scholarly journals PATTERNS OF STORAGE AND FIBROUS ROOT DEVELOPMENT IN SEVERAL SWEETPOTATO CULTIVARS AND THEIR PROGENIES

HortScience ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 27 (11) ◽  
pp. 1172c-1172
Author(s):  
N. Bidiaka ◽  
V.A. Khan ◽  
C.K. Bonsi ◽  
C. Stevens ◽  
E. G. Rhoden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Trial ◽  
Inverse Relationship ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Maximum Level ◽  
Regression Equations ◽  
Stem Cuttings ◽  
Fibrous Root ◽  
Storage Roots ◽  
Randomized Block Design

In 1991 leafless stem cuttings 7 nodes long from 4 maternal parents (`Carver', Carver ii', `TU-1892' and `Georgia-Jet') and their progenies (MP/P) were planted 3 nodes deep in greenhouse benches filled with Jiffy-Mix to determine if any similarity in storage (SR) or fibrous root (FR) patterns could be used to identify high yielding cultivars in a breeding program. The experiment was planted in a complete randomized block design with 7 replications for each treatment and the total number of SR and FR data were collected over a 9 wk period with weekly sampling. The results indicated that SR initiation was a continuos process and took from 5-9 wk before reaching a maximum level for some MP/P. There was a significant inverse relationship between SR and FR numbers, as SR increased FR decreased. SR for most MP/P were initiated at the underground node closest to the soil surface and FR at the lower two nodes. When regression equations were used on the greenhouse data to predict total number of SR that would be produced in a field trial, no significant differences were found between the number of SR initiated in the greenhouse and field trial 80 days after transplanting by some of these MP/P. However, cultivars with the highest number of storage roots in the field trial did not have the highest number of marketable roots or yield and this was probably due to differences among MP/P in the rate of root enlargement.

scholarly journals Trace Metal Distribution and Mobility in Soils after Silvicultural Thinning and Burning

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Ngowari Jaja ◽  
Monday Mbila ◽  
Yong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Trace Metal ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Soil Depth ◽  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Forest Health ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Parent Material ◽  
Design Experiment ◽  
Randomized Block Design

Silvicultural thinning and burning are common management practices that are widely used to address ecosystem problems such as tree stocking and general forest health. However, high-severity fire has variable effects on soils, resulting in damages which are directly or indirectly reflected on the trace metal chemistry of the soil. This study was conducted to evaluate the trace metal variation at the Bankhead National Forest in Northern Alabama following the silvicultural thinning and burning. The experimental site had treatments consisting of two burning patterns and three levels of thinning as part of an overall treatment of three burning patterns and three levels of thinning applied to nine treatment plots to fit a completely randomized block design experiment. Four treatments sites were used for this study and samples were collected from soil profile pits excavated at representative plots within each treatment. The samples were analyzed for trace metals-As, Cu, Ni, Zn and Pb-using Perkin Elmer 2100 ICP-OES. Post treatment samples indicated that the trace metal concentrations generally decreased with soil depth. Copper, Ni, and Zn at the Pre-burn site gradually increased with depth to a maximum concentration at about 50 cm below the soil surface. Arsenic in the surface horizons increased by 156% in the burn-only sites, 54% in the thin-only treatment, 30% for the burn and thin treatments. Such differences were unlikely due to differences in the geochemistry of the parent material, but likely due to anthropogenic activities and possibly the forest management practices in question.

scholarly journals Pertumbuhan dan Produksi Dioscorea sansibarensis Pax pada Perlakuan Panjang lanjaran dan Waktu Batang Membelit*

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 249
Author(s):  
Solikin ,
Keyword(s):  
Block Design ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Botanic Garden ◽  
Randomized Block Design ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Main Plot ◽  
Total Plant ◽  
Total Dry Weight

Dioscorea is potentially used as staple food to support food security. The research was aimed to determine the effect of stake length and time of  stem twining  on  the growth of Dioscorea sansibarensis Pax. The experiment was conducted  in  Purwodadi Botanic Garden from December 2014 until May 2015 using split plot randomized block design consisted of two factors, i.e. the stake length and time of stem twining. The stake length was the main plot consisted of 150 cm, 100 cm and 50 cm above soil surface and without stake (control). The time of stem twining as subplots, i.e. stem twined early, twined at the time of 4 leaves stage, and twined at 8 leaves stage. Each combination of the treatments was replicated three times. The results showed that there was significant effect on the stake length  and the time of stem twining treatments on the plant growth and yield. The stake  length of 150 cm treatment produced the highest fresh tuber and total plant dry weight, i.e., 257.24 g and 132.77 g per plant, respectively. On the contrary, the plant without stake produced the lowest fresh tuber and  total dry weight of plant, i.e., 112.10 g and 48.65 g per plant, respectively.<br /><br />Keywords: biomass,leaf area, photosyntesis, tuber weight

scholarly journals Evaluation of the virulence of Sclerotium rolfsii isolates on Arachis hypogaea and screening for resistant genotypes in greenhouse conditions

