scholarly journals Effects of soil amendments on leaf anatomical characteristics of marigolds cultivated in cadmium-spiked soils

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alapha Thongchai ◽  
Weeradej Meeinkuirt ◽  
Puntaree Taeprayoon ◽  
Isma-ae Chelong
Keyword(s):  
Growth Performance ◽  
Soil Amendments ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
Pig Manure ◽  
Vascular Bundles ◽  
Relative Growth ◽  
Relative Growth Rates ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Essential Nutrient ◽  
Experimental Treatments

AbstractThe marigolds (Tagetes spp.) in this study were classified as excluders for cadmium (Cd); however, their leaves also accumulated substantial Cd content. Among the experimental treatments (i.e., control, cattle manure, pig manure, and leonardite which served as soil amendments), pig manure resulted in significantly increased growth performance for all marigold cultivars as seen by relative growth rates (119–132.3%) and showed positive effects on leaf anatomy modifications, e.g., thickness of spongy and palisade mesophyll, size of vein area and diameter of xylem cells. This may be due to substantially higher essential nutrient content, e.g., total nitrogen (N) and extractable phosphorus (P), in pig manure that aided all marigold cultivars, particularly the French cultivar which exhibited the highest relative growth rate (132.3%). In the Cd-only treatment, cell disorganization was observed in vascular bundles as well as in palisade and spongy mesophyll, which may have been responsible for the lowest plant growth performance recorded in this study, particularly among the American and Honey cultivars (RGR = 73% and 77.3%, respectively).

scholarly journals The Effects of Soil Amendments On Leaf Anatomical Characteristics of Marigolds Cultivated In Cadmium-spiked Soils

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alapha Thongchai ◽  
Weeradej Meeinkuirt ◽  
Puntaree Taeprayoon ◽  
Isma-ae Chelong
Keyword(s):  
Soil Amendments ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
Pig Manure ◽  
Growth Media ◽  
Vascular Bundles ◽  
Total N ◽  
Relative Growth ◽  
Relative Growth Rates ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Essential Nutrient

Abstract The marigolds (Tagetes spp.) in this study, were classified as excluders for cadmium (Cd); however, their leaves also accumulated substantial Cd content. Among the experimental growth media (i.e., control, cattle, pig manure, and leonardite served as soil amendments), pig manure was found to result in significantly increased growth performance for all marigold cultivars, as seen by relative growth rates (119-132.3%) and showed positive effects on leaf anatomy modifications e.g., thickness of spongy and palisade mesophyll, size of vein area and diameter of xylem cells. This may be due to substantially higher essential nutrient content, e.g., total N and extractable P, in pig manure that aided all marigold cultivars particularly the French cultivar which exhibited the highest relative growth rate (132.3%). In the Cd only treatment, cell disorganization was observed in vascular bundles as well as in palisade and spongy mesophyll, which may have been causal in returning the lowest plant growth performances recorded in this study, particularly in the American and Honey cultivars (RGR = 73% and 77.3%, respectively).

Effects of Dosage of Mix.Microorganisms in Feed Raw Materials Fermentation Containing Sargassum sp. on Growth Performance, Chemical Body Composition and Hepatosomatic Index of Milkfish, Chanos chanos Forsskal

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siti Aslamyah ◽  
Muh. Yusri Karim ◽  
Badraeni Badraeni
Keyword(s):  
Growth Performance ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Hepatosomatic Index ◽  
Chanos Chanos ◽  
Relative Growth ◽  
Test Fish ◽  
Yeasts And Molds

Mixed microorganisms consist of bacteria, fungi, yeasts, and molds that produce important enzymes to ferment raw materials, thereby increasing the nutrient content of milkfish feed. This study aims to examine various doses of mix. microorganisms fermented raw materials on growth performance, chemical composition of the body, and hepatosomatic index of milkfish. Milkfish weighing 28.40 ± 0.11 g is kept in hapa of 1 m3 and placed on brackish water ponds. The test feed contains Sargassum sp. and formulated from raw materials fermented with mix. microorganism (control, 10, 15 and 20 mL / 100 g). The experimental results show the relative growth rate (%) and the growth of biomass (g) of milkfish fed with fermented feedstock with a dose of 10 mL / 100 g (122.77 ± 3.00%, and 522.05 ± 12.19 g ), the real feed is higher than the other dose. The fat content, crude fiber, and energy of test fish fed with fermented feedstock with 10, 15, and 20 mL / 100 g doses were significantly lower, while the hepatosomatic index was significantly higher than the control. (91.11-97,78%), protein content and NFE or Nitrogen Free Extracts (66.81 ± 0.41 72.33 ± 0.28% and 0.88 ± 0.38- 2.24 ± 0.92%), hepatic and muscle glycogen (7.16 ± 0.25-7.3 ± 0.31 mg / g and 6.16 ± 0.16, 6.51 ± 0.35 mg / g) were the same in all treatments. Thus, a dose of 10 mL / 100 g feed ingredients is the best dose in fermenting feed ingredients.Keywords: fermentation,  milkfish,  mix. microorganism, artificial feed, Sargassum sp.

