scholarly journals (I) Studies on the Causes Relating to the Difference of Dry Matter Content of Sweet Potatoes : (11) The relation between daily changes of osmotic pressure in different parts of sweet potatoes, particulary in root-tuber and dry matter content

1959 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-128
Author(s):  
Genichi HIRAI ◽  
Mitsuru NISHIKAWA
1946 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. G. Wager

The dry-matter content of about 260 samples of potatoes was determined. The samples were collected over three seasons and from many types of soil.The average dry-matter content of a variety varied from season to season, but it always bore an approximately constant relationship to the average value of other varieties.Wet seasons led to potatoes low in dry matter.The variation in the content of dry matter of potatoes in different seasons and from different soil types is not a direct effect of the water balance of the tubers.The average content of dry matter of potatoes depends on the soil in which they were grown; fen and blackland gave potatoes with the lowest dry matter, followed by skirt, silt and warp, then loam and medium loam, then clay, and the highest dry matter occurred in stocks grown in sands, gravels or light loams.The difference between the soils is discussed, and it is tentatively concluded that the factor responsible for the variation in content of dry matter of the potatoes is the available water content of the soils.


1970 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 325-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. B. BAILEY ◽  
R. HIRONAKA

Nylon bags containing rolled barley or mixtures of rolled barley and finely chopped alfalfa hay in ratios of 1:1, 2:1, and 3:1 were removed from two fistulated steers 1, 2, 4, 8, 14, 24, 48, and 72 hours after placement in the rumen. The cumulative loss of dry matter and protein from the bags was described for each ration by an equation of the form X/Y = k1 + k2X. The asymptotes of the curves so calculated were taken as estimates of the theoretical maximum loss of dry matter and protein. Maximum dry matter losses were 77.4, 80.7, 82.4, and 90.5% and apparent dry matter digestibilities were 73.0, 78.3, 79.1, and 80.7% for the 1:1, 2:1, 3:1, and all-barley rations, respectively. The corresponding values for maximum protein loss were 95.3, 94.2, 94.6, and 98.8% while those for apparent protein digestibility were 76.8, 83.2, 83.7, and 82.0%. From estimates of endogenous fecal protein loss, it was calculated that fecal loss of potentially available feed dry matter accounted for 60% of the difference between the apparent and maximum digestible dry matter content of the three rations containing hay, and 89% of that of the all-barley ration. Endogenous fecal protein loss accounted for about half of the difference between maximum and apparent protein digestibility.


1926 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 318-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. McLean

1. Tubers obtained from secondary leaf-roll plants have a lower dry matter content than tubers from healthy plants. The percentage of nitrogen in the dry matter is appreciably higher in the former than in the latter. The difference in dry matter content is sufficiently large in many varieties to characterise leaf-roll tubers. Seventeen varieties were examined.2. The rate at which the nutrient materials are removed by the young plants from leaf-roll mother tubers is much slower than in the case of plants from healthy mother tubers. This may be a cause of the stunting characteristic of leaf-roll plants.3. When there is any doubt as to the diagnosis of secondary leaf-roll by the usual symptoms, a determination of the dry matter in the mother tuber two to three months after planting, would serve as a further diagnostic character.


1992 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 619-631 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Wairimu ◽  
R. J. Hudson ◽  
M. A. Price

Ten yearling wapiti stags were used to investigate effects of winter nutrition on subsequent growth on summer pasture. One group of five (LOW) was wintered on medium-quality hay, and the other group of five (HIGH) was wintered on hay and alfalfa–barley pellets (16% crude protein). By the time they grazed spring pasture in mid-April, HIGH wapiti had larger frame dimensions and were 20 kg heavier than those wintered on hay alone, despite their lower pre-winter weights. However, subsequent catch-up growth rapidly narrowed these differences, and both groups attained similar weights and frame measurements by late July. Liveweight gains on summer pasture were 0.30 and 0.15 kg d−1 for LOW and HIGH wapiti, respectively. Although LOW wapiti tended to have higher gut fill (3.3 vs. 2.5 kg dry matter), the difference (corrected for assumed dry-matter content) was insufficient to explain compensatory weight gain. Digestibilities and mean retention times did not differ consistently between the treatment groups but were reciprocally related to one another. Forage intakes rose as pastures flushed but declined sharply in July with overgrazing and resumption of supplemental feeding. LOW wapiti consumed more pasture dry matter than HIGH wapiti in May and June. Efficiencies of forage utilization were unrelated to nutritional history. Using data pooled for the two treatment groups from April to June gave estimates of 878 kJ W−0.75 for maintenance and 33.4 kJ g−1 for liveweight gain. The main factor contributing to compensatory gain on summer pasture was higher forage intakes, particularly in relation to metabolic weight. Key words: Game farming, elk, compensatory growth, forage intake, passage rate, energy requirements


2019 ◽  
pp. 41-46
Author(s):  
M. V. Selivanova ◽  
E. S. Romanenko ◽  
E. A. Mironova ◽  
T. S. Aysanov ◽  
N. A. Esaulko ◽  
...  