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.A. Eslami ◽  
S.A. Khodaparast ◽  
S. Mousanejad ◽  
F. Padasht Dehkaei
Keyword(s):  
Plant Height ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Sclerotium Rolfsii ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Lesion Length ◽  
Randomized Block Design ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Mycelial Compatibility ◽  
Pathogenicity Tests ◽  
Plant Maturity

Summary Sclerotium rolfsii is a soil borne pathogen responsible for root and stem rot on a wide range of crops. This study was conducted to identify the virulence of different S. rolfsii isolates on a susceptible local peanut germplasm and determine the resistance of 20 peanut genotypes to the most virulent isolate and also the relationship between virulence and mycelial compatibility groups (MCGs). Seventy eight isolates of this fungus from 10 host plants and six known MCGs were used in the experiment. The experiment was done in greenhouse conditions (25±5°C) using a complete randomized block design with three replications. Pots containing sterile soil (pH=6.7) were inoculated with barley seeds colonized by each isolate separately before being seeded with the peanut germplasm. Disease severity was assessed by scoring the wilting, yellowing or death of plants, mycelia or sclerotia production on the soil surface or on plant stem, stem area affected (%) and stem lesion length, at the stage of plant maturity. Also, shoot wet weight and plant height were recorded at this stage. According to the results of the pathogenicity tests, all of the isolates were virulent on the susceptible peanut germplasm and the virulence diff ered signifi cantly between the isolates (P≤0.01). There was no relationship between the virulence of the five groups of isolates identified in the present study and the MCGs. The peanut genotype 140, which was better than the others based on seed size, plant height and the canopy size, was also the most resistant one

scholarly journals Decomposition and Nutrient Release of Tree Legumes in an Agroforest System

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 417
Author(s):  
Larissa Brandao Portela ◽  
Anagila Janenis Cardoso Silva ◽  
Gustavo André de Araújo Santos ◽  
Joab Luhan Ferreira Pedrosa ◽  
Conceição De Maria Batista de Oliveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Leucaena Leucocephala ◽  
Alley Cropping ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Acacia Mangium ◽  
Cropping System ◽  
Nutrient Release ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Gliricidia Sepium ◽  
Plant Residues ◽  
Randomized Block Design

The research compared biomass production and nutrient release in an alley cropping system in two collection methods, the litterbag method and the direct collection method (Morley, Bennett, & Clark, 1964). The system was implemented in 2015 at 2017, at the Maranhão Federal University, Maranhão, Brazil. The experiment was a randomized block design with four treatments, consisting of leucaena+sombreiro (Leucaena leucocephala and Clitoria fairchildiana), leucena+acacia (Leucaena leucocephala and Acacia mangium), gliricidia+sombreiro (Gliricidia sepium and Clitoria fairchildiana) and gliricidia+acacia (Gliricidia sepium and Acacia mangium). In order to determine the remaining dry matter, nutrient release (N, P, K, Ca, Mg and Mn), the decomposition constants and the half-lives times of plant residues, 100 g of fresh material were conditioned in litterbags (50 g of each species), arranged on the soil surface. The second method was done by randomly throwing a collector on each plot in the same dimensions of the litterbags (0.40 x 0.40 m) and collecting the litter. For the two methods samples were collected at 0, 30, 60, 90 and 120 days after the start of the experiment. The litterbags method showed a higher C/N ratio at day 30 up to 120 days, which implies that this method is providing a different environment from the litter, where it would be overestimating the C/N ratio and retarding the decomposition. The G+S and G+A combinations were more rapidly decomposed than the combinations of L+S and L+A. The following order of release was established for the litterbags method: P > N > K > Ca > Mn > Mg, and for the method of collecting the litter: N > P > Ca > Mg > K > Mn.

scholarly journals PEMANFAATAN ABU SEKAM PADI DALAM INOVASI PEMUPUKAN KACANG HIJAU (Vigna radiate L) DI LAHAN GAMBUT

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Yoyon Riono ◽  
Mulono Apriyanto
Keyword(s):  
Rice Husk ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Field Trial ◽  
Field Data ◽  
Rice Husk Ash ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Vigna Radiate ◽  
Randomized Block Design ◽  
Experimental Garden