scholarly journals Growth Performance Of Normal, Frizzle And Naked-neck Chickens In A Tropical Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 25-31
Author(s):  
S. N. Ibe
Keyword(s):  
Growth Performance ◽  
Egg Production ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
Relative Growth ◽  
Naked Neck ◽  
Relative Growth Rates ◽  
Growing Period ◽  
Body Weights ◽  
Hot Environments ◽  
The Tropics

Growth performance of normal-feathered, frizzle and naked neck indigenous chickens of Nigeria during an 18-week growing period was studied. Differences in body weights among the three genotypes (sexes combined) were not significantly different at all ages, although those with normal feathering showed general superiority over the other two genotypes. Male normal-feathered individuals had significantly higher body weights than the females from week 6, whereas differences between male and female naked necks were significantly from the females at all ages. No significant differences were observed among the genotypes and between the sexes in both absolute and relative growth rates in the 18-week growing period. It therefore seems that any advantage the two major genes investigated may have as a consequence of their direct effects on efficiency of thermoregulation of chickens in hot environments would probably be manifested after the growing period. This justifies the exploitation of these genes for egg production in the tropics.

scholarly journals Response of Forsythia × itermedia `Spectabilis' to Uniconazol. I. Growth; Dry-matter Distribution; and Mineral Nutrient Content, Concentration, and Partitioning

1995 ◽  
Vol 120 (6) ◽  
pp. 977-982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mack Thetford ◽  
Stuart L. Warren ◽  
Frank A. Blazich
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rates ◽  
Foliar Spray ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
Mineral Nutrient ◽  
Nutrient Concentrations ◽  
Stem Cuttings ◽  
Dry Matter Distribution ◽  
Relative Growth ◽  
Relative Growth Rates

Uniconazole was applied as a foliar spray at 0, 90, 130, 170, or 210 mg·liter-1 to rooted stem cuttings of `Spectabilis' forsythia (Forsythia ×intermedia Zab.) potted in calcined clay. Plants were harvested 0, 40, 80, 120, and 369 days after treatment (DAT). Treatment with uniconazole at 90 to 210 mg·liter suppressed leaf area and dry weight an average of 16% and 18%, respectively, compared to the nontreated controls when averaged over all harvest periods. Stem and root dry weight suppression was greatest at 80 DAT, 47% and 37%, respectively. Uniconazole suppressed root length from 15% to 36% and root area from 15% to 33% depending on harvest date. Internode length and stem diameter of uniconazole-treated plants were suppressed at all harvests except 369 DAT. Uniconazole resulted in increased and decreased root: shoot ratios 40 and 80 DAT, respectively; while root: shoot ratios were not affected for the remainder of the study. Relative growth rates of leaves, stems, and roots decreased with increasing uniconazole concentration; however, no relative growth rates were suppressed beyond 80 DAT. Generally, mineral nutrient concentrations increased as a result of uniconazole application. The proportion of mineral nutrients allocated to leaves and roots was not affected while the proportion of nutrients allocated to stems decreased with uniconazole application compared to the controls. Chemical name used: (E)-1-(p-chlorophenyl)-4,4-dimethyl-2-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-1-penten-3-ol (uniconazole).

Effects of Photoperiods on the Growth Performance of Juvenile Trichogaster lalius (Hamilton, 1822)

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 16-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madhu Awasthi ◽  
Pragya Gupta ◽  
Farah Bano ◽  
Mohammad Serajuddin
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Growth Performance ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Juvenile Fish ◽  
Maximum Growth ◽  
Light Conditions ◽  
Relative Growth ◽  
Relative Growth Rates ◽  
Light Duration ◽  
The Mean

Juvenile of Trichogaster lalius was reared under three photoperiod conditions (0L:24D, 12L:12D, 16L:08D) for 60 days to examine the growth performance under laboratory conditions. The maximum growth was observed in the juvenile of T. lalius exposed to 16:00 hrs. light. The mean body weight of different groups of juvenile fish exposed to different light conditions were significantly different (p<0.05) from each other which was observed from 20thday of the experiment. The absolute, specific, and relative growth rates were found to be maximum in the group exposed to 16:00 hrs. light duration. The present study indicated that 16:00 hrs. light duration was considered to be better for the growth of juvenile of T. lalius under controlled condition.

A Measure of Economic Growth in East and in West Pakistan

1961 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-54
Author(s):  
S. U. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Regional Planning ◽  
National Income ◽  
Future Planning ◽  
Correct Evaluation ◽  
Relative Growth ◽  
Relative Growth Rates ◽  
National Planning ◽  
Income Data ◽  
Regional Basis ◽  
The Difference

It is sometimes said that "national planning will simply have no meaning if it completely ignores the economic disparities between the two wings and fails to evolve a sensible pattern of regional planning"2. The lack of much essential data on a regional basis, however, renders any precise estimate of the relative growth rates almost impossible. Data either are not available or are inadequate on such important variables as production, income, consumption and trade, so that even a correct evaluation of past development efforts is not possible. The implications of such a situation for future planning are not difficult to understand. In this article an attempt is made to estimate the absorption of specified commodities in East and West Pakistan separately3. This will indicate the pattern of consumption and also give a rough idea about the growth rate of the two wings. With this purpose in view, quantity indices of absorption are prepared for each wing separately, taking data on availability of goods and prices from the Institute's monograph on Inflation. The quantity indi¬ces, however, are not of course strictly comparable with national income estimates because of the difference in coverage of the two series. National income data include government, services, trade, etc., while the quantity indices cover only specified goods available for each region.

