Abstract A field experiment was carried out in one of the orchards Al-Qassim district Babel Governorate to find ability a locally manufactured platform serve palm trees by working flat and uneven orchard land, tree heights 4, 8, 12 meters, it performs pollination, pruning harvesting services. The time ascent descent, service, palm/hour productivity were measured. randomized complete block desig...

The spread of the Red Palm Weevil has dramatically affected date growers, homeowners and governments, forcing them to deal with a constant threat their palm trees. Early detection tree infestation been proven be critical in order allow treatment that may save trees from irreversible damage, is most commonly performed by local physical access for individual monitoring. Here, we present novel met...

By Kirsten Conover Perception sometimes overrides the reality of a situation, especially within the realm of golf course maintenance. Green speed is an example of this phenomenon within golf. An example outside of golf is the idea that golf courses are bad for the environment and are major abusers of fertilizer and water. This perception is a stubborn idea that continues to persist despite data...

Delgadobius amazonensis Chani-Posse & Couturier, gen. et sp. nov., a new genus and species of the subtribe Philonthina (tribe Staphylinini) from Amazonia, is described and illustrated. The potential phylogenetic relationships of Delgadobius with other Neotropical genera of Philonthina are discussed. Distributional and bionomic data are also provided. Delgadobius amazonensis is reported in assoc...

Monoculture farming is pervasive in industrial oil palm agriculture, including those RSPO plantations certified as sustainably managed. This farming practice does not promote the maintenance of farmland biodiversity. However, little scientific attention has been given to polyculture farming in oil palm production landscapes. Polyculture farming is likely to increase the floristic diversity and ...

Human Nipah virus (NiV) infection in Bangladesh is a fatal disease that can be transmitted from bats to humans who drink contaminated raw date palm sap collected overnight during the cold season. Our study aimed to understand date palm sap consumption habits of rural residents and factors associated with consumption. In November-December 2012 the field team interviewed adult respondents from ra...

The date palm can adapt to extreme drought, to heat, and to relatively high levels of soil salinity. However, excessive amounts of salt due to irrigation with brackish water lead to a significant reduction in the productivity of the fruits as well as marked decrease in the viable numbers of the date palm trees. It is imperative that the nature of the existing salt-adaptation mechanism be unders...

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a disease that results in approximately 50 000 human deaths annually. It is transmitted through the bites of phlebotomine sandflies and around two-thirds of cases occur on the Indian subcontinent. Indoor residual spraying (IRS), the efficacy of which depends upon sandfly adults resting indoors, is the only sandfly control method used in India. Recently, in Bihar, ...

The palm tree is considered one of the most durable trees , and it occupies an advanced position as famous important that are planted in different regions around world, which enter into many uses have a number benefits. In recent years date palms been exposed to large diseases. These diseases differ their symptoms causes, sometimes overlap, making diagnosing process with naked eye difficult, ev...