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Alternaria and Cercospora leaf spot diseases of Niger (Guizotia Abyssinica Cass.) – a traditional tribal crop of South Gujarat, India, with cost benefit ratio in relation to different fungicides
No full textNiger (Guizotia abyssinica Cass.) is an important minor oil seed crop grown in dry areas grown mostly by tribal and interior places as life line of tribal segment. Tribal people mainly use its oil for cooking purpose, above than that there were also other uses. Hence, the niger crop should be protected from the infection. The crop is affected by number of fungal diseases. Therefore, a field experiment was formulated for three years with the four replications at the Niger Research Station (NRS) at Navsari Agricultural University (NAU), Vanarasi, Navsari (Gujarat) on the foliar diseases of GN-1 variety of niger crop. In this experiment, six different fungicides along with one control have been evaluated to control the Alternaria and Cercospora leaf spot diseases, out of which all the fungicidal treatments were significantly superior over the control. Here, foliar spray on the incidence of diseases was compared with the control (without any treatment). All the fungicidal treatments were significantly superior over the control to reduce Alternaria and Cercospora leaf spot diseases of Niger crop. Treatment of Carbendazim + Mancozeb (0.2 %) with two sprays first from the initiation of the disease and second after the interval of 15 days recorded the lowest incidence of Alternaria (14.56) and Cercospora (14.94) leaf spot diseases of niger and recorded the highest seed yield 337 seed yield kg/ha along with the net return with cost benefit ratio graph
Glebionis coronaria (crizantema comestibilă), o plantă cu multiple intrebuinţări
Get PDFEdible Chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria) is a plant native to the Mediterraneanarea. This species was acclimatized and bredat VRDSBuzau, where 3 genotypes were obtained from three distinct varieties thatwere tested in two culture environments, the greenhouse, and field. The plant has multiple uses, being both food, medicinal but also ornamental
Aspects regarding the marketing strategies for small agri-food producers. A case study on "Legumele de acasă" Târgu Frumos
No full textThe agricultural sector is one of national importance, at present over 20% of the active population of Romania working in this economic branch. Although Romania has the largest number of agricultural holdings in the European Union, with 33.2% of their total number, only provides 3.4% of the standard production of the European Union. In Romania, only 1.5% of the total agricultural holdings are represented by large, industrialized and performing farms, being registered in total over 3.5 million subsistence and semi-subsistence farms. With 91.8% of the agricultural holdings with an area of less than 5 hectares, Romania faces a paradox: the smallest ratio between the number of agricultural holdings and production. Most agricultural holdings are facing problems in terms of capitalization of production, the lack of effective marketing strategies mirroring in the low income recorded. The purpose of this case study is to analyze how a small-scale agri-food local producer managed to implement effective marketing strategies that led to an increase in the income and profitability of the activity. The analyzed data highlighted a series of main marketing strategies that were implemented by ”Legumele de Acasă”, a small agri-food producer based in Târgu Frumos, Iași County, Romania. Leading to positive results, the main marketing strategies the unit implemented successfully are: Social Media Marketing, publicity through recommendations and Word of Mouth, differentiation from competition through products and distribution and the creation of a local community around its brand by participating at and organizing events aimed
at attracting more customers and studying the habits of the target audience. Through these marketing strategies, the local agri-food producer ”Legumele de Acasă” has managed to attract and maintain a stable customer base that has gradually increased over time. A notable aspect that differentiated ”Legumele de Acasă” from other local producers, is that the budget required to implement these marketing strategies was low compared to big producers, most of the strategies being implemented by the producer itself, with minimal costs
Research on hematological pattern of hemolitic and posthemorrhagic anemia in dogs
No full textIn this paper we attempted to perform a haematological characterization of posthemorrhagic and haemolytic anaemia in dogs because these two types of anaemia have an increased incidence in canine pathology. The research was conducted on 20 different breeds of dogs with different ages that were divided into two experimental groups as follows:
- group 1 was made up of 10 dogs with disorders that induce haemolytic anaemia (babesiosis and IMHA),
- group 2 was made up of 10 dogs with diseases that induce posthaemorrhagic anaemia (multiple traumatic injuries after car accidents, tumors that can generate haemorrhages, surgery, etc.).
To perform haematological determinations, we used a Diagon D-cell 30 blood analyzer and we made the following determinations: RBC, Hb, HCT, MCV, MCH, MCHC, WBC, %Neutophils, %Eosinophils,
%Basophils, %Lymphocytes and %Monocytes. Our research has led to the following conclusions:
1. Anaemia induced by haemolytic mechanism was more intense than that one induced by posthaemorrhagic mechanism. Both haematocrit and haemoglobin have lower values in the case of haemolytic anaemia compared to the posthaemorrhagic anaemia;
2. Anaemia induced by haemolytic mechanism was accompanied by statistically significant leucopenia;
3. A statistically significant neutrophilia was found in case of posthaemorrhagic anaemia;
4. A statistically significant eosinophilia was found in case of haemolytic anaemia
Contribuţii la cunoaşterea structurii, dinamicii şi abundenţei speciilor de coleoptere(ordinul coleoptera), din plantaţiile de măr
No full textThe biological material was collected from June to September throughout 2018. The experimental Stationar was a apple orchard belonging to the Teaching Resort Vasile Adamachi Iasi, in technology which only covers five chemical treatments.During the 4 harvest a total of 1016 samples were collected as follows: The species with the highest number of fish collected were:Opatrum sabulosum, Harpalus distinguendus, Dermestes laniarius, Pseudophonus rufipes, Pseudophonus griseus. The smallest number of specimens, one of them, had the species:Epicometis hirta, Coccinella 7-punctata, Cymindis humeralis, Cleonus piger, Coccinella 14-punctata, Opatrum sabulosum
Implicarea voluntarilor în dezvoltarea biodiversitatii parcurilor
No full textThe Faculty of Horticulture from USAMV Iasi, SC APAVITAL SA Iasi, the Environmental Protection Agency Iasi, the Technological High School "Petru Poni" and the County Library "Gh. Asachi ”Iasi had as permanent concern the realizationof projects that support the educational collaboration in the community of Iasi by establishing a close connection between students, students and teachers.Noting the benefits of this link between the educational and scientific area and non-formal development, this partnership approach offers the possibility of achieving a high level of technical and didactic performance. The main practical activities carried out within the projects concern: technologies of plant cultivation: planting and care ,the importance of the concept of biodiversity and of the dendrological parks in the city of Iasi, advocacy for environmental protection
Alzheimer’s Disease Pharmacotherapy in Relation to Cholinergic System Involvement
No full textAlzheimer’s disease, a major and increasing global health challenge, is an irreversible, progressive form of dementia, associated with an ongoing decline of brain functioning. The etiology of this disease is not completely understood, and no safe and effective anti-Alzheimer’s disease drug to prevent, stop, or reverse its evolution is currently available. Current pharmacotherapy concentrated on drugs that aimed to improve the cerebral acetylcholine levels by facilitating cholinergic neurotransmission through inhibiting cholinesterase. These compounds, recognized as cholinesterