production. Quarantine measures are necessary to avoid spread of disease to disease-free areas. R. solanacearum has been shown to contaminate watercourses from which crop irrigation is then prohibited causing further potential losses in yield and quality. The bacteria also spread via surfaces that diseased seed potatoes come into contact with. This study showed bactericidal activity of chlorine...

Although the term precision irrigation is now quite widely used, often to mean drip irrigation, there is no commonly accepted definition or conceptualisation of the term, and no cohesive framework to guide research, development or adoption. This paper is reporting on a review of precision irrigation funded by NPSI. This review is considering the role of current irrigation application technologi...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of height, external pressure, and bladder fullness on the flow rate in continuous, non-continuous cystoscopy and the automated irrigation fluid pumping system (AIFPS). MATERIALS Each experiment had two 2-litre 0.9% saline bags connected to a continuous, non-continuous cystoscope or AIFPS via irrigation tubing. Other equipment included height-adjustable dri...

Abstract Nowadays, the development of irrigation is increasingly recognized as a necessary factor in agriculture, primarily because global warming. Depending on field conditions, most commonly used method sprinkler irrigation. The spray uniformity sprinklers installed equipment can be characterized by Christiansen-uniformity coefficient (CUc%) and distribution (DU%). Our investigations were car...

As a direct link between farmers and manufacturers of technologies, the characteristics activities input suppliers can be expected to play an important role in generation diffusion innovations agricultural systems. While innovation systems (AIS) literature recognises importance suppliers, there are few studies from Global South assessing nature implications their activities. The aim this paper ...

The increasing shortage of energy resources and difficulties associated with repairing or replacing pumping equipment requires the search for alternative solutions to machine irrigation land. This article substantiates possibility a phased transition lands in Bandykhan district from gravity irrigation. To save money, is planned be carried out without reconstruction canal, obtaining maximum bene...

PURPOSE We report three cases of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia endophthalmitis after uneventful extracapsular cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation-related to surgical equipment contamination. CASE REPORT All patients developed acute, culture-positive endophthalmitis in a period ranging from 2 to 13 days. Cultures from vitreous tap, as well as those obtained from the hand-piec...

FLOW-AID has the objective to develop and test an irrigation management system that can be used under deficit, when water availability and quality are limited. It intends to use innovative, but simple and affordable concepts usable for a variety of irrigation set-ups and constraints. Amongst others, it focuses on development of low-power wireless sensor networks for soil water monitoring. Six s...