Effect of Adding SAPs Polymers and Spraying With Organic Fertilizer on The Vegetative and Root Growth Characteristics of Lawns

The experiment was carried out in the fields of the Department of Horticulture and Landscaping, College of Agriculture - Anbar University for the period from 1/4/2020 to 31/1/2021 to experience the effectiveness of adding SAPs, spraying with organic fertilizers and the interaction between them in the vegetative and root growth characteristics of the lawn. The polymers were used in three concentrations (0, 20, 40) g kg-1 soil, while the organic fertilizer was in four concentrations (0, 0.5, 1, 1.5) ml.L-1. A factorial experiment was carried out according to a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. The results showed that the addition of polymers at the level of 40 g kg-1 soil had significant differences in the average plant density, root length, dry matter percentage and chlorophyll content in the vegetative group was 47.83 plant 100 cm-2, 25.20 cm, 36.85% and 89.36 mg g-1 for hot season and 29.17%, 36.19 m mg-1 for cold season. The high concentration of organic fertilizer 1.5 ml L-1 showed significant differences in plant density, number of branches in the crown area, root length, dry matter percentage and chlorophyll content in the vegetative group was 46.00 plant 100 cm-2, 9.10 branch plant-1, 25.14 cm and 36.41%, 87.80 mg g-1 for hot season and 29.04%, 33.99 mg g-1 for cold season. The interaction treatment between the level of application of polymers 40 g kg-1 soil and the treatment of adding organic fertilizer 1.5 ml L-1 showed significant differences in the number of branches, root length, dry matter percentage and chlorophyll content in the vegetative group was 9.83 branch plant-1, 27.36 cm and 39.65%, 99.31 mg g-1 for hot season and 33.44%, 42.10 mg g-1 for cold season.

Effect of Foliar Application For Proline, Zinc Sulphate on Growth and Yield of Okra Plant (Abelmoschus Esculentus L.)

The field experiment was carried out at the Researches Station and Agricultural Experiments/College of Agriculture/Al-Muthanna University during the summer agricultural season 2020 on Okra plant. To study foliar spraying application of Proline from three levels (0, 40 and 80) mg.L−1 and gave P0, P1 and P2 respectively, Zinc sulphate (0, 20 and 40) mg.L−1 and given these Zn0, Zn1 and Zn2. Using the randomized complete block design (R.C.B.D.) and each treatment was treated in three replicates. Means were compared using L.S.D at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the experiment showed The treatment of P2 spraying with proline concentration (80 mg.L−1) was superior in the percentage of Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in leaves, Number of branches, Leaves area and Plant yield (g) (3.09%, 0.44%, and 2.88%, 9.04 branch plant−1, 0.723m2, 303.39 g.plant−1) respectively. The results also showed that Zn2 treatment was elevated (40 mg.L−1) on all measured indicators (3.29%, 0.37%, 2.83%, 8.76 branch plant−1, 0.763 m2, 334.35 g.plant−1). the outperformed was in the significant effect of interaction treatment proline and zinc sulphate P2Zn2 on all measured indicators.

Effect of Concentration and Period of Seed Soaking with Atonik on Some Quantitative Traits of Mung Bean

A field experiment was carried out during spring season of 2016 and 2017 in the field of the Department of Field Crops - College of Agriculture - University of Anbar (Alternative Site – Abu Ghraib), to study the effect of concentration and Period of seed soaking with the Atonik growth regulator on the some quantitative traits of the mung bean (Al-Khadhrawi variety). Split plots arrangement according to randomized complete block design (RCBD) at three replications was used. The concentrations of soaking with Atonik (0, 2.5, 5- and 7.5-ml L-1) were the main plots, while the soaking period (0, 2, 4 and 6 hours) occupied the sub plots. The results showed that the seeds soaking with Atonik growth regulator at a 7.5 ml L-1 recorded the highest plant height (54.05 and 47.10 cm), number of pods (15.83 and 11.58 pods plant-1) and number of seeds (10.81 and 8.48 seeds pod-1) for both seasons respectively, and number of branches (14.33 branch plant-1) in the first season only. The soaking period for 6 hours was significantly superior and gave the highest plant height (54.23 and 46.59 cm), number of branches (14.00 and 12.80 plant branch- 1), number of pods (16.75 and 14.08 pod plant-1) and number of seeds (10.80 and 8.80 seed pod-1) for both seasons respectively. The interaction between concentrations of soaking at 7.5 ml L-1 and soaking period for 6 hours had highest values for more the studied traits and both seasons. We can bw conclude that the quantitative characteristics of the mung It can be improved by using seed soaking treatment before planting with Atonik growth regulator.

