BACKGROUND 'Vrikshayurveda', an ancient science of plant life described by Surapala, has clearly outlined a systematized agricultural practice that insisted on the use of Kunapa jala (KJ) and Pancha gavya (PG) to enhance the yield and quality of plants. OBJECTIVE An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of KJ and PG on growth, physiological, biochemical, quality attributes and yield...

Taro, Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott, is the most important species from the Araceae family. The leaf area (LA) is important for the interception of solar radiation and for the biomass production. The light extinction coefficient (k) is related to the leaf inclination angle, leaf arrangement, regarding the Leaf Area Index (LAI), providing an indication of the plants efficiency on intercepting ...

the use of various slags as by-products of steel industry is well established in civil engineering applications. however, the use of bos slag in the area of soil stabilization has not been fully researched and developed despite having similar chemical composition and mineralogy to that of portland cement. this paper reports on efforts to extend the use of bos slag to soil stabilization by deter...

In this research, leaf area prediction model was developed for some leaf-used maize (Zea mays L.) cultivars namely Coluna, Luce, Maveric, Ranchero, TTM-813, Zamora and RX-788 grown in Black Sea region of Turkey. Lamina width, length and leaf area were measured without destroying the leaf to develop the models. The actual leaf areas of the plants were measured by PLACOM Digital Planimeter and mu...

Previous research indicates a correlation between leaf area index (LAI) and yield of full-season soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill], which is a single crop planted early in the season. Leaf area index values of at least 3.5-4.0 in the reproductive stages are required for maximum potential yield. It is unknown how yields of double-crop soybean, which is planted late into harvested small grain fi...

the objective of the present study was to optimize awettable powder formulation for twoiranianbtstrains (yd5 and kh4) in order to enhance efficiency and durability as biological agent against lepidopteran and coleopteran pests.mass production of the mentioned strains was done in a batch fermentor based on the peviouselyoptimized economical medium and fermentation conditions, and the final conce...

Using an analytical model, it was shown that for a given amount of nitrogen in the canopy of a stand (N(T)), there exists an evolutionarily stable leaf area index (ES-LAI), and therefore an evolutionarily stable average leaf nitrogen content (n(ES)(av);n(ES)(av) =N(T)/ES-LAI), at which no individual plant in the stand can increase its photosynthesis by changing its leaf area. It was also shown ...

We compared the effects of nitrogen fertilization on shoot hydraulic architecture and leaf photosynthetic properties of Eucalyptus grandis Hill ex Maiden trees in Hawaii. It was hypothesized that water transport capacity would adjust to nutrient availability, with leaf specific hydraulic conductivity (kl) increasing in fertilized trees in coordination with higher photosynthetic capacity per uni...