In order to elucidate the role of maleic hydrazide (MH, 1,2-dihydro-3,6-pyridazinedione; coline salt) in increasing ̄ower bud formation on the Japanese pear, the effect of MH on cytokinin contents in the lateral buds of Japanese pear shoots were investigated. Foliar application of MH at 2600 mg lÿ1 increased zeatin, zeatinriboside, and isopentenyladenine levels in lateral buds though isopenteny...

Two cultivars of Exacum af®ne, White Princess and Royal Dane, were grown under supplementary light conditions (70 and 100 mmol mÿ2 sÿ1). The higher light intensity reduced the production time and resulted in increased ̄ower development during the post-production period in an interior environment. To test ethylene responses, the plants were sprayed with the anionic silver thiosulphate complex (S...

The Cucurbitaceae family is noted for a diversity of sex expression phenotypes. Typically, a phase of male fl owers precedes either female or bisexual fl ower production. Sex determination of individual fl owers is regulated by a combination of genetic, environmental, and hormonal factors. Ethylene, auxins, and gibberellins have all been shown to infl uence fl ower sex expression in cucurbits. ...

The effects of coconut oil, crushed whole oilseeds (rapeseed, sun ̄ower seed and linseed) and rumen-protected crystalline fat on methane release, digestion and energy balance in growing lambs were evaluated in relation to an unsupplemented control diet. The diets consisted of maize silage, grass hay and concentrate which was supplemented with the respective lipid source. On average, the ®ve lipi...

The literature that a lack of integration between the performance shaping factors (PSFs) and energy management (EMP) is one critical problems prevent improvement reduces power plant’s efficiency. To solve this problem, article aims to achieve two main objectives: (1) Systematically investigate identify success (CSFs) for with PSFs EMP; (2) Develop novel modelling approach predict plants based o...

Gas p ower lants produce electrical energy by a generator driven gas turbine through rotational transmission device called Reduction Gear. gear consists of two rotating gears tangent to each other with different diameter sizes. This difference in size makes the output side shaft reduction gear, which has larger diameter, rotate slower than input smaller gear. Analysis performance is done calcul...

Paul [ PJ first proved a 2.Sn-Iower bound for the network complex ity of an explicit boole an function. We mo dify the defi n ition of Pa ul's func tion a little a nd prove a 3n-I ower bound for th e network complexity of that function.-1

We shall show that a recent version of Ekeland's principle in F-type topological spaces due to Fang from 1996 is implied by the Brezis-Browder principle on ordered sets. We give a series of equivalent formulations of Ekeland's principle in F-type topo-logical spaces, i.e. Penot's ower petal theorem, Takahashi's minimization principle and two theorems due to Oettli and Th era and show the equiva...

P ower dissipation has evolved into an instrumental design optimization objective due to the growing demand for portable electronics equipment as well as due to excessive heat generation in high-performance systems. In the former case , low-power techniques are employed to prolong battery life, while in the latter case, low-power techniques are required to mitigate the reliability problems that...