Effect Irrigation Quality and Mineral Fertilization on Barley Productivity (Variety 244) and Some Nutrients Availability

An experiment was conducted in fields of Agricultural Research office/Al-Dibuni Research Station in Clay Loam soil, to study the coexistence with irrigation salinity using different water qualities with a recommended mineral fertilizer by the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture, and evaluate the role of this fertilizer in maintaining the nutritional balance in soil and barley productivity. A Factorial Experiment Design was used According to RCBD design. The results showed that mineral fertilization of 100% fertilizer recommendation was significantly superior in all measured characteristics (nitrogen and phosphorus availability in soil, EC, plant height, leaf area, number of branches, 1000 grain weight, grain yield, biological yield and harvest index) which gave (46.31, 27.29 mg kg−1, 5.59 dSm−1, 67.44 cm, 20.41 cm2plant−1, 7.66 branch plant−1, 44.08g, 3.16, 11.19 Mg ha−1, and 28.24%, respectively) compared with control treatment. The addition of irrigation different types affected on the measured characteristics, as the S1 treatment gave a significant values in each of (nitrogen and phosphorus availability in soil, EC, leaf area, number of branches, 1000 grain weight, grain yield, biological yield and harvest index) which gave (40.27, 23.39 mg kg−1, 5.10 dSm−1, 16.97 cm2plant−1, 6.91 branch plant−1, 40.31 g, 3.02, 10.13 Mgha−1, and 29.98%) compared with S2 treatment. The results showed the double interaction F4S3 treatment had a significant effect in all the measured characteristics(nitrogen and phosphorus availability in soil, leaf area, number of branches, 1000 grain weight, grain yield, biological yield and harvest index) which gave (48.61 and 28.97mg kg−1 and 20. 92 cm2plant−1, 8.06 branch plant−1, 45.75g, 3.22, 11.47 Mgha−1, and 28.07%, respectively) compared with F1S2 treatment, noting F4S3 treatment did not significantly of F4S1 treatment.

‘It’s Not a Lot of Boring Old Gits Sitting about Remembering the Good Old Days’: The Heritage and Legacy of the 1987 Caterpillar Factory Occupation in Uddingston, Scotland

This paper examines the construction of a factory occupation’s ‘usable past’. It analyses how the political culture of the multinational ‘branch plant’ has combined with the optics of class and nation that predominate in accounts of Scottish deindustrialization. During 2017, the Caterpillar Workers Legacy Group commemorated the occupation of Caterpillar’s tractor plant in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, thirty years earlier. The occupation endured for 103 days, becoming a labour-movement cause célèbre. Commemoration included workforce reunions, museum exhibitions, drama performances and an anniversary debate in the Scottish Parliament. Legacy Group members archived the occupation ‘from below’, including by recording oral testimonies. The occupation was rooted in a tradition of ‘rank-and-filist’ factory trade unionism and sustained by a left-wing activist infrastructure which shaped the dispute’s contemporary framing and historical legacy. A culture of radical labourism that rejected managerial authority and profit-making as the factory’s basis for operation enthused the occupation’s defence of the right to work. These actions now form the basis for embedding a political and cultural ‘working-class presence’ long after Caterpillar departed from Uddingston. The (co-) production of labour-movement heritages is a complex process, shaped by enduring activist repertoires as well as dominant public memories.

Morphological performances of BINA soybean 6 (Glycine max) at several salinity stress concentrations in coastal region of Bangladesh

A pot experiment was conducted from 2019 to 2020 at Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU), Noakhali, Bangladesh, to investigate the morphological performances of BINA Soybean-6 under various saline conditions. Salinity is a widespread problem responsible for limiting the productivity of oilseed crops and soybean cultivars differ in their sensitivity to soil salinity. The research material was BINA Soybean-6 collected from the Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA), Mymensingh. There were five treatments of salinity viz., T0 (distilled water), T1 (50mMNaCl), T2 (100mMNaCl), T3 (150mMNaCl) and T4 (200mMNaCl) were used in the experiment in which distilled water was used as control. Latin Square Design (LSD) with three replications was used in this experiment. In the present study, BINA Soybean 6 showed a significant variation in the contributing parameters. The experimental parameters used during the experiment were germination percentage and duration, height of plants (cm), number of branches/plant, number of leaves/plant, number of flowers/plant, number of pods/plant, length of pods (cm), seeds/pod, and length of root (cm). The highest germination percentage (83.33%) was observed in control (T0) condition while germination percentage was suppressed under T4 treatment i.e. 200mMNaCl concentration. Germination percentages were gradually decreased with the increase of salinity level. The highest plant height (34.22 cm), number of branch plant-1 (3.44), leaf number plant-1 (13.56), number of flower plant-1 (24.33), pod number plant-1 (21.22), seeds pod-1 (3.33), length of pod (5.44 cm) and root length (15.89 cm) were obtained at control (T0) condition. It was observed that the parameters were diminished gradually with the rising of salinity levels compared to the treatment T0 (Control).