CHANGES IN ENZYMES AND PROTEINS IN SALT-SHOCKED VS. GRADIENT INCREASES IN NACL IN `POINSETT' CUCUMBER ROOTS

HortScience ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 1091G-1091
Author(s):  
Anne K. Hurley ◽  
B. Greg Cobb
Keyword(s):  
Invertase Activity ◽  
Shock Treatment ◽  
Cucumis Sativus L ◽  
Relative Growth ◽  
Relative Growth Rates ◽  
Salt Shock ◽  
Gradient Solution ◽  
Cucumber Roots ◽  
Average Plant ◽  
Plastochron Index

Cucumis sativus, L., `Poinsett' seedlings were grown under artificial light in 40% modified Hoagland's solution until an average plant plastochron index of 4.73 was reached. Plants were then placed in solutions of (1) 0 mM NaCl, (2) 80 mM NaCl (salt-shock), or (3) placed in a dropwise gradient solution of NaCl and Hoagland's until the final concentration of 80 mM NaCl was reached at 41 hours. Leaves of the 80 mM shock treatment wilted immediately, but recovered turgor within 6 hours. Leaves of 80 mM gradient did not wilt at anytime. The control and gradient treatments had relative growth rates which were similar to each other, but RGR decreased in the shock treatment. Invertase activity was measured in the roots at 24, 41, and 48 hours after initial treatment. Invertase activity of shock treatment increased significantly over the controls at 24 hours. The 80mM gradient was not significantly different than either treatment. Four isozymes of α– galactosidase were detected. The relative intensities of the bands varied with time and treatment. One invertase band was resolved in roots on 8% native acrylamide gels. SDS gels indicated increases in proteins in the gradient treatment compared to the control and the 80 mM shock treatment.

Rates of growth of the food fungus of the leaf-cutting ant Atta cephalotes (L.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on different substrates gathered by the ants

1979 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Mudd ◽  
G. L. Bateman
Keyword(s):  
Nutrient Availability ◽  
Plant Material ◽  
Growth Inhibitors ◽  
Atta Cephalotes ◽  
Leaf Extracts ◽  
Relative Growth ◽  
Relative Growth Rates ◽  
Foraging Preferences ◽  
Leaf Cutting ◽  
Rates Of Growth

AbstractGrowth of the food fungus of the leaf-cutting ant Atta cephalotes (L.) on extracts of plants selected by the ants was shown to be affected by the plant species, the pH of the extract, the concentration of the sap or plant extract and pretreatment of the substrate by the ants. It was not possible to establish an unambiguous relationship between the rate of growth of the fungus on leaf extracts and the foraging preferences of the ants for the leaves. There were indications, however, that the fungus grows most rapidly on extracts of plant material preferred by A. cephalotes. Relative growth rates of the fungus on different substrates may be related to the presence of growth inhibitors rather than to nutrient availability.

The effect of supplemental bioactive fatty acids on growth performance and immune function of milk-fed Holstein dairy calves during heat stress

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-38
Author(s):  
B. Mohtashami ◽  
H. Khalilvandi-Behroozyar ◽  
R. Pirmohammadi ◽  
M. Dehghan-Banadaky ◽  
M. Kazemi-Bonchenari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Immune Function ◽  
Growth Performance ◽  
Average Daily Gain ◽  
Dairy Calves ◽  
Necrosis Factor Alpha ◽  
Amyloid A ◽  
Bioactive Fatty Acids ◽  
Hot Season ◽  
Experimental Treatments

Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the effects of different supplemental fat sources [soybean oil (SBO) as a source of n-6 fatty acid and fish oil (FO) as a source of n-3 fatty acids] in the starter feed of milk-fed dairy calves during the hot season. Forty Holstein calves (3 d of age; 39.67 kg of body weight; ten calves per group) were randomly assigned to the experimental treatments as follows: (1) starter feed supplemented with no fat source (CON), (2) starter feed supplemented with 3% SBO (DM basis), (3) starter feed supplemented with 3% FO (DM basis), and (4) starter feed supplemented with an equal mixture of SBO and FO (1.5% each, DM basis). The milk feeding schedule was constant for treatments and all calves were weaned on d 65 of age. Results show that calves had greater starter intake, average daily gain, and body length when fed SBO compared to other treatments. However, feed efficiency was increased and inflammatory indicators (tumor necrosis factor-alpha, serum amyloid A and haptoglobin) concentrations were reduced in the calves fed FO compared to the other treatments. In summary, it was revealed that SBO rich in n-6 FA improved starter intake and growth performance, while FO rich in n-3 FA could improve the immune function of calves. Due to the current experimental condition, an equal mixture of SBO and FO (1.5% each, DM basis) can be recommended to have an optimum growth performance and immune function while the calves are reared under the heat conditions.

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