CDC Hickie yellow field pea

CDC Hickie, a yellow cotyledon field pea (Pisum sativum L.) cultivar, was released in 2021 by the Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan for distribution to Select seed growers through the Variety Release Committee of the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. CDC Hickie has good lodging resistance, medium time to maturity, medium-sized, round seeds, mean seed protein concentration of 24.4%, and good yielding ability. It is resistant to powdery mildew and moderately susceptible to mycosphaerella blight and Fusarium root rot. CDC Hickie is adapted to the field pea growing regions of western Canada.

CDC Lewochko yellow field pea

CDC Lewochko, a yellow cotyledon field pea (Pisum sativum L.) cultivar, was released in 2018 by the Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan for distribution to Select seed growers through the Variety Release Committee of the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. CDC Lewochko has good lodging resistance, medium time to maturity, medium-sized, round seeds, mean seed protein concentration of 21.0%, and good yielding ability. It is resistant to powdery mildew and moderately susceptible to mycosphaerella blight and Fusarium root rot. CDC Lewochko is adapted to the field pea growing regions of western Canada.

CDC Tollefson yellow field pea

CDC Tollefson, a yellow cotyledon field pea (Pisum sativum L.) cultivar, was released in 2021 by the Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan for distribution to Select seed growers through the Variety Release Committee of the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. CDC Tollefson has good lodging resistance, medium time to maturity, medium-sized, round seeds, mean seed protein concentration of 23.9%, and good yielding ability. It is resistant to powdery mildew and moderately susceptible to mycosphaerella blight and Fusarium root rot. CDC Tollefson is adapted to the field pea growing regions of western Canada.

Investigation of the Optical Properties of a Novel Class of Quinoline Derivatives and Their Random Laser Properties Using ZnO Nanoparticles

Quinoline Schiff bases display potential applications in optoelectronics and laser fields because of their unique optical properties that arise from extensive delocalization of the electron cloud, and a high order of non-linearity. In this context, a new class of conjugated quinoline-derivative viz. N-(quinolin-3-ylmethylene)anilines were synthesized from 2-hydroxyquinoline-3-carbaldehyde in two good yielding steps. The ability of these imines to accept an electron from a donor is denoted by their electron acceptor number and sites, which is calculated using density functional theory (DFT). The optical properties such as FT-IR, Raman, UV-VIS, and EDS spectra were calculated using TD-DFT, which also provided the energy gap, HOMO-LUMO structure. The optical properties of the synthesized imino quinolines were experimentally studied using photoluminescence and absorption spectroscopy. The properties such as Stokes shift and quantum yield were calculated using experimental data. Furthermore, the compound bearing a methyl group on the aryl ring and ZnO nanoparticles (hydrothermally synthesized) were dissolved in toluene, and optically excited with a 355 nm nanosecond laser, which produced a random laser.

Design and Synthesis of Two Azete Derivatives Using some Chemical Strategies

There are several methods for preparing nitrogen-containing four-membered heterocycles using some reagents that require special conditions such as higher temperatures or differences in the pH. This research aimed to prepare two azete derivatives from 1-Bromo-3,5-dinitrobenzene using some chemical strategies. The chemical structure was characterized by NMR spectroscopic methods. The results indicate that protocols used to synthesize two azete analogs do not require special conditions to give a good yielding. In conclusion, is reported a facile method for the synthesis of two azete derivatives.

Understanding of Yield Stability in Jack Bean (Canavalia ensiformis L.) Genotypes using AMMI and GGE bi-plot Models

Background: Jack bean is an under-exploited legume species, a source of food, medicine and cover crop. By virtue of its adaptive nature to low fertility soils, it is one of the few pulses that grow well on highly leached, nutrient depleted, lowland tropical soils. But, in India, crop improvement work is very little done. Stability of yield is a major criterion for farmer’s acceptability of any variety and there are several methods to estimate the stability and G x E interaction effects of a genotype across seasons. Among these, AMMI analysis is the most recent and widely exploited in different crops for the identification of stable genotypes. In this context, yield stability of 10 accessions of jack bean is studied to identify the stable genotypes.Methods: The experiment was conducted with 10 Jack bean genotypes in RCBD with two replications under rain fed conditions during 2017-2020 in Kharif for four seasons. The data was subjected to analysis of variance and then taken for AMMI and GGE analysis for identification of stable genotypes.Result: The combined analysis of variance revealed that there was highly significant variation (p less than 0.01) in grain yield and environments and genotype interaction among the genotypes. The average bean yield of the genotypes was 533.1 grams per plant. The highest and the lowest mean yield was recorded in PSR-12202 and CHMJB-02 respectively which was corroborated by the AMMI bi-plot as well. Similar to the AMMI bi-plot, the GGE bi-plot also confirmed that PSR-12202 was the stable genotype across the environments, whereas, G1, G2, G3, G4, G6, G7 and G8 were the other genotypes with low yields in some or all the environments. Kharif, 2018 and Kharif, 2020 are discriminating environments and are declared as the most representative than Kharif, 2017 and Kharif, 2019. Generally, PSR-12202 was the ideal genotype with higher mean yield and relatively good stability; G5 was the moderately good yielding genotype and the most unstable genotype; Whereas, G1, G2, G3, G4, G6, G7 and G8 were the poorly yielding and unstable genotypes. Both AMMI and GGE bi-plot are able to establish the genotypic stability and these models can be exploited for judging the genotypes for their GEI in other crops as well.