Indicators of meat productivity of turkeys of various crosses

In the raw material zone of baby food producers in the Krasnodar Territory, a large Ermakov farm supplies turkey to the Branch “Plant of canned meat for children Tikhoretsky JSC “Danon Russia”. According to the results of the slaughter of five-month-old turkey of two crosses, White broad-breasted and Hybrid Converter, high indicators of meat productivity were established: slaughter yield (81.2 and 85.0 %), yield of meat suitable for baby food 62 % and 65 % , the yield of white breast meat - 23 and 25 %, respectively, for the White broad-breasted and Hybrid Converter crosses. In terms of meat yield from five-month-old turkeys, the advantage of the Hybrid Converter cross has been proven. On the basis of the studies carried out, it can be concluded that the meat of the turkey of the White broad-breasted and Hybrid Converter crosses have a high biological value in terms of chemical and amino acid composition.

Yield, quality and cost of jute (Corchorus species) seed production as influenced by herbicide application time

Jute is the most important fibre crop for Bangladesh and second important for world. Bangladesh requires about 6000 tons of jute seed. Among this quantity Bangladesh produce whole amount of Corchorus capsularis L. (white jute) seed but only very little amount of Corchorus olitorius L. (tossa jute) seed. Production of tossa jute seed is not too profitable because of high production cost for that reason farmers of Bangladesh are not interested to produce seed of tossa jute. And production cost of jute seed is mainly associated with labor cost that is mainly for weeding. This study was conducted to assess the best herbicide application time to enhance seed productivity, quality and reduction the cost of production. In this experiment two Corchorus species were grown using three different herbicide application times and no herbicide application used as control. The results indicated that for tossa jute (BJRI tossa pat-8) maximum plant population, plant height, branch/plant, capsule/plant, seed/capsule, seed yield, germination capacity, field emergence capacity, seed vigour and CVG were found in Control plot. Maximum 1000 seed weight and MGT were recorded in herbicide applied at 13th days after cutting transplanting. Maximum capsule length found at 10th days of herbicide application. For white jute (CVL-1) highest plant population, plant height, branch/plant, seed/capsule, capsule length, germination capacity, field emergence capacity, seed vigour and CVG were recorded in control plot. Highest capsule/plant, 1000 seed weight and seed yield were found in herbicide applied at 13th days after cutting transplanting. Maximum MGT found in herbicide applied at 16th days after cutting transplanting. Result revealed that herbicide use reduce the production cost of jute seed compare to manual seed production technology.

EFFECT OF SALICYLIC ACID SPRAYING ON YIELD AND IT'S COMPONENTS OF LINSEED CULTIVARS

A field trails was carried out during winter season of 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 at Field Crops Department - College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences - University of Baghdad / Jadriyah to study the effect of salicylic acid spraying on yield and it's components of linseed cultivars. Randomized complete block design (RCBD) arranged within split plots was used with three replicates. The trail included three salicylic acid concentrations (100, 200 and 300 mg L-1) in addition to control treatment (distilled water spraying) within main plots and three linseed cultivars (Syrian, Egyptian and Iraqi local) within sub plots. The results showed that the Syrian cv. produced the highest number of main branches 7.09 and 7.11 branch plant-1, sub branch 28.45 and 27.10 branch plant-1 and number of capsules 122.39 and 117.89 capsule plant-1, number of seeds 8.63 and 8.45 seed capsule-1, seed yield 1.19 and 1.17 mton ha-1, while the Egyptian cv. gave highest means of 1000 seeds weight 6.83 and 6.54 g for the two seasons, respectively. The results showed that the spraying of salicylic acid at 200 mg L-1 significantly superiored and produced the highest number of main branches 7.10 and 6.82 branch plant-1, sub branch 29.05 and 26.48 branch plant-1, number of capsules 120.48 and 114.54 capsule plant-1, number of seeds 8.44 and 8.26 seed capsule-1 and seed yield 1.19 and 1.15 mton ha-1, for the two seasons, respectively. The interaction between the two factors had significant effect on all studied characters.