Artificial excision of the distal part of acorns in order to promote germination is well researched in oak seedling cultivation studies. However, studies of combined effects of cotyledon excision and nursery fertilization on container seedlings are lacking, especially for seedling root growth and outplanting performance. This study aimed to explore the main effects of cotyledon excision on Quer...

Japanese beetle,Popillia japonicaNewman(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), is an important quarantine pest of nurseries. Nursery plant movement from P. japonica-infested regions is regulated by the U.S. Domestic Japanese Beetle Harmonization Plan (DJHP), which classiÞes states by risk categories. Treatments for category 2 states include preharvest soil surface treatment of nursery plants grown in Þeld ...

Inoculation of forest seedlings with mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobacteria can improve the morphological and physiological qualities of plants, especially those used for regeneration of arid areas. In this paper, under standard nursery conditions, Aleppo pine seedlings were inoculated with Pseudomonas fluorescens CECT 5281 rhizobacteria. Some of these seedlings were also inoculated with the ectom...

Disposal of heavy metal contaminated biomass after phytoremediation is still unfeasible. This paper presents a viable phyto-extraction approach in which metals in contaminated soils are stabilized by nursery stocks before transplantation for greening. In this respect, two pot-experiments are reported comparing seven nursery stocks species exposed to different Cd levels. The first experiment rev...

Nursery experiments were conducted to select the suitable bioinoculants with locally available organic source to improve quality seedling production of Jatropha curcas L. Two months old Clones was procured from the Mission Biofuel India Pvt. of Madurai district, Tamilnadu, India. Clones were transplanted in a mixture of UnSterilised sand, Soil, and Farm Yard Manure (FYM) in the ratio of 2:1:1 i...

BACKGROUND Although early life education for improved long-term health and the amelioration of socioeconomically generated inequalities in chronic disease is advocated in influential policy statements, the evidence base is very modest. AIMS To address this dearth of evidence using data from a representative UK national birth cohort study. METHODS The analytical sample comprised men and wome...

Suspension media is made of natural ingredients to multiply microorganisms that can accelerate the destruction organic matter. Banana hump contains water, iron, phosphorus, calcium, carbohydrates, calories and protein, which are potential as fertilizers. Application banana weevil fertilizer expected increase carrying capacity soil for availability matter nutrients. The purpose this study was de...

The Moringa plant is dubbed a superfood by the WHO International agency, because it has many nutrients contained in such as vitamins C, A and potassium. plants are suitable for planting Indonesia's tropical climate. As well not much maintenance to be done, just keeping soil moist. Jonggol people generally farmers or non-productive people, that purpose service aimed at empowering communities Vil...

Diets of most snail species are unstudied, but the diets of non-native snails are of special interest because these species may be pests or compete with native species. We tested whether the apparent leaf-litter diet of a colony of the non-native land snail Patera appressa from a plant nursery was adequate to support growth, and whether growth rate could be altered by changing diet. Growth was ...

There are many considerations when using pesticides to manage insects and mites on nursery and landscape plants. Although efficacy is obviously central for any pesticide use, there are often special problems with development of pesticide resistance among certain pests (e.g., twospotted spider mite). Conservation of natural enemies of insect and mite pests is critical to optimizing pest manageme...