Relevance. Garlic is one of the most valuable food products and the increase in its production is associated with the growing needs of the population, the processing industry and medicine. Garlic is very responsive to the use of fertilizers, which are an integral part of the cultivation of individual crops and are aimed at obtaining high and stable yields with good quality products.Methods. The purpose of the research is to study the productivity of winter garlic, depending on the application of various norms of fertilizers. The studies were conducted in the arid zone of the Stavropol Territory. The objects of research were varieties of winter garlic Lyubasha, Leader, Jubileyny Gribovsky, the rate of mineral fertilizers. Potassium nitrate, monopotassium phosphate, ammonium nitrate, ammophos were used as mineral fertilizers.Results. As a result, it was established that with the use of fertilizers, the quantitative and qualitative indicators of the formation of the yield of garlic increased. The largest vegetative mass of garlic was formed when using the N120P95K50 in the food system; the highest values for plant height and leaf area were obtained, the difference with respect to control, was between 5-18 cm and 9-45 cm2 , respectively. The largest mass of the bulbs was obtained when making garlic N120P95K50 – 51-85 g, which exceeded the control by 15-18 g. Garlic plants grown with the use of N80P95K50 were the least affected with diseases - the degree of development of the diseases was less than with control, by 0.2-1.5%. The use of fertilizers in the cultivation of garlic contributed to an increase in crop yield: the highest indicators were obtained when applying N120P95K50 – 19.4-21.3 t/ha, which was more control, by 0.4-3.2 t/ha. Most of the nutrients in the bulbs accumulated when using N80P95K50: the dry matter content exceeded the control, N80P95K75 and N120P95K50 by 3-10%, sugars – by 0.3-1.4%, essential oils – by 0.02-0.1 mg/100 g, vitamin C – 2-8 mg per 100 g wet weight. The amount of nitrates in garlic bulbs was lower than the MPC by 3-33 mg/kg. 


2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Elizondo ◽  
Carlos Boschini

The experiment was condunted at the Alfredo Volio Mata Experimental Station of the University of Costa Rica, located at 1542 meters above sea level. The purpose was to determine the effect of plant density on total forage mass and the nutritive value of corn. Three diferent plant distances were used: 30 x 70 cm, 50 x 70 cm and 70 x 70 cm resulting in 47619, 28600 and 20449 plants per hectare, respectively. The first sampling was taken out 42 days after establishment and every two weeks thereafter, until 126 days. Dry matter, crude protein, ashes, neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF) and lignin were analyzed for different parts of the plant. The values for celulose and hemicelulose were calculated. Total forage mass (kg/ha) was greater at higher plant densities. Dry matter content of leaves was higher than in stems, all of the plant densities. No significant difference (P<0,05) was found for crude protein content in the different parts of the plant. ADF was always higher in stems than in leaves. Stage of growth considerably affects biomass yield and nutritional quality of fodder. Before 70 days the dry matter content in leaves was higher than in stems. Latter accumulation of dry matter in stems was greater than in leaves. Crude protein content in leaves was over 18% during the first 70 days, then decreases a level of 13% at the end of the period. The lowest value of ADF was found before 84 days in leaves and stems. Under the enviromental conditions of this experiment, it appears that plant densities of about 48000 plants per hectare are optimal.


2011 ◽  
Vol 52 (No, 7) ◽  
pp. 289-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Hamouz ◽  
J. Lachman ◽  
P. Dvořák ◽  
E. Trnková

In the years 1999&ndash;2003 the effect of covering rows of early potatoes with non-woven fleece on the yield formation, dry matter content in tubers, temperature of soil and of air in ground layer was investigated. Covering of rows enhanced the market yield of tubers at early harvest 60 days after planting in average by 35.8% in comparison with the uncovered control. At harvest 67 days after planting the difference in advantage of the covered variant were 17.2% and 85 days after planting the difference in yield between variants was already non significant. The yield effect of the fleece was affected by year (higher effect in the years with cold spring) and by variety (Impala responded at 60 days after planting by yield increase under fleece 43.7%, Adora 27.9%). Higher dry matter content of tubers by 0.87% was found in covered plants 60 days after planting in comparison with control. Cover enhanced average air temperature in ground layer by 2.0&deg;C, in soil in depth 100 mm by 1.8&deg;C.


