, we proposed a ...

Background: The present study was conducted to compare the efficiency of hydronephrosis index (HI) with those of pelvic anteroposterior (AP) diameter and parenchymal thickness in the diagnosis of fetal hydronephrosis in the prenatal period, as well as 1, 6, and 12 months after birth. Methods: This study was conducted on pregnant women with the pregnancy age of > 30 weeks whose fetus was suspect...

Body mass index (BMI) can be considered an application of a power law model to express body weight independently of height. Based on the same power law principle, we previously introduced a body shape index (ABSI) to be independent of BMI and height. Here, we develop a new hip index (HI) whose normalized value is independent of height, BMI, and ABSI. Similar to BMI, HI demonstrates a U-shaped r...

Sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is characterized by juicy stems with high concentrations of fermentable sugars. The genetic basis of these phenotypes is not understood. A sweet sorghum diversity panel (n = 252), consisting of sweet sorghum cultivars (n = 80) and diverse landraces selected for matching plant height and maturity (n = 172), was genotyped and phenotyped in three environ...

The present investigation aimed at evaluating the effect of Calliandra calothyrsus Meisn green manure on quality improvement maize (Zea mays L.) stover compost. To that end, two field experiments were installed with and a successive potato (Solanum tuberosum crop, which was specifically set up to investigate potential residual effects tested organo-mineral fertilizers. crop did not receive any ...