A synergistic fusion of the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) L2 soil moisture with the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)-derived land surface temperature (LST) and several water/vegetation indices for agricultural drought monitoring was tested. The rationale of the calculation is based on the inverse relationship between LST and vegetation condition, related in turn w...

This study was conducted to identify and classify the lichens; determine the diversity index and richness of lichens. A total of 36 species belonging to six genera under three families was identified. Lichen species were mostly found at moderate high altitudinal range with an elevation of 1,131 meters above sea level and open areas where they received adequate sunlight with high moisture and hu...

s ELECTION of genetically superior individuals to be parents of the next generation is hampered by environmental factors that tend to mask the actual breeding values of the individuals being selected. The contribution of these environmental effects to the total phenotypic variation should be minimized before estimating the genetic parameters (Hazel and Terrill, 1945a). Factors known to predomin...

Biomass, as a renewable source of energy, can be used in many industries to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels. However, due to the significantly high and varied moisture content of biomass, its use has several drawbacks, such as low total efficiency and process instability. Drying biomass before combustion or gasification can eliminate these drawbacks. Besides these benefits, there ar...

canola is one of the most important crops in the world and ranked as the third most important oil seed crop. adverse environmental storage conditions including high temperature and relative humidity could affect canola seed quality. the aim of this study was to evaluate the seed quality of canola seed under various seed moisture content, temperature and storage time using okapi cultivar. also, ...

Measurement of water content in expansive soil using a neutron moisture meter is strongly influenced by the moisture reactive property of this type of soil. It is particularly difficult to calibrate a neutron moisture meter when the dry density changes and the soil cracks during drying. This numerical study models the neutron probe measurement of soil moisture, based on a 7-group diffusion theo...

     The aim of the present research was to study the effects of weak cation exchange resins, polacrilex with exchangeable H+ and polacrillin potassium and strong cation exchange resin sodium polystyrene sulfonate on water uptake behavior of ranitidine hydrochloride. Drug resin complexes (DRC) were prepared and evaluated for the percentage of moisture gain when placed in a humidity c...

The efficiency of recurrent selection depends, among other factors, on the estimation parameters that guide breeder to obtain genetic gains for multiple traits. aim this research was estimate and phenotypic maize populations during third cycle traits interest. CRE-01 CRE-02, potential resistance corn stunt, were described using variance components, heritability, variation indices correlation be...

the common hazel (corylus avellana) is a species native to the northwest of iran, with over 12500 ha grown in the province of guilan. in the autumn of 2011, twigs and branch galls of corylus avellana were frequently observed on common hazel trees in eshkevarat orchards in the province of guilan. on hazel trees the galls appear as large nodules initiated on twigs in which tissues developed more ...