AbstractThis study was undertaken to better understand the probable mechanisms of salt stress tolerance induced by seed priming of salicylic acid (SA) in barley. The barley seeds were pre-soaked by SA or water and then sown under different saline watering regimes including 0.62 (tapwater), 5, 10 and 15 dS m-1 in petri dishes and trend of water absorbing, seedling growth, germination rate and pe...

Several important chemical components are still present in coffee skin, although they have not yet been put to much use. This study aims determine the physical and quality as well antioxidant activities of cascara tea, which is produced from skin Papuan arabica coffee. Coffee skins gathered by The Highland Roastery Café several producers. Cascara used make packaged tea bags after being sun-drie...

This work demonstrates the efficiency of using linear statistical modelling for estimation of concentrations of various substances in lake water using remotely sensed multiand hyperspectral images together with extensive field measurements collected over Lake Erken in Sweden. A linear relationship was assumed between image data and the corresponding field measurements, and the transformation co...

Ozonation experiments were performed using unchlorinated tap water used for filling municipal swimming pools, actual pool water and pool water polluted by addition of fresh tap water and artificial body fluid to evaluate ozone kinetics and water quality effects on formation of volatile disinfection byproducts during subsequent chlorination. The ozone reaction was observed to behave according to...

Watershed monitoring programs depend on water quality characterization data collected for many parameters, at many times and places, and with limited resources. Our objective is to present a strategy that reduces the measured parameters, locations, and frequency without compromising the quality of the monitoring program. One year of twice-monthly (growing season) and monthly (dormant season) wa...

Drinking water quality is a critical factor affecting human health particularly in natural resource-dependent countries including Nigeria. Hydrocarbon related pollution, mining waste, microbial load, industrial discharge and other anthropogenic stressors degrade drinking coastal communities pose serious public ecological risks. This study evaluated the physicochemical properties of selected (Ok...

Water quantity and quality joint operation is a new mode in the present dams' operation research. It has become a hot topic in governmental efforts toward integrated basin improvement. This paper coupled a water quantity and quality joint operation model (QCmode) and genetic algorithm with Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). Together, these tools were used to explore a reasonable operation o...