Chemical fertilizer (CF) is necessary for optimal growth and grain production in rice farming. However, the continuous application of synthetic substances has adverse effects on natural environment. Amending with plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) an alternate option to reduce CF usage. In this study, a field trial was undertaken southern Taiwan. We aimed investigate reducing CF, eithe...

The effect of surface roughness on corrosion behaviour carbon steel under intermittent oil/water wetting with different flow conditions was investigated by an “alternate cell”, combining potentiostatic polarisation, contact angle measurement, and computational fluidic dynamics (CFD) analysis. Under static conditions, the rough increased oil film lifetime consequently mitigated as has good adhes...

Design/methodology/approach – Case studies were performed on three previously played ARGs to create case reports. The various digital information sources for each game, sourced from multiple media, are compiled into a chronologically ordered game narrative which formed the case reports. The focus of the article is on the analysis of the case reports using constant comparative analysis to identi...

The experiment was conducted in the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University research farm, Dhaka, Bangladesh during December 2010 to April 2011 to study the effect of fertilizer and manure with different water management on the growth, yield and nutrient concentration of BRRI dhan28. The experiment consisted of 2 factors i.e. irrigation and fertilizer plus manure. There were 2 irrigation levels (...

It is not clear how various wetting agent products affect moisture distribution throughout sand-based putting green rootzones. The objective of this research was to determine how localized dry spot (LDS) incidence, and soil moisture values and uniformity were affected by the application of five commercially available wetting agents. Wetting agents were applied during the 2008 growing season and...

One of the technology options that can help farmers cope with water scarcity at the field level is alternate wetting and drying (AWD). Limited information is available on the varietal responses to nitrogen, AWD, and their interactions. Field experiments were conducted at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) farm in 2009 dry season (DS), 2009 wet season (WS), and 2010 DS to determine...