Evaluation of Sampling Time and Location on Growth and Development of Speargrass, Imperata Cylindrica (L.) Raecuschel in the Tropical Soils of Southeastern Nigeria

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
AE Ibe
Keyword(s):  
Growth And Development ◽  
Tropical Soils ◽  
Sampling Time ◽  
Imperata Cylindrica ◽  
Southeastern Nigeria

scholarly journals Campuran Herbisida Glifosat dan Pupuk Urea Pada Beberapa Taraf Dosis Pada Untuk Mengendalikan Gulma Alang-alang (Imperata cylindrica L.)

Jurnal Agrium ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Eva Rianti ◽  
Bhaidawi Bhaidawi ◽  
Abdullah Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Growth And Development ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Imperata Cylindrica ◽  
Urea Fertilizer ◽  
Weed Growth ◽  
Randomized Block Design ◽  
Ability To Regenerate ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Glyphosate Herbicide ◽  
Dose Factor

Imperata weeds are very difficult to control. It is because the weeds have ability to regenerate rapidly through the stolon and seed. Weed control in principle is an effort to increase the competitiveness of basic crops and weaken the competitiveness of weeds. The use of glyphosate herbicide can be mixed with other ingredients; one of them is urea fertilizer. This study aims to reveal whether the mixture of glyphosate herbicide and urea fertilizer at several doses can suppress weed growth. This study used Randomized Block Design factorial pattern, with two factors: (1) dose factor of glyphosate (G); G0 (control), G1 (glyphosate 100 ml liter), and G2 (200 ml liters of glyphosate). (2) urea fertilizer (P); P0 (control), P1 (urea 400 gram), and P2 (urea 600 gram). The results showed that the mixture of glyphosate herbicide and urea fertilizer can suppress the growth and development of imperata weeds. The best treatment was found in a mixture of 200 ml of glyphosate herbicide and urea fertilizer at a dose of 600 grams, while the lowest treatment was found in the control

Simulation of shoot emergence pattern of cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica) in the humid tropics

Weed Science ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 961-967 ◽  
Author(s):  
Friday Ekeleme ◽  
Frank Forcella ◽  
David W. Archer ◽  
David Chikoye ◽  
I. Okezie Akobundu
Keyword(s):  
Perennial Grass ◽  
Imperata Cylindrica ◽  
Weibull Function ◽  
Hydrothermal Time ◽  
Southwestern Nigeria ◽  
Forest Zone ◽  
Southeastern Nigeria ◽  
Humid Forest ◽  
Emergence Pattern ◽  
Shoot Emergence

Cogongrass is a noxious perennial grass that has invaded many countries in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Its management has been a significant challenge because of large rhizome and bud reserves in the soil. The emergence pattern of this weed under field conditions has received little attention. Field trials were conducted in 2002 and 2003 in the humid forest zone of southeastern Nigeria to model shoot emergence. The experiment had four treatments: (1) count and tag crop-free cogongrass shoots, (2) count and suppress crop-free cogongrass shoots with paraquat, (3) count and cut crop-free cogongrass shoots, and (4) count and cut cogongrass shoots in cultivated corn. The rationale for these treatments was to determine the effect of different monitoring techniques on shoot emergence of cogongrass. The development of the model was based on hydrothermal time, which was calculated from soil moisture and soil temperature at a 2-cm depth. A Weibull function was fitted to cumulative percent shoot emergence values of Treatment 4 and hydrothermal time. The model closely fit the observed pattern of cogongrass shoot emergence (r2= 0.95,n= 36). It also predicted shoot emergence satisfactorily in six treatments (r2> 0.85, P < 0.001,n= 7 in each treatment) that simulated farmers' practices in southwestern Nigeria. This is the first model developed for cogongrass shoot emergence based on hydrothermal time under field observations. The model should facilitate further analyses of cogongrass emergence patterns and the timing of its management.

scholarly journals CO2 flux emissions from Atlantic Rainforest soil: determining the most suitable sampling time

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. e20
Author(s):  
Edney Leandro da Vitória ◽  
Carla Da Penha Simon ◽  
Ivoney Gontijo ◽  
Ismael Lourenço de Jesus Freitas ◽  
Paulo Roberto Rocha Junior
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Soil Temperature ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Co2 Emission ◽  
Co2 Flux ◽  
Tropical Soils ◽  
Time Of Day ◽  
Sampling Time ◽  
Forest Fragment ◽  
Close Relationship

Few studies have established protocols for measuring CO2 emissions in the soil. In order to determine the time of day which best represents the average daily CO2 emissions, the present study evaluated the variations in CO2 emissions throughout the day and the relationship between these emissions and the soil moisture and temperature, in an attempt to standardize data collection in tropical soils. The study was carried out in an Atlantic forest fragment of the coastal tablelands, Brazil. A close relationship between CO2 emission and soil temperature was observed, with CO2 emissions decreasing as daytime temperatures increased. The soil moisture had no direct relation with the CO2 emission, but was only related to the soil temperature. Two groups of CO2 emissions were observed, forming between the sampling time from 09:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and from 11:00 p.m. to 08:00 a.m. Due to the small difference found between the mean group formed between 09:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., which was ~ 8% when compared to the general average, and also the fact that CO2 is easier to collect during this time, it is suggested that this period is the most suitable time to collect CO2 in the field.

