The number of operating cotton gins in Texas has steadily declined in the past 40 years from 1400 to less than 280 while the production of cotton has remained at approximately 4-5 million bales. In order to market the 5 million bales with fewer gins, the remaining gins will be processing more seed cotton in the future. It is likely that the cotton ginning industry will be faced with longer seas...

cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) and related species all contain gossypol, a polyphenolic compound that is an integral part of the cotton plant’s self-defense system against insect pests and possibly some diseases. gossypol also has been reported to have antitumor activity, medicinal effects, and contraceptive properties. However, the compound can be toxic to animals, which limits the usefulness ...

277 Lathyrus (Lathyrus sativus L.) is mostly grown on the residual soil moisture in rice-fallows as utera (relay) crop (Gupta and Bhowmick, 2005; Mondal and Ghosh, 2005). But low productivity especially under utera system is the major problem associated with this crop (Bhowmick et al., 2005). Even there is a limited scope for agronomic manipulation under rice-utera system although it has potent...

Soon after its introduction to Europe prior to 1570, potato crops started to suffer “degeneration” or “running off”. This was attributed to physiological changes in the cultivars due to continuous vegetative propagation (Salaman, 1970). It was not until the XIXth century that the true cause of degeneration was found to be due to diseases, especially those caused by viruses. Thus, for successful...

Introduction The purpose of a seed train is the generation of an adequate number of cells for the inoculation of a production bioreactor. This is timeand cost-intensive: From volumes used for cell thawing or cell line maintenance the cell number has to be increased. The cells are usually run through many cultivation systems which become larger with each passage (e.g. T-flasks, roller bottles or...

We describe a simple and cost effective method for screening the effects, of stem extract along with biogenic nanoparticles synthesized from Cissus quadrangularis stem extract, on Vigna radiata seed germination and root length. At higher concentrations (200 μl to 300 μl) of stem extract (1 2.5 g ml ) germination was completely inhibited. The inhibition was dose dependent. Synthesized nanopartic...

With the climbing costs of cotton production, producers must ensure optimal returns on their cotton crops in order to make a profit. The groundwork for a high yielding crop has to start with an accurate and efficient planting system to ensure an optimal stand. However, there are a variety of new systems and techniques to incorporate compared to the conventional system that has been used for so ...

Seed is the basic input in agriculture. The quality of seed used by farmers determines the status of agriculture they practice. However, for maximum gain in productivity the use of both improved varieties and improved integrated crop management practices are required. Not only do they contribute to increasing productivity individually, but they also act synergistically. Seed of improved varieti...

Food security remains a constant source of concern in Mali, where over 75% of the population derives their living from agriculture. Despite the huge theoretical need, the production and use of improved seeds remain very limited. Concurrently, genetic erosion and the disappearance of certain local varieties have been observed. The dual need to preserve agricultural biodiversity as a factor of re...

A tomosynthesis-based prostate brachytherapy seed localization method is described. Gaussian-blurred images are computed from a limited number of X-ray images, and a 3-D volume is reconstructed by backprojection. Candidate seed locations are extracted from the reconstructed volume and false positive seeds are removed by optimizing a local cost function. In case where the estimated pose error is...