This study aimed to determine the effect of rice husk ash on yield and growth of peanut plants. This research has been carried out in the experimental garden of the Faculty of Agriculture of the Islamic University of Indragiri Tembilahan, Tembilahan Hulu District, Indragiri Hilir Regency. The time of the study began from April to July 2017. This research was a field trial using the Randomized Block Design (RBD) method which consisted of 6 levels of treatment, they are; without rice husk ash, 1 ton/ha of rice husk ash, 2 tons/ha of rice husk ash, 3 tons/ha of rice husk, 4 tons/ha ash rice husk ash, and 5 tons/ha of rice husk ash. Each treatment was repeated three times to obtain 18 trial plots in the field. Data of this study were analyzed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The results showed that the administration of rice husk ash with various treatment doses, had a significant influence on the growth and yield of peanut plants. The treatment that has the best effect on the growth and yield of peanut plants has been found, which is an average of 3 tons/ha and 5 tons/ha.

scholarly journals Bulk density and porosity of soils influenced by skidding operations in the Nkrankwanta Off-Forest Reserve of Ghana

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1409-1415
Author(s):  
Ammal Abukari ◽  
Donkor Christian ◽  
Kwame Ochire-Boadu
Keyword(s):  
Physical Properties ◽  
Bulk Density ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Soil Bulk Density ◽  
Soil Physical Properties ◽  
Soil Porosity ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
Randomized Block Design ◽  
Increasing Trends

 Heavy forest machinery used in skidding has the capacity to influence the physical properties of soils. These may possibly lead to an upsurge in soil disruption and compaction of the soil surface decreases forest soil fertilities. This study assesses the effects of skidding on some soil physical properties such as the soil bulk density and porosity in the Nkrankwanta off-forest reserve in Ghana. The treatments comprised of four traffic intensity levels (1, 5, 10, and 15 passes) of the Mercedes Benz skidder (MB) Trac 1800 and a slope of two levels (less than 20 % and greater than 20 %) in a completely randomized block design. In addition, porosity and soil bulk density were assessed at varied distances from the MB Trac 1800. Soil bulk density results showed increasing trends with traffic frequency. Soil bulk density measured in the undisturbed area was 0.64 g cm-3 and 0.56 g cm-3 at slopes of less than 20% and greater than 20%, respectively. On the skid trail, soil bulk density significantly increased with traffic frequency (p<0.05). However soil porosity declined. Soil porosity estimated in uninterrupted area was 59.10 % and 57.40 % at < 20% and > 20% slope, respectively. Soil porosity was significantly influenced via different skidder passes (p<0.05). The soil physical properties were not influenced by the steepness of the slope however acted together in the number of passes to influence soil porosity. The impacts of the skidder on soil physical properties were significantly apparent at distances of 2 m to each sideway of the skidding trail. In conclusion, distinct responsiveness ought to be considered throughout the operations of skidding to curtail unfriendly influences on soil physical properties in ground-base skidding.

scholarly journals Produtividade do feijão-caupi cultivado após plantas de cobertura com e sem aplicação de herbicida sem pós-emergência

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 57-66
Author(s):  
Gustavo Dorneles de Sousa ◽  
Leandro Spíndola Pereira ◽  
Gustavo Silva de Oliveira ◽  
Estevam Matheus Costa ◽  
Jeovane Nascimento Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Cover Crops ◽  
Chemical Control ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Dry Mass ◽  
Weed Density ◽  
Randomized Block Design ◽  
Weight One ◽  
Sorghum Straw

The objective of this research was to evaluate the yield of the cowpea crop, when grown on cover crops straws, managed or not with herbicides applied in post-emergence. The experiment was conducted in the field, in a complete randomized block design with three replications. In a 5x2 factorial scheme, the first factor were featuredby five types of straw were tested: sorghum, congograss, Tanzania grass, palisadegrassand weeds. The second factor was characterized by the absence and application of the ready mix of bentazone + imazamox at the dose 600 + 28 g ha-1at 13 days after emergence (DAE) and the herbicide haloxifop-p-methyl at the dose of 62.35 g ha-1to 18 DAE. Weed density and dry matterwere evaluated at 20 and 85 DAE of the crop, plant height, stem diameter, chlorophyll content, dry matteraerial part and in the flowering of the crop (46 DAE). At harvest, the number of grains per pod, the number of grains per plant, the weight one hundred grains, the population of cowpea plants and grain yieldwereevaluated. The straws of congo grass, Tanzania grass and palisadegrasson the soil surface reduce the dry mass of weeds, constituting necessary management where chemical control has not been carried out. Regardless of the use of straw, the application of the herbicide is essential to guarantee the productivity of the crop. The cultivation of cowpea on sorghum straw, congograss, Tanzania grass and palisadegrassresults in higher grain yield.

scholarly journals Evaluation of 19 American Elm Clones for Tolerance to Dutch Elm Disease

2005 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Townsend ◽  
S. E. Bentz ◽  
L. W. Douglass
Keyword(s):  
Block Design ◽  
Dutch Elm Disease ◽  
Stem Cuttings ◽  
Ulmus Americana ◽  
American Elm ◽  
Foliar Symptoms ◽  
Randomized Block Design ◽  
New Harmony ◽  
Crown Dieback ◽  
Valley Forge