2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 26-36
Author(s):  
L. D. Orlova

The research was carried out on the different types of grassland plant communities on the left-bank forest boundary in Ukraine. It was established that the supplies of downfall on the  floodplaine meadows were within 37,3–1973,7 g/m2, upland medows – 21,8–627,3 g/m2, lowland medows – 70,0–1363,0 g/m2. The results of the research made it possible to identify three groups of indicators on the amount of downfalls. The first group consists of the areas with such amount of dawnfall as – 80.0 g/m2, the second one – 80,0–160,0 g/m2, and the third one – more than 160.0 g/m2. The change rate which depends on the part of the floodplain medows was considered. In the riverine area it was defined in the range of 31,8–663,6 g/m2, in the central area – 41,8–1973,7 g/m2, in the pre-terrace area – 37,3–1654,6 g/m2. The difference among minimal parameters is small but among maximum is significant. It is generally accepted that the results of the research are mainly supported by specific differences of floristic composition. The larger number of indicators (within the second group) are in the central parts of the investigated floodplains and rivers. In the central areas in general, there was a higher level of dry matter content. Combined with the increasing amount of downfall, to some extent, it is considered to be an indicator of higher crop level in this area. It was figured out that in some areas the upland meadows have got different number of the investigated indicators. The most important factors for this issue are the lower parts of the area but the minimum are the tops of the slopes. The difference can be quite significant. The comparison between the formation of downfall in the upland grasslands and the steppe area showed a certain regularity. In steppe areas the accumulation of the indicator was nearly one third less than the average one in the investigated meadows. The number of dry matter varied in the range of 31,8–95,7 %. The lower indicators as well as the upper ones differed in general not more than 10,0 %. In general the amount of dry matter content was the highest on the top of the slopes ant the lowest amount was on the bottom. In the overwhelming majority of surveyed lowland there was an increasing level of accumulation in the second and third groups.The comparison of the results about the accumulation of the downfall in the lowland meadows in the studied forest-steppe and steppe regions of Ukraine, which borders on the South, showed that its accumulation in the steppe regions was much less comparatively to the surveyed regions. Dry matter content of the downfall of this grassland areas was in the range of  31,9–94,4 %. We found that the energy storage of downfall meadow plant communities of the region is in the range of 0,4 × 106–37,1 × 106 Dzh/m2. Each type of medows has its own specific characteristics of the index and indicators. Thus, energy storage on the floodplaine was within 0,6 × 106–37,1 × 106 Dzh/m2, upland 0,4 × 106–12,1 × 106 Dzh/m2, lowland meadows – 1,3 × 106–25,7 × 106 Dzh/m2. Indicators of lowland meadows occupy an intermediate position between floodplain and upland areas. The comparison of borderline indicators allows us to see that they vary greatly both upper and lower. Minimal indicators are differe for 0,2 × 106–0,7 × 106 Dzh/m2 and maximum 7,3 × 106–16,1 × 106 Dzh /m2. The reduction of economic activity, in particular, the implementation of conservation as for all investigated meadow plant communities of the region leads to increasing amount of downfall in average. Weather conditions influences greatly the accumulation of the downfall. The analysis of climat map which was presented, shows us more favourable weather conditions during particular years. That is why the maximum storage of downfall was  observed during this period.


2009 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-125
Author(s):  
G. Hadi

The dry matter and moisture contents of the aboveground vegetative organs and kernels of four maize hybrids were studied in Martonvásár at five harvest dates, with four replications per hybrid. The dry matter yield per hectare of the kernels and other plant organs were investigated in order to obtain data on the optimum date of harvest for the purposes of biogas and silage production.It was found that the dry mass of the aboveground vegetative organs, both individually and in total, did not increase after silking. During the last third of the ripening period, however, a significant reduction in the dry matter content was sometimes observed as a function of the length of the vegetation period. The data suggest that, with the exception of extreme weather conditions or an extremely long vegetation period, the maximum dry matter yield could be expected to range from 22–42%, depending on the vegetation period of the variety. The harvest date should be chosen to give a kernel moisture content of above 35% for biogas production and below 35% for silage production. In this phenophase most varieties mature when the stalks are still green, so it is unlikely that transport costs can be reduced by waiting for the vegetative mass to dry.


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