An ultrastructural study of vegetative incompatibility in plants

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 436-437
Author(s):  
Randy Moore
Keyword(s):  
Ultrastructural Study ◽  
Cell Walls ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Solanum Pennellii ◽  
Initial Product ◽  
Basic Aspect ◽  
Tissue Interactions ◽  
Graft Interface ◽  
Antigen Antibody ◽  
Standard Fixation

Cell and tissue interactions are a basic aspect of eukaryotic growth and development. While cell-to-cell interactions involving recognition and incompatibility have been studied extensively in animals, there is no known antigen-antibody reaction in plants and the recognition mechanisms operating in plant grafts have been virtually neglected.An ultrastructural study of the Sedum telephoides/Solanum pennellii graft was undertaken to define possible mechanisms of plant graft incompatibility. Grafts were surgically dissected from greenhouse grown plants at various times over 1-4 weeks and prepared for EM employing variations in the standard fixation and embedding procedure. Stock and scion adhere within 6 days after grafting. Following progressive cell senescence in both Sedum and Solanum, the graft interface appears as a band of 8-11 crushed cells after 2 weeks (Fig. 1, I). Trapped between the buckled cell walls are densely staining cytoplasmic remnants and residual starch grains, an initial product of wound reactions in plants.

Identification of calcium oxalate crystals in dried or fixed tobacco leaf

1984 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 288-289
Author(s):  
Vicki L. Baliga ◽  
Mary Ellen Counts
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Calcium Oxalate ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Polarized Light ◽  
Calcium Oxalate Crystals ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Scanning Electron

Calcium is an important element in the growth and development of plants and one form of calcium is calcium oxalate. Calcium oxalate has been found in leaf seed, stem material plant tissue culture, fungi and lichen using one or more of the following methods—polarized light microscopy (PLM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and x-ray diffraction.Two methods are presented here for qualitatively estimating calcium oxalate in dried or fixed tobacco (Nicotiana) leaf from different stalk positions using PLM. SEM, coupled with energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry (EDS), and powder x-ray diffraction were used to verify that the crystals observed in the dried leaf with PLM were calcium oxalate.

SEM study of the morphological effects of kinetin and zeatin on the growth and development of the apical meristem in wheat

1995 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 978-979
Author(s):  
G. M. Hutchins ◽  
J. S. Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Growth And Development ◽  
Furfuryl Alcohol ◽  
Apical Meristem ◽  
Plant Cells ◽  
Triticum Aestivum L ◽  
Morphological Development ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Chinese Spring Wheat ◽  
Sem Study ◽  
Moist Environment

Cytokinins are plant hormones that play a large and incompletely understood role in the life-cycle of plants. The goal of this study was to determine what roles cytokinins play in the morphological development of wheat. To achieve any real success in altering the development and growth of wheat, the cytokinins must be applied directly to the apical meristem, or spike of the plant. It is in this region that the plant cells are actively undergoing mitosis. Kinetin and Zeatin were the two cytokinins chosen for this experiment. Kinetin is an artificial hormone that was originally extracted from old or heated DNA. Kinetin is easily made from the reaction of adenine and furfuryl alcohol. Zeatin is a naturally occurring hormone found in corn, wheat, and many other plants.Chinese Spring Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) was used for this experiment. Prior to planting, the seeds were germinated in a moist environment for 72 hours.

Mechanisms of ethylene biosynthesis and response in plants

2015 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul B. Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Ethylene Biosynthesis ◽  
Unsaturated Hydrocarbon ◽  
Flower Senescence ◽  
Detailed Knowledge ◽  
Plant Growth And Development ◽  
Step Process ◽  
Ethylene Response ◽  
Ethylene Signalling

Ethylene is the simplest unsaturated hydrocarbon, yet it has profound effects on plant growth and development, including many agriculturally important phenomena. Analysis of the mechanisms underlying ethylene biosynthesis and signalling have resulted in the elucidation of multistep mechanisms which at first glance appear simple, but in fact represent several levels of control to tightly regulate the level of production and response. Ethylene biosynthesis represents a two-step process that is regulated at both the transcriptional and post-translational levels, thus enabling plants to control the amount of ethylene produced with regard to promotion of responses such as climacteric flower senescence and fruit ripening. Ethylene production subsequently results in activation of the ethylene response, as ethylene accumulation will trigger the ethylene signalling pathway to activate ethylene-dependent transcription for promotion of the response and for resetting the pathway. A more detailed knowledge of the mechanisms underlying biosynthesis and the ethylene response will ultimately enable new approaches to be developed for control of the initiation and progression of ethylene-dependent developmental processes, many of which are of horticultural significance.

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