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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53820#.VNR6ICzQrzE Author(s)  Md. Abul Kashem * , Ashoka Sarker , Imam Hossain , Md. Shoffikul Islam Affiliation(s) Department of Soil Science, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh . ABSTRACT <span "="">This study attempted to compare the effect of cow manure vermicompost and inorganic fertilizers on the vegetative growth and fruits of tomato plant ( Solanum lycopersicum L.). An air dried sandy loam soil was mixed with five rates of vermicompost equivalent to 0 (control), 5, 10, 15 and 20 t ha -1 and three rates of NPK fertilizer equivalent to 50% (N-P-K = 69-16-35 kg ha -1 ), 100% (N-P-K = 137-32-70 kg ha -1 ) and 200% (N-P-K = 274-64-140 kg ha -1 ). The treatments were replicated three times. The data revealed that shoot length, number of leaves, dry matter weight of shoots and roots, fruit number and fruit weight were influenced significa...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53772#.VNHZXSzQrzE Author(s)   Jose Luis Gómez-Márquez 1 , Bertha Peña-Mendoza 1 , María del Carmen Alejo-Plata 2 , José Luis Guzmán-Santiago 1   Affiliation(s) 1 Laboratorio de Limnología, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F., México . 2 Campus Puerto ángel, Universidad del Mar, Ciudad Universitaria, Puerto ángel, México . ABSTRACT In this study, the growth of Oreochromis niloticus both mixed sex and males sexually reversed were analyzed in concrete ponds in the FES Zaragoza, UNAM, under the environmental conditions of the Mexico City. The experiment was carried from May to November 2013, in two concrete ponds of 50 m 2 . Similar feeding regime and stocking density of fish were maintained for the culture systems. Different growth parameters like body weight, length, daily weight gain (DWG...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53408#.VMG4WSzQrzE Author(s)    H. N. P. Singh , Sunita Kumari , M. M. Prasad Affiliation(s) Post Graduate Department of Biotechnology, T. M. Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur, India . ABSTRACT Five common homoeopathic drugs viz., Belladonna, Bryonia, Colchicum, Colocynth and Lathyrus sat were selected and tested against growth and aflatoxin production of Aspergillus flavus . The result indicates that all five drugs suppressed the growth of A. flavus . The lower concentration of all the tested drugs induced maximum growth of fungi and maximum production of aflatoxin. However, the growth as well as aflatoxin production potentiality was considerably decreased when the concentration of the drug was increased. Out of all the five drugs, Bryonia was comparatively less effective with respect to inhibition in aflatoxin production. But Belladonna was found to be...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53030#.VLSCz8nQrzE Author(s)    Vijay K. Nandula 1* , Daniel H. Poston 2 , Clifford H. Koger 3 , Krishna N. Reddy 1 , K. Raja Reddy 4   Affiliation(s) 1 US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Crop Production Systems Research Unit, Stoneville, MS, USA . 2 Pioneer Hi-Bred International—Southern Business Unit, Huntsville, AL, USA . 3 Silent Shade Planting Company, Belzoni, MS, USA . 4 Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA . ABSTRACT Horseweed is traditionally considered a non-cropland weed. However, populations resistant to glyphosate have eventually become established in no-till agronomic cropping systems. Growth chamber and greenhouse experiments were conducted to compare selected biological and physiological parameters of glyphosate-resistant (GR) and -suscepti...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52776#.VKNa88nQrzE Author(s)   Javad Motamedi Tehrani 1* , Eisa Ebrahimi Dorche 1 , Sayed Amir Hosein Goli 2 , Paria Akbary 3 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Natural Resources, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran . 2 Department of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran . 3 Department of Marine Sciences, Fisheries Group, Chabahar Maritime University, Chabahar, Iran . ABSTRACT The effect of canola oil enriched Artemia (Leach) nauplii on growth, survival, resistance to environmental stresses of temperature and oxygen deficiency and fatty acid composition in severum fish, Heros severus (Heckel), ...