Allelopathic potential of crop residues for weed management in wheat under semi-arid conditions of Pakistan Muhammad Ashraf Professor of Agronomy‚ PMAS-Arid Agriculture University‚ Rawalpindi‚ Pakistan. drashraf_150@yahoo.com RATIONALE • Rainfed Wheat- Main winter crop grown by about 80% of the farmers on residual soil moisture‚ received during monsoon1. • Weeds infestation- a major yield reducing factor (25-30%↓); • If weeds are controlled‚ crop yield can be enhanced by about 37%2.
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How to make a perfect fruit cake Everyone knows the perfect fruit cake is deeply spiced‚ full of surprises and ideal after dinner with a fresh cup of tea. But it’s hard to find one that we can all agree on. And whose perfect fruit cake are we talking about here‚ anyway? Yours. So here’s a guide to making your perfect fruit cake. How to add your own flavourings without losing density‚ what fruit to swap‚ even new flavours to add. If you’ve been recreating Gran’s rock-hard Christmas Cake every year
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WATER HARVESTING AND EFFICIENT LAND UTILIZATION IN SATPURA HILLY AREA [JABALPUR] PANKAJ PANDYA Farm Equipment Sector‚ Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.‚ 506-509 Apeksha Apartment‚ Sector-11‚ Hiran Magri‚ Udaipur‚ Rajasthan – 313001‚ India Email: pandya.pankaj@mahindra.com VIKARAM SINGH YADAV LAKSHYA (NGO) 384-Sanjivani Nagar‚ Garha‚ Jabalpur‚ MP – 482004‚ India Email: vikramsyadav@rediffmail.com Abstract A famous statement is that the next world war if happen is only for taking
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Eggplant Scientific name: Solanum melongena L. Family: Solanaceae Seed | Sown seeds | Ants | Seedling Stage | Stem | Cutworm | Leaves | Aphids Colorado potato beetle Cutworm Eggplant flea beetle Spider mites Stink bug Whitefly | Vegetative Stage | Stems | Eggplant fruit and shoot borer | Leaves | Aphids Colorado potato beetle Cutworm Eggplant flea beetle Spider mites Stink bug Whitefly | Reproductive Stage | Fruits | Eggplant fruit and shoot borer |
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you’re looking for a plant that will give you privacy in the summer‚ brilliant fall color‚ and early spring blossoms‚ you might want to plant a cultivar that will sucker‚ so they will quickly fill in and create a tall informal hedge. You can always leave the berries to the birds‚ if you want. The fruit is about the size of blueberries‚ and the berries are usually purple or dark blue. Some Serviceberry trees bear fruits that are red or white. Although the taste can vary from one variety to the next
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have food additives‚ and growing food organically helps the environment. Farmers who grow their food conventionally use pesticides to protect their crops from diseases‚ insects‚ and molds. When these farmers spray the crops with pesticides it can leave a residue on the produce. By purchasing organic food you are limiting your expose to these residues. Pesticides can affect the nervous system‚ they can irritate the skin or eyes‚ they may affect the hormone or endocrine system in the body‚ etc. Instead
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According to the World Health Organization‚ genetically modified food (GM food) are food derived from organisms whose genetic material has been modified in a way that does not occur naturally‚ such as through the introduction of a gene from a different organism. GM food‚ which stem mostly from plants‚ are genetically modified to develop a better yield by turning it resistant to plant diseases or tolerant to herbicides. The discovery of GM food has influenced the society in different ways and GM foods
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Not all foods are as they seem. Certain foods labeled as a Genetically modified organisms‚ which are more commonly known as GMOs Free‚ are in fact not. GMOs are foods that have added bacteria and genes. There are only certain labels that can be trusted on some foods you eat and cook with today. The apple that a child is eating can in fact be genetically modified to make it cheaper and more readily available. There are labels you can trust‚ such as ones that say “Organic”‚ or “Non-GMO Project Verified”
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brings‚ while at the same time‚ providing many benefits to us‚ and the environment. By using compost‚ it improves our plant growth by enriching the soil that it drinks its nutrients from. It helps us avoid buying soil amendments such as peat‚ bark mulch and bagged manure. Compost also loosens the heavy clay that is in our soil‚ while improving the capacity to hold water and adding essential nutrients. Not only benefiting us‚ our involvement in making compost benefits the environment also. As if
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DIFFERENT STORAGE TECHNIQUES FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLE Food spoilage: Every change in food that causes it to lose its desired quality and eventually become inedible is called food spoilage or rotting. Factors affecting storage life The natural limits to the post-harvest life of all types of fresh produce are severely affected by other biological and environmental conditions: Temperature: An increase in temperature causes an increase in the rate of natural breakdown of all produce as food reserves
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