tillage and press wheel weight play an important role in seedling emergence, crop establishment and growth. an optimal combination of tillage implements and suitable press wheel weights should increase grain yield. this study investigated the effect of tillage systems and press wheel weights on dry land wheat (triticum aestivum l.) seedling emergence and grain yields in izeh, khuzestan province...

the present study was conducted to investigate the effects of deep-stacking process on temperature and pathogenic bacterial survival of broiler litter (bl). broiler litter, deep-stacked to 3 depths (30, 60 or 120 cm) and at 3 moisture levels (15, 25 or 35%) was made use of in a split plot design, experiment last for 21 days. daily temperature of the deep-stacked bl at different depths and at di...

Plant-soil relations may explain why low-external input (LEI) diversified cropping systems are more efficient than their conventional counterparts. This work sought to identify links between management practices, soil quality changes, and root responses in a long-term cropping systems experiment in Iowa where grain yields of 3-year and 4-year LEI rotations have matched or exceeded yield achieve...

The effects of uterine length per embryo and stage of gestation on prenatal survival, development, and sex ratio were determined by systematically restricting embryos to 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or > 50 cm of initial uterine length per potential embryo and examining the reproductive tracts at d 17, 23, 29, 35, or 41 of gestation. At d 3 the mean length of a uterine horn was 169 +/- 35...

abstract narcissus species (amaryllidaceae) are highly suitable outdoor ornamental plants and also as cut flower. narcissus is used in folk medicine and is a medicinal plant, because of galanthamine properties. south area of iran such as khouzestan province, is one of the most important areas of producing cut flower of narcissus in winter season. in this research, the effects of planting distan...

suitable soil structure is important for crop growth. one of the main characteristics of soil structure is the size of soil aggregates. there are several ways of showing the stability of soil aggregates, among which the determination of the median weight diameter of soil aggregates is the most common method. in this paper, a method based on adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system (anfis) was used...

PURPOSE This work investigates the dose-response curves of GAFCHROMIC(®) EBT, EBT2, and EBT3 radiochromic films using synchrotron-produced monochromatic x-ray beams. EBT2 film is being utilized for dose verification in photoactivated Auger electron therapy at the Louisiana State University Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD) synchrotron facility. METHODS Monochromatic beams...