global warming and predictions of climatic changes additionally put breeding for drought tolerance in the focus of breeding programmes for maize. extensive studies on the existing gene bank collection of the maize research institute “zemun polje“ have been performed with the aim to identify and form initial sources for the development of maize inbreds more tolerant to drought. all accessions (a...

sixteen rams (mean age: 13 mo; mean live weight: 40.0 ± 2.4 kg) were randomly allotted to four dietary treatments in a completely randomized design (4 rams per treatment). diets (dry matter basis) contained 65% concentrate and 35% alfalfa hay (control diet, t1), 35% wheat straw (t2), 35% barley straw (t3) or 35% maize straw (t4). total-tract apparent digestibility for dry matter, organic matter...

Understanding the relationship between sink and source in maize is of prime importance in maize growing regions. In this study, a field experiment was carried out during spring and summer 2007 in the experimental field of the College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, to examine the effects of source restriction (defoliation) on sink size (yield and its components) of  SC704 maize hybrid.  A fa...

a experiment was lay out in order to evaluate the effects  of different biofertilizers on yield and yield components of maize at the lorestan provience, iran. the experiment was a factorial design with three replications. treatments were three nitrogen biofrtilizers (nitrokara (n1), o4 (n2), o6 (n3) and control (n4)) and three phosphate biofrtilizers (phosphate barvar2 (p1), biozarr (p2), mc1+p...

A wide variety of monitoring tests are available to help gauge HIV disease progression and the state of overall health. HIV viral load tests provide a picture of viral activity, while CD4 cell counts shed light on the status of the immune system and can help physicians predict—and therefore prevent—the development of opportunistic illnesses (OIs).These tests can help guide treatment decisions a...

Introduction: The application of Fe- (BC-Fe) and Mg-modified (BC-Mg) biochars for the remediation heavy-metal-contaminated soil has become a research hotspot in recent years. It is critical to select suitable biochar rejuvenation under same pollution condition. Methods: In this study, were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electro...

Accurate estimation of leaf stomatal conductance (gs) is important in predicting carbon andwater cycles of terrestrial ecosystem. To estimate gs on field-grown soybean and maize underwater-stressed condition accurately, a modified optimal stomatal conductance (OSCM) modelwas established based on the relationship between marginal water cost of carbon gain and soilwater content by introducing a w...

canistel (pouteria campechiana) is an underutilized fruit tree species found in many parts of the world. the objective of this study was to evaluate suitability of canistel fruit meal (cfm) as a feed ingredient for broiler chickens. giving completely randomize design, ninety broiler chickens in 30 floor pens received one of five diets ad libitum from day 21 to 42. the nutritionally balanced con...

introduction: the area under cultivation and yield of crops are affected by various factors, some of which are controllable and some others are uncontrollable. controllable factors are divided into two types of price and non-price factors. among the price factors, prices of agricultural products and inputs play an important role in expanding the cultivation area. uncontrollable factors also hav...

Mitigating heavy metals (HMs) contamination and ensuring the safe production of crops is paramount importance for sustainable agriculture development. The purpose current field plot study was to select maize varieties with low HMs metalloids in their edible parts but high accumulation other parts. cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As), lead (Pb), chromium (Cr) contents 11 were measured by atomic absorptio...