In agricultural landscapes, free-water surface flow wetlands (FWS) are constructed mainly to improve water quality; however, their contribution biodiversity conservation is increasingly recognised. To inform management in FWS treating runoff, we surveyed the vegetation and fauna assemblages five established a lowland, pastoral landscape central North Island, New Zealand. The had been for betwee...

the possible alleviating effects of salicylic acid on protection of cowpea (vigna unguiculata) cv. parastu under water stress conditions were investigated in the university of zanjan agriculture research station during 2008. water stress was imposed by withholding irrigation at 50% flowering (flowering water stress, fws) and when 50% of the pods grew 2-3cm (pod-formation water stress, pfws). sa...

Experiments were conducted to evaluate the production response to a solid phase, nutritive supplement used as an alternative to feed withdrawal in broiler chickens and its effect on gastrointestinal tract (GIT) residue. Three treatments were applied: a conventional 12-h feed withdrawal (control); provision of a highly digestible, carbohydrate-based feed withdrawal supplement (FWS) with no added...

The possible alleviating effects of salicylic acid on protection of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) cv. Parastu under water stress conditions were investigated in the University of Zanjan Agriculture Research Station during 2008. Water stress was imposed by withholding irrigation at 50% flowering (flowering water stress, FWS) and when 50% of the pods grew 2-3cm (pod-formation water stress, PFWS). Sa...

7 [1] We analyse the evolution of the fraction of water 8 surface (FWS), derived by SSM/I between 1988 and 2002 9 over the Western Siberia Lowland. This whole region 10 exhibits an increase in the amount of FWS that is in 11 agreement with the observed trends of the Ob river 12 discharge and precipitation. However, a similar increasing 13 trend is not found over the most important wetland area ...

BACKGROUND Walking speed (WS) predicts mortality. However, it is unclear if decline in WS increases prior to death. We examined whether (a) WS declined faster in persons who died during the follow-up compared with those who remained alive and (b) adding change in WS to a model including age, sex, and baseline WS improved prediction of mortality. METHODS Data are from 4,016 participants of the...

concerns about nitrate pollution in groundwater and downstream systems cause development of surface water management system to reduce losses of agricultural drainage water nitrate in subsurface drainage using subsurface irrigation from existing drainage lines, drainage water during the growing season and out of season is controlled. the overall objective of this study was to evaluate the effect...