Effect of different potting mixtures on growth and flowering characters of Chrysanthemum cv. Haldighati

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Monika ◽  
Kulveer Singh Yadav ◽  
Ankush Chandla
Keyword(s):  
Garden Soil ◽  
Morphological Development ◽  
Treatment Combination ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Sand Soil ◽  
Flower Production ◽  
Control Value ◽  
Potting Medium ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
Ray Florets

This study evaluates the effect of different potting mixtures on growth and flowering of Chrysanthemum cv. Haldighati. The experiment was carried out at Agriculture Farm, School of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, RIMT University, Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab, India. Different treatment methods include mixing sand, soil, cocopeat, ver powder, farmland fertilizer and perlite in equal proportions. Statistical analysis of the data show that the medium combination has a significant influence on the control value. The results show that the overall performance of Chrysanthemum is better in the medium with T7 (Perlite + FYM + garden soil (2:1:1)), but T5 is Vermicompost + FYM + Garden soil (2:1:1) has the highest main branches of each plant and the number of sub-branches per plant, the number of ray florets per flower, the length of ray florets and the width of ray florets. According to the obtained results, it can be concluded that compared with perlite Chrysanthemum, the potting medium treatment combination consisting of Perlite + FYM + garden soil (2:1:1) is most suitable for producing Chrysanthemums. It has been found that the light growth medium is more suitable for plant morphological development and continuous high-quality flower production.

scholarly journals Dialogue Generation: From Imitation Learning to Inverse Reinforcement Learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 6722-6729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziming Li ◽  
Julia Kiseleva ◽  
Maarten De Rijke
Keyword(s):  
Reinforcement Learning ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Imitation Learning ◽  
Local Optimum ◽  
Inverse Reinforcement Learning ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Overall Performance

The performance of adversarial dialogue generation models relies on the quality of the reward signal produced by the discriminator. The reward signal from a poor discriminator can be very sparse and unstable, which may lead the generator to fall into a local optimum or to produce nonsense replies. To alleviate the first problem, we first extend a recently proposed adversarial dialogue generation method to an adversarial imitation learning solution. Then, in the framework of adversarial inverse reinforcement learning, we propose a new reward model for dialogue generation that can provide a more accurate and precise reward signal for generator training. We evaluate the performance of the resulting model with automatic metrics and human evaluations in two annotation settings. Our experimental results demonstrate that our model can generate more high-quality responses and achieve higher overall performance than the state-of-the-art.

Operational efficiency of a pilot plant for wastewater reuse

1996 ◽  
Vol 33 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 443-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fulvio Croce ◽  
David Hendricks ◽  
Joe Pollara ◽  
Susan Poulsom ◽  
Rosalaura Oliveri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Pilot Plant ◽  
Wastewater Reuse ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Control Parameters ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Plant Operation ◽  
Safety Margins ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
Operation And Management

Reuse of wastewaters for non-potable uses needs a higher than normal reliability in treatment plant operation and management, in order to ensure higher safety margins for public health and environmental protection. After a two-years research project on a pilot plant designed for agricoltural reuse, all control parameters used for the plant operation have been examined, in order to obtain useful observations on efficiency of each of the treatment units, for best overall performance. It was concluded that this type of package plant was able to produce a high quality effluent under various conditions, providing a good confidence on the reliability of the system.

scholarly journals High-Quality Draft Genome Sequence of Aneurinibacillus migulanus ATCC 9999 T (DSM 2895), a Gramicidin S-Producing Bacterium Isolated from Garden Soil

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie-ping Wang ◽  
Bo Liu ◽  
Guo-hong Liu ◽  
Ci-bin Ge ◽  
Rong-feng Xiao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genome Sequence ◽  
Draft Genome ◽  
Draft Genome Sequence ◽  
Garden Soil ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Gram Positive ◽  
Gramicidin S ◽  
Genomic Taxonomy

Aneurinibacillus migulanus ATCC 9999 T (DSM 2895) is a Gram-positive, round-spore-forming, and gramicidin S-producing bacterium. Here, we report the 6.35-Mb high-quality draft genome sequence of A. migulanus ATCC 9999 T , which will provide useful information for the genomic taxonomy and phylogenomics of Bacillus -like bacteria.

COMPARISON OF OPTIMAL PATH PLANNING ALGORITHMS FOR INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF ROBOTIC PART ASSEMBLY TASK

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (05) ◽  
pp. 621-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHANGMAN SON
Keyword(s):  
Path Planning ◽  
Optimal Path ◽  
Initial Position ◽  
Performance Criteria ◽  
Task Execution ◽  
Assembly Task ◽  
Control Value ◽  
Optimal Path Planning ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
Management Of Uncertainty

Two intelligent part-bringing (path planning or finding) algorithms, to bring a part from an initial position to an assembly hole or a receptacle (target or destination) for a purpose of part mating, related to a robotic part assembly task are introduced. These algorithms are then compared through simulations and several criteria. An entropy function, which is a useful measure of the variability and the information in terms of uncertainty, is introduced to measure its overall performance of a task execution related to the part-bringing task. Fuzzy set theory, well-suited to a management of uncertainty, is introduced to address an uncertainty associated with the part-bringing procedure. A degree of uncertainty associated with a part-bringing is used as an optimality criterion, or cost function, e.g. minimum fuzzy entropy, for a specific task execution. It is shown that the machine organizer using a sensor system can intelligently determine an optimal control value, based on explicit performance criteria, to overcome environmental uncertainty. The algorithms use knowledge processing functions such as machine reasoning, planning, inferencing, learning, and decision-making. The results show the effectiveness of the proposed approaches.

The effect of corm size and division of the mother corm in gladioli

1981 ◽  
Vol 21 (110) ◽  
pp. 343 ◽  
Author(s):  
ME McKay ◽  
DE Byth ◽  
J Tommerup
Keyword(s):  
Plant Development ◽  
Multiple Shooting ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Storage Tissue ◽  
Flower Production ◽  
Planting Material

The effects of size and division of the mother corm on yield of gladioli inflorescences, corms and cormlets and on inflorescence quality were studied in two experiments in south-east Queensland. Planting with whole large corms resulted in greater inflorescence yield, higher inflorescence quality and gave more high quality inflorescences than planting with smaller corms. Flowering percentage [(number of inflorescences/number of corms planted) x 100] was increased by cutting the large corms, but was reduced by cutting the smaller corms. Inflorescence quality was reduced by cutting corms. Some multiple shooting (greater than one shoot per corm) occurred with whole large corms and increased the flowering percentage, but inflorescence quality was still higher than for the smaller corms, and was acceptable by market standards. The yield of new corms was increased by cutting corms of large or number 3 size, but was reduced by cutting the smaller initial corms. For the large corms, cutting increased the yield of new corms by 93%. The method of cutting corms influenced subsequent plant development. Cutting to remove storage tissue and damage to part of the root initials without damaging the buds, stimulated multiple shooting, increased inflorescence yield, decreased inflorescence quality, and substantially increased the number and weight of new corms. Removal of buds in cutting reduced inflorescence number and corm and cormlet yield. Commercial producers may be able to cut large corms to rapidly propagate new planting material, concurrently with flower production. However, cultivars differ in their response to cutting.

scholarly journals Flower Development in Cassava Is Feminized by Cytokinin, While Proliferation Is Stimulated by Anti-Ethylene and Pruning: Transcriptome Responses

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Oluwasanya ◽  
Olayemisi Esan ◽  
Peter T. Hyde ◽  
Peter Kulakow ◽  
Tim L. Setter
Keyword(s):  
Flower Development ◽  
Fruit Set ◽  
Floral Development ◽  
Apical Region ◽  
Hormone Signaling ◽  
Treatment Combination ◽  
Flower Production ◽  
Additive Increase ◽  
Male Flowers ◽  
The Tropics

Cassava, a tropical storage-root crop, is a major source of food security for millions in the tropics. Cassava breeding, however, is hindered by the poor development of flowers and a low ratio of female flowers to male flowers. To advance the understanding of the mechanistic factors regulating cassava flowering, combinations of plant growth regulators (PGRs) and pruning treatments were examined for their effectiveness in improving flower production and fruit set in field conditions. Pruning the fork-type branches, which arise at the shoot apex immediately below newly formed inflorescences, stimulated inflorescence and floral development. The anti-ethylene PGR silver thiosulfate (STS) also increased flower abundance. Both pruning and STS increased flower numbers while having minimal influence on sex ratios. In contrast, the cytokinin benzyladenine (BA) feminized flowers without increasing flower abundance. Combining pruning and STS treatments led to an additive increase in flower abundance; with the addition of BA, over 80% of flowers were females. This three-way treatment combination of pruning+STS+BA also led to an increase in fruit number. Transcriptomic analysis of gene expression in tissues of the apical region and developing inflorescence revealed that the enhancement of flower development by STS+BA was accompanied by downregulation of several genes associated with repression of flowering, including homologs of TEMPRANILLO1 (TEM1), GA receptor GID1b, and ABA signaling genes ABI1 and PP2CA. We conclude that flower-enhancing treatments with pruning, STS, and BA create widespread changes in the network of hormone signaling and regulatory factors beyond ethylene and cytokinin.

scholarly journals 1032 EFFICIENCY OF FERTILIZATION METHODS ON ORNAMENTALS

HortScience ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 576c-576
Author(s):  
Timothy K. Broschat
Keyword(s):  
Controlled Release ◽  
Fine Sand ◽  
Pine Bark ◽  
Sand Soil ◽  
Leaching Losses ◽  
Mauna Loa ◽  
Potting Medium ◽  
Liquid Fertilization ◽  
Coated Fertilizer ◽  
Controlled Release Fertilizers

Spathiphyllum Schott. 'Mauna Loa Supreme' grown for 6 months in a fine sand soil or a 5 pine bark: 4 sedge peat: 1 sand medium (by volume) were fertilized with 7.6g N, 1.4g P, and 4.5g K/3.5-liter container by 4 different methods. The same raw fertilizer prills (21N-3P-12K) were applied weekly as a liquid, monthly as soluble granules, bimonthly as a lightly resin-coated fertilizer (Osmocote), or every 6 months as a heavily resin-coated fertilizer. All leachates were collected and were measured and analyzed weekly for N O3, PO4, and K. Spathiphyllum grew best in the sand soil with either of the controlled release formula- tions, but fertilization method had no effect on growth in the potting medium. Nitrate and K leaching losses from the potting medium were lowest from the controlled release fertilizers and highest from the soluble granules. Liquid fertilization resulted in the highest amounts of PO4 lost to leaching and controlled release fertilizers the least. In the fine sand soil, NO3 leaching was equivalent from all methods. Soluble granules had the highest levels of leached K and PO4 and the lightly-coated fertilizer lost the least due to leaching.

Effect of Different Combinations of Tuna Fishmeal, Meat Meal with Bone, and Soybean Meal upon Growth Rate and Utilization of Feed by Broilers in the Starting and Fattening Periods

1969 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 541-550
Author(s):  
Juan A. Morassi ◽  
Manuel Soldevila ◽  
Manuel Rojas-Daporta
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Soybean Meal ◽  
Crude Protein ◽  
Feed Utilization ◽  
Broiler Chicks ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Preliminary Screening ◽  
Tolerance Level ◽  
Meat Meal ◽  
Overall Performance

Four studies of six evaluations were conducted during the starting and fattening periods of broiler chicks. Different combinations of soybean meal, tuna fishmeal, and meat meal were evaluated. Net gain in weight and feed utilization were used as criteria for comparison. Proportions from 2:1 to 1:2 of soybean and tuna fishmeals gave best results in preliminary screening studies. In successive studies, when diets were equalized as to nitrogen, calories, phosphorus, and calcium, in which the latter did not exceed the 1-percent tolerance level, high quality meat meal containing 50-percent crude protein satisfactorily substituted up to 75 percent of the tuna fishmeal in the diets without adversely affecting the overall performance of the birds. The amount of sodium chloride supplied by the highest level of tuna fishmeal used in this study did not cause apparent adverse effects.

scholarly journals Evaluating the Skills for Writing Referencing Styles in the Assignments of Aesthetic Studies Undergraduates: Case Study at Eastern University, Sri Lanka

2019 ◽  
pp. 27-29
Author(s):  
Mr. B. Prashanthan ◽  
MAC. Fathima Aroosiya ◽  
Ibnu Suhood Narsheeth
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Stratified Random Sampling ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Education Society ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
The One ◽  
Test Result

Writing appropriate Referencing style is identified as a skill among the academicresearchers in the higher education society. It plays a significant role in assignments process. If research or assignment used appropriate referencing style that particular document becomes high-quality document. In this context this paper analyses the skill for writing-different referencing styles in aesthetic Studies Undergraduate assignments. The study used the survey research design through the stratified random sampling method, 75 out of 164 undergraduates were selected as sample. Referencing skill was evaluated through three categories (referencing style the format of Books, periodicals and Non-print source). This study was carried out by pretest and posttest. Before the one month of post-test, two days seminar was conducted about referencing style. According to the pre-test result, the overall level for the undergraduates’ performance of writing referencing style in their assignments is 28.33%. However, due to the two days’ workshop knowledge about the usage of referencing style was increasing all categories. The referencing style for books were increased from 43.33% to 51.66%, for periodicals were increased from 26.6% to 33.33%, for non-print sources were increased from 15% to 18.33%, and the overall performance was 34.44%, but level is not in satisfactory level.

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