goals that guide more concrete goals (Carver & Scheier, 1998; Higgins, 1996, 1997; Powers, 1973). Ideals can therefore serve as accessible alternative goals to approach when focal goals are compromised (Rogers, Kuiper, & Kirker, 1977). Humans can eagerly approach meaningful ideals, at least in part, by simply heightening imagined commitment to them (McGregor & Little, 1998). Private conviction ...

The interactions between earthworms and microorganisms can produce significant quantities of plant growth hormones and humic acids which act as plant regulators. Experiments were designed to evaluate the effects of humic acids extracted from vermicompost and compare them with the action of commercial humic acid in combination with a commercial plant growth hormone, indole acetic acid (IAA) whic...

An experiment was conducted to manage the eggplant (brinjal) shoot and fruit borer Leucinodes orbonalis Guenée (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), the leafhopper Amrasca biguttula biguttula (Ishida) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), and the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) during kharif, the southwest monsoon season (Jul-Oct), in 2010 and 2011 at an experimental farm at the Division ...

The study was conducted to evaluate 23 genotypes of marigold (Tagetes spp.) collected from different and diverse sources correlation studies were performed for various growth yield characters. results shows that the maximum plant height (92.60 cm) is recorded in genotype AMS-15, whereas spread (52.80 cm), flower weight (8.93 g) largest size (7.63 ‘AMS-16’. highest number branches (11.13), flowe...

to investigate the effects of priming and foliar spray by 24-epibrassinolide (ebr) on some of marigold morphological, biological and biochemical traits, an experiment was conducted as factorial on completely randomized design with three replications at experimental laboratory of department of horticulture, shahid bahonar university of kerman in 2014. each of priming and foliar spray of ebr had ...

Ap Applicati tions ons in in Pl Plant t Scien Sciences ces Calendula L. (marigold) is the type genus of the small tribe Calenduleae (Asteraceae). While all other genera of the Calen-duleae are native to southern Africa, Calendula is distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. Calendula species occur mainly in the Mediterranean area, from Morocco and Spain to Iran, southward to the Hoggar Mountains ...

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