Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) breeding programs strive to increase grain yield; however, the progress is hampered due to its quantitative inheritance, low heritability, and confounding environmental effects. In the present study, a winter wheat population of 159 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) was evaluated in six trials under rainfed, terminal drought, and fully-irrigated conditions, over four ...

the effect of grain size, tailwater depth and grain froude number on local scour caused by submerged horizontal jets issuing below a sluice gate was investigated. noncohesive sediments with two gradations downstream of a horizontal apron were used in the experiments. the experiments were carried out at different inflow froude numbers and a range of tailwater depth from low to high submergence. ...

The Potts model of grain growth was adapted for the purpose of simulating abnormal grain growth (AGG) resulting from grain boundary complexion transitions. The transition in grain boundary structure between specific complexion types results in changes in properties. Where the transitions decrease energy and increase the mobility of boundaries, AGG occurs provided that such transitions predomina...

in order to study of variation and relationships between morphological traits with yield and its components in three grain sorghum cultivars (kimia, sepideh and payam) and nine promising lines (mgs1-mgs9) received from seed and plant improvement institute, an experiment was conducted as randomized complete block design with four replications in birjand agricultural research station, in two grow...

This experiment was laid out in order to evaluate the effects  of different biofertilizers on yield components of barley. The experiment was a factorial design with three replications. Treatments were three nitrogen biofrtilizers (Nitroksin, Nitrokara and Supernitroplass) and three phosphate  biofrtilizers (Phosphate barvar2, Biozarr and Superplass) with control for them and yield components we...

In this chapter, the analytical embedded atom method and calculating Gibbs free energy method are introduced briefly. Combining these methods with molecular dynamic and Monte Carlo techniques, thermodynamics of nano-silver and alloy particles have been studied systematically. For silver nanoparticles, calculations for melting temperature, molar heat of fusion, molar entropy of fusion, and tempe...

The pinning effect of cerium inclusions in the austenite grain growth of SS400 steel at 1300 ◦C is investigated by using a semi-empirical-simulation. Firstly, steel samples containing cerium inclusions are prepared; then the properties of inclusions are determined using SEM. In situ observation of austenite grain growth is performed by LSCM, to determine the fitting parameters of the model such...

to determine the general and specific combining ability of the parental lines, five restorers ‎and four male sterility lines were selected as lines and testers respectively. nine parental lines were ‎crossed in a line × tester crossing system in year 2005 and the eight f1 hybrids and their six ‎parents in randomized complete blocks design (rcbd‏ (‏in two replications for yield, yield ‎component...

Improved grain protein quality through fertiliser management has potential benefits for growers and feed processors. Stable high quality grain is demanded by feed processors to facilitate grain handling and to reduce the cost of additives in feed formulation. In this experiment we examine the potential gains from altering grain protein quality with fertiliser management. A factorial experiment ...