the presence of nectar-and pollen- bearing plants as vegetative cover in rangelands can provide the ground for job opportunities in the context of beekeeping as an aspect of rangelands' multipurpose uses. beekeeping, as an approach, based upon indigenous knowledge, is suggested to create jobs, and to somehow compensate for the animal husbandry's diminishing income (the fall of income ...

A. Organic Analyses 218 1. General Organic Analyses 218 2. Pesticides 219 3. PAHs and PCBs 221 4. Dioxin 222 5. VOCs 223 6. Textile Dyes 223 7. Surfactants 223 8. Disinfection Byproducts 224 9. Taste and Odor Compounds 226 10. Algal and Bacterial Toxins 226 11. Other Organic Pollutants 227 B. Inorganic Analyses 229 1. Disinfection Byproducts 229 2. Perchlorate and Dissolved Gases 230 3. Multipl...

Sorghum byproducts, namely bran, stalk, and panicle are examples of lignocellulosic biomass. These raw materials contain large amounts of polysaccharides, in particular hemicelluloses, celluloses, and lignins, which if efficiently extracted, can be utilised for the development of a range of added value products with potential applications in agriculture and food packaging sectors. The aim of th...

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A microwave-induced, steam/Ar/O2, plasma "torch" was operated at atmospheric pressure to determine the feasibility of destroying volatile organic compounds (VOCs) of concern. The plasma process can be coupled with adsorbent technology by providing steam as the fluid carrier for desorbing the VOCs from an adsorbent. Hence, N2 can be excluded by using a relatively inexpensive carrier gas, and the...

Persian juniper and Pistachio are grown in low density in the rangelands of North-East of Iran. These rangelands are populated by evergreen conifers, which are widespread and present at low-density and sparse shrub of pistachio in Iran, that are not only environmentally but also genetically essential as seed sources for pistachio improvement in orchards. Rangelands offer excellent opportunities...

Nevada. The speakers, their affi liations, and topics are listed in the sidebar. Two important concepts emerged from the presentations and discussions. First, the ecological concepts and assumptions that underlie the development and implementation of ESDs are undergoing revision at a rapid pace. Most importantly, the assumption that reconstructing the ecological dynamics of a group of similar s...

Rangelands T he topic of global change is found almost daily in newspaper and magazine articles and on television. Global change refers to large-scale changes in the Earth’s biological, geological, hydrological, and atmospheric systems, whether of human or natural origin. The primary concern of global change has centered on the rapid increase in atmospheric concentrations of primary greenhouse ...

sustainable range management needs the accurate estimation yield and determining of grazing capacity in rangelands. it is easy to obtain yield estimation with indirect methods. for this purpose, the relation between cover and forage yield of range species were studied in steppic rangelands of yazd. measurements of cover and forage yield were carried out with plot area and clipping and weighting...

Vibrio cholerae converts glucose into either acid or the neutral end product acetoin and its survival in carbohydrate enriched media is linked to the nature of the byproducts produced. It has been demonstrated in this study that Escherichia coli strain isolated from the gut of healthy human volunteers and the commonly used probiotic E. coli Nissle strain that metabolize glucose to acidic byprod...