Toward Sustainable Chemistry Terry Collins* Chemistry has an important role to play in achieving a sustainable civilization on Earth. The present economy remains utterly dependent on a massive inward flow of natural resources that includes vast amounts of nonrenewables. This is followed by a reverse flow of economically spent matter back to the ecosphere. Chemical sustainability problems are determined largely by these economy-ecosphere materials flows (see the figure‚ below)‚ which current
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A Presentation on Legumes Submitted to Dr. M. G Patil Professor & Head Department of Horticulture Submitted by Mr. G.A Shitu M.Sc Jnr. PG12AGR4026 Department of Agricultural Extension Education College of Agriculture University of Agricultural Sciences Raichur‚ 584102 INTRODUCTION Legumes are simple fruit called pod that develops from a simple carpel and usually dehisces (opens along a seam) on two sides when dry. They are rich source of plant protein with ability to fix Nitrogen via
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Research Methods Semester 1 Session 2013/2014 EFFECT OF PESTICIDE (INSECTICIDE) USE ON ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH Institute of Biological Science‚ Faculty of Science‚ University of Malaya 1. Introduction Human and environment are two elements that depends on each other. Environment provided shelter‚ food and also our basic needs which is oxygen. But‚ because of anthropogenic activity our environment being under pressure. However‚ at the end of the day the most suffering one is
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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of study Macrobrachium rosernbergii‚ also known as the giant river prawn is much known as a species in the Southern and Southeastern Asia‚ Western Pacific Island and Northern Oceania. This species lives inland of the freshwater areas during adult stage while the larvae needs brackish water and usually found in estuaries (Galitzine and Morgan‚ 2009). This species of prawn is a tropical living animal which needs warmer temperatures more than 18°C for growth
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BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF KEY INSECT PESTS OF PULSE CROPS Bishwajeet Paul Division of Entomology‚ Indian Agricultural Research Institute‚ New Delhi-110012. Pulses are defined as the dried edible seeds of cultivated legumes. The English word pulse is originated from the Latin word ‘puls’‚ meaning pottage or thick pap. They belong to the family Leguminosae and include peas‚ beans and lentils. The edible pulses constitute a large group of various species that are capable or surviving in very
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ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY OF TOP SOIL EARTHWORMS IN RELATION TO CHEMICAL USE IN GOLDEN ROSE AGROFARM‚ TEFKI AREA‚ ETHIOPIA By Addisu Mergia Addis Ababa University School of graduate Studies Department of Biology A thesis submitted to the School of Graduate studies of Addis Ababa University in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Science in Biology July‚ 2007 Dedication This work is dedicated to my father who let the ground for my current educational careers‚ but not
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http://www.unaab.edu.ng COURSE CODE: COURSE TITLE: NUMBER OF UNITS: COURSE DURATION: HRT 502 PLANTATION CROPS PRODUCTION (POMOLOGY) 2 Units 3 Hours COURSE DETAILS: COURSE DETAILS: Course Coordinator: Email: Office Location: Other Lecturers: Prof. I. O. O. Aiyelaagbe B. Sc.‚ M.Sc. Ph.D. aiyelaagbeioo@unaab.edu.ng Room 216 COLPLANT Dr L. A. Hammed and Mrs T. T. Joseph-Adekunle COURSE CONTENT: What is a plantation? Economic importance of plantation crops. Climatic and soil requirements
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SIIB‚ Pune | WTO Report | INDIA’S BAN OF CHINESE TOYS | | | 10/5/2010 | Namit Sharma [09020241021] Akshat Jain [09020241070] Divya Bhatia [09020241071] Ashish Sasanapuri [09020241095] | Contents * Introduction * Indian Toy Industry * Why the Ban * Impact of Ban * Quality Standards * Health Impacts * Regulations * Tests and Results * WTO Issue * Ease on Ban * Conformity Assessment and TBT * Conclusion Introduction Ban
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Introduction to Environmental Toxicology A lecture by Dr Rick Leah (Long version of Notes prepared by Dr R T Leah‚ Biological Sciences‚ University of Liverpool but including material summarized and adapted from various locations on the www*) Aims The impact of toxic chemicals on wildlife and humans has been of great concern for the last fifty years. Unfortunately this is a very large‚ complex subject area which can only be covered superficially within the time available.
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Sorghum: Production‚ Processing‚ Marketing and Utilization 1 ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors are very much indebted to the management of NAERLS‚ ABU Zaria providing support and the Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) for their logistic support in the production of this bulletin. We also wish to acknowledge Dr. D. I. Agekpe‚ Head of Seed Unit‚ IAR for providing useful information in the production of the bulletin. Authors Y. A. Sani‚ M. M. jaliya‚ M. U. Makeri‚ S. I. Sunusi and A. A. Yari
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