A study was conducted on clayey soils (vertisols) of southern Telangana zone (India) characterized by low soil organic carbon, available nitrogen and medium phosphorous (P) high potassium (K). The experiment involving seven (N) management practices (T1 to T7) recommended dose fertilizers (RDF) as application, varied rates foliar application nano urea (liquid) laid out in randomized block design...

Integrated pest management (IPM) programs have been developed for almost all agricultural and ornamental crop production systems over the past two decades. But only recently have IPM and organic management systems been considered a truly primary approach in professional turfgrass management. The reasons for the dramatic increase in organic approaches are centered on public concern for the envir...

In unsaline loam soil, a laboratory experiment was undertaken studying the effect of using diluted saline water from Karoon lake at Fayoum Governorate, on transformations and subsequent nitrification of two ammoniacal fertilizers, namely (NH4)2SO4 and urea, in the presence or absence of natural organic amendments, namely clover and wheat straw. Ammonification and nitrification of both fertilize...

In this research, two series of ultra-low cement high alumina refractory castables containing 0 and 0.4 wt.% of nano-titania were prepared using different amounts of polycarbonic acid (DOLAPIX FF 26) as a dispersant. Several characteristics including microstructure, flowability, mechanical strength, bulk density and apparent porosity of the samples were analyzed. The results showed that the opt...

Water Productivity (WP) of a crop defines the relationship between the economic or physical yield of the crop and its water use. With this concept it is possible to identify disproportionate water use or water-limited yield gaps and thereby support improvements in agricultural water management. However, too often important qualitative and quantitative environmental factors are not part of a WP ...

Comparison of absorption and fluorescence in a nano-cell containing Rb vapor with other Rb nano-cells where neon gas is added is presented. The effect of collapse and revival of Dicke-type narrowing is still observable for the Rb nano-cells where Ne gas is added under 6 and 20 Torr pressure for the thickness L=/2 and L=, where  is a resonant laser wavelength 794 nm (D1 line). Particularly fo...