Musk thistle is an invasive weed that is widely distributed throughout much of North America, including grasslands in temperate climates of the midwest USA. A series of laboratory and greenhouse experiments were conducted to determine the effect of various environmental factors on germination of musk thistle seeds. In temperature-fluctuation experiments, seed germination was greater than 65% in...

Mg(OEt)2 with spherical morphology is one of the most important precursors for the preparation of industrial Ziegler-Natta catalysts. In the present article, morphology evolution of Mg(OEt)2 particles is studied in the course of the synthesis. The morphology of Mg(OEt)2 particles is observed throughout the process by SEM. The results show that Mg(OEt)2 particles are formed through i) seed gener...

this research in order to identify and introduction of  cotton  suitable cultivar  or cultivars for the double cropping of after wheat and canola harvesting  was carried out in the northern region of ardebil province. in this study, eight  varieties  of    imported cotton germplasm resources in recent years were chosen   and   with the iran's cultivars included  mehr  and varamin  were eva...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Seed quality may be compromised if seeds are harvested before natural dispersal (shedding). It has been shown previously that slow or delayed drying can increase potential quality compared with immediate rapid drying. This study set out to investigate whether or not there is a critical moisture content, below which drying terminates maturation events for seeds harvested afte...

Soluble sugar composition of developing soybean seed (Glycine max L. Merr.) vary with cultivar. This study was conducted to determine the relation between soluble sugar accumulation and associated enzyme activities in developing seed of two soybean cultivars, Williams 82 and Wolverine. Activities of sucrose synthase, invertase, galactinol synthase, and a-galactosidase were compared to soluble s...

At 50% maturity, regenerating Senna species were characterized for morphological traits, seed reproduction, and evaluated for regeneration. Quality plants regenerated from all accessions produced 1018 to more than 21,215 total seeds. Principal component analysis revealed which traits contributed the greatest to variability among coffee senna accessions. Senna species have potential to produce p...

The paper shows that time-consistent, imperfectly targeted support to distressed institutions makes private leverage choices strategic complements. When everyone engages in maturity mismatch, authorities have little choice but intervening, creating both current and deferred (sowing the seeds of the next crisis) social costs. In turn, it is profitable to adopt a risky balance sheet. These insigh...

Epidemiological studies indicate that smoking is responsible for a 150 to 250 gram reduction in birth rate and that smoking mothers are about twice as likely to have low-birth-weight babies (under 250 grams). Birth-weight is a is a measure of the baby’s maturity. Another measure of maturity is gestational age at birth (i.e. the time spent in the womb). Typically, smaller babies and babies born ...

In the this research, the hydrocarbon generation potential of the Gadvan Formation as a probable source rock was investigated in the central part of the Persian Gulf at the borders of Iran. Type and maturity level of kerogen were investigated in six wells using the results of Rock-Eval pyrolysis and compared with results yielded by the modelling software program known as Pars Basin Modeler (PBM...

27 Putranjiva roxburghii seeds: Oil content and fatty acid composition during different stages of seed maturity Seed oils of the Euphorbiaceae show a great variability in their lipid composition. [1] The seed oils from some members of this plant family, e.g. Ricinus communis, Vernonia species and Aleurites species, play an important economic role in many countries and are used widely in pharmac...