Abstract Rooted stem cuttings of 19 American elm (Ulmus americana L.) cultivars and selections, and rooted cuttings of two non-American elm selections, U. carpinifolia Gleditsch 51 and 970 (U. glabra Huds. x (U. wallichiana Planch. x U. carpinifolia)), along with a group of American elm seedlings, were planted in a randomized block design. When the trees were nine years old, they were inoculated with a mixed spore suspension of Ophiostoma ulmi (Buisman) C. Nannf. and Ophiostoma novo-ulmi Brasier, the causal fungi for Dutch elm disease (DED). Analyses of variance showed highly significant variation among clones in foliar symptoms 4 weeks after inoculation and in crown dieback one and two years after inoculation. After two years, 13 of the American clones showed significantly less dieback than the American elm seedlings, and 18 American clones showed significantly less injury than a randomly chosen, unselected American elm clone, 57845. The American clones with the most DED-tolerance were cultivars ‘Valley Forge,’ ‘Princeton,’ ‘Delaware,’ and ‘New Harmony,’ and selections N3487, R18-2, 290, 190, and GDH. The non-American selections 51 and 970 also exhibited high levels of disease tolerance. Most susceptible were American clones 57845, ‘Augustine,’ Crandall, W590, and the American elm seedlings. The most disease-tolerant American elm selections identified in this study are being evaluated further for possible naming and release to the nursery industry.

scholarly journals The Effect Cuttings Part and Planting Media Composition to The Growth Seeds Dragon Fruit (Hylocereus costaricensis (Web) Britton & Rose)

1970 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 294-299
Author(s):  
Adli Rifqi Alka Siregar ◽  
Lisa Mawarni ◽  
Chairani Hanum
Keyword(s):  
Block Design ◽  
Stem Cuttings ◽  
Media Composition ◽  
Palm Fruit ◽  
Randomized Block Design ◽  
Dragon Fruit ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Planting Materials ◽  
North Sumatra ◽  
Range Test

The factors affect the success of cuttings is composition of planting media and position of planting materials. The experiment aims to determine response growth dragon fruit seeds on various composition of planting media. It was conducted in the field of research Agriculture Faculty, North Sumatra University, Medan with the height about 32 meters above sea level on April to August 2016. The design used factorial randomized block design with two factors and three repetitions. The first factor is part of the stem cuttings with three variety i.e. bottom stem, center stem, top stem and the second factor is planting media with four variety i.e. sand 100%, sand 50% + sludge 50%, sand 50% + empty palm fruit bunches (EPFB) 50%, sand 50% + sludge 25% + EPFB 25%. Data were analyzed using analysis of variance followed by Duncan’s multiple range test (DMRT). The results showed that part of the stem cuttings hasn’t effect to all observation parameters.The best planting media composition is present in the treatment sand 50% + sludge 25% + EPFB 25%. Interaction about both of factors hasn’t effect to all observation parameters.

scholarly journals Morfofisiologi Ratun Padi Sistem Tanam Benih Langsung di Lahan Pasang Surut

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evriani Mareza ◽  
Zainal Ridho Djafar ◽  
Rujito Agus Suwignyo ◽  
Dan Andi Wijaya
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Area ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Direct Seeding ◽  
Randomized Block Design ◽  
Tidal Swamp ◽  
Number Of Leaves ◽  
Cutting Height

<p>ABSTRACT<br /><br />The morphophysiology of ratoon is different from the main plant of rice and was influenced by location and cultivation.This research was intended to evaluate morphophysiology characters of rice ratoon planted by direct seeding system in tidal swamp at various stubble cutting height. The experiment was conducted in November 2013-April 2014 at tidal swamp overflow type B in Telang Sari Village, District of Tanjung Lago, Banyuasin, South Sumatra Province. The experiment used randomized block design with 5 replications. Treatment was stubble cutting height 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 cm above the soil surface. Rice was planted at 4 m x 5 m plot, the distance between plot 1 m. Data were analyzed by test of variance and 5% HSD test. Morphophysiological characters of rice ratoon were influenced by stubble cutting height. Cutting height of 20-40 cm above soil surface increased the ratoon number of tillers per hill, leaf area per hill, dry weight per hill, percentage of empty grains per panicle, grain weight per hill and percentage ratoon/main crop production per hill. The higher stubble cutting, the lower the number of leaves per tiller, leaf area per tiller, carbohydrate content, and number of grains per panicle of ratoon, however it accelerated age of flowering and harvesting. <br /><br />Keywords: direct seeding system, ratoon system, rice growth and production, stubble cutting height<br /><br /></p>

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