Costs and Profitability of Crops for Bioeconomy in the EU

The bioeconomy is the cornerstone of the EU’s policy for shifting economic and societal trends towards circularity and low carbon arrangements. Europe has several crops that can be used as raw materials for this purpose, however pressure on land which might displace other activities and industrial competition for cost efficient raw materials remains a challenge. Hence, ensuring good yielding capacity and examining the likelihood to produce more by exploiting low quality, unused land can present significant opportunities to increase sustainable, locally sourced supply and at the same time offer profitable solutions to both industry and the farmers. This paper estimates the production costs of fourteen crops (oil, sugar, starch and lignocellulosic) and analyses how their profitability can be influenced by yield increases and cultivation in low quality land. Results show that there are profitable options for all crops under current market prices and land types except for cases in countries where crop productivity is rather low to sustain farm incomes. The analysis confirms that Europe has plenty crop options as raw materials for bioeconomy. Decision makers however must ensure future research and policy support are oriented towards sustainable yield increases and accelerate rehabilitation of land that is unused and of low quality.

Design And Fabrication Of Copra Sweeping Robot

Copra Crushing Industry has one of the production processes that is being used widely in the Oil production and manufacturing industries. Considering a fully equipped plant, the production ranges from 500-560 tons of oil per month. A good yielding copra provides 95% of output that has 5-7% of moisture content. Lesser the moisture content higher the yield. In the process of oil extraction, the copra is fed into the chute that is pumped onto the main silo for steaming process. This feeding process is done manually; hence, there are many mishaps occurring like copra falling away from the chute. A dried copra is crunchy enough to pierce the leg of the employees. Therefore, our paper aims to provide solution to these issues and ensure the safety of the employees. Design and fabrication of copra sweeping robot is proposed in this paper. The robot runs on wheels utilizes a sweeper mechanism to accumulate dried copra in a coconut oil extraction plant. This application of mechatronics comes under the field of Mobile Robotics. It is used to sweep the copra to one side so that the employees could pass through the place without any harm. It is provided with an attachment for the sweeping process. This could ultimately ensure employee safety and increase the productivity.

Flexible Entry into 3-Arylpent-2-enedioic Acids via Heck–Matsuda Arylation of Dimethyl Glutaconate with Arenediazonium Tosylates

For the preparation of compound libraries of Michael acceptors with tunable reactivity toward nuclophilic selenocysteine residue of thioredoxin reductase, a range of 3-arylglutaconic acids were required. The existing methods at the time had limited scope or involved several steps. A hitherto undescribed protocol for direct palladium(II) acetate-catalyzed arylation of glutaconic acid dimethyl ester at position 3 has been developed with a diverse set of arenediazonium tosylates followed by hydrolysis. This generally good-yielding two-step sequence displayed a propensity to deliver E-configured coupling products while compounds mostly featured in the literature were predominantly Z-configured. The possibility for preparing a library of 4-arylpyridine-2,6(1H,3H)-diones has been exemplified.

Fermentation characteristics and nutritive values of sorghum silages

The objective of this study was to select sorghum genotypes for silage production. The study was carried out at Embrapa Maize & Sorghum’s experimental field. Planting was performed in randomized blocks, with three replicates and the Scott-Knott test at a 5% probability level. The material was ensilaged in laboratory silos opened after 56 days for analysis concerning fermentation and bromatological composition. Only crude protein showed no significant difference (p > 0.05), with an overall mean of 8.88%. The other variables presented significant differences (p < 0.05): pH (3.34 to 3.94); Aw (0.93 to 0.98); N-NH 3/TN (1.61 to 6.56%); green matter yield (12.05 to 34.14 t ha-1); dry matter yield (6.19 to 11.42 t ha-1); dry matter (26.89 to 49.95%); ashes (4.08 to 6.88%); neutral detergent fiber corrected for ash and protein (47.67 to 65.79%); acid detergent fiber (16.62 to 35.89%); hemicellulose:cellulose (1.07 to 2.71%); lignin (2.03 to 6.52%), digestible dry matter yield (3.70 to 7.41 t ha-1) and dry matter digestibility (56.36 to 72.67%). Based on digestible dry matter yield, the genotypes: male 201191 and hybrids 2012F47484, 2012F47515 and 2012F47525 stood out in relation to the others for showing good yielding, adequate nutritional value, with low dry matter and NDF levels coupled with high digestibility values and good fermentation patterns of the silages.