The objective of this work was to determine the relative importance of phosphorus acquisition efficiency (PAE – plant P uptake per soil available P), and phosphorus internal utilization efficiency (PUTIL – grain yield per P uptake) in the P use efficiency (PUE – grain yield per soil available P), on 28 tropical maize genotypes evaluated at three low P and two high P environments. PAE was almost...

for Concrete 6.9% 4/4 4/4 TOTAL 100% 37/59 = 62.7% 59/59 = 100% Table 9A. Metonymy Training Results on Data Set 1 (Static Weight Assignment) Data Set 1 (Collected examples) % of Total # Correct: Manual Weights # Correct: Trained Weights

china is one of the largest grain producing and consuming nations in the world and the importance of grain security to the chinese can never be overemphasized. in this paper, we present a comprehensive early-warning model for evaluating the status of grain security in china. the model is based on the analytic hierarchy process (ahp) method and the dempster–shafer theory (dst). we divided the ri...

Spinosad is a commercial reduced-risk pesticide that is naturally derived. Spinosad's performance was evaluated on four classes of wheat (hard red winter, hard red spring, soft red winter, and durum wheats) against adults of the lesser grain borer, Rhyzopertha dominica (F.); rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae (L.); sawtoothed grain beetle, Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.); red flour beetle, Tribolium...

This study assessed the composition of aeromycota at a grain mill and four dwellings (two apartments and two basements) as well as in outdoor air during one year in Zagreb, Croatia. The incidence of Aspergilli from sections Flavi, Nigri, and Versicolores was also assessed. Airborne fungi were collected using an air-sampler and DG-18 agar plates. The average concentrations of airborne fungi in t...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to provide national estimates of whole-grain intake in the United States, identify major dietary sources of whole grains and compare food and nutrient intakes of whole-grain consumers and nonconsumers. METHODS Data were collected from 9,323 individuals age 20 years and older in USDA's 1994-96 Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals through in...

The purpose of this paper is to describe the five-parameter grain boundary character distribution (GBCD) of polycrystalline silicon and compare it to distributions measured in metals and ceramics. The GBCD was determined from the stereological analysis of electron backscatter diffraction maps. The distribution of grain boundary disorientations is non-random and has peaks at 36", 39", 45", 51", ...

Zinc Sulphide particle in the nanometer size regime has been synthesized using chemical routes. The particles were capped using 2-mercaptoethanol to achieve the stability and avoid the coalescence. The as-obtained particles were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV–VIS absorption and photoluminescence (PL) spectra. The dielectric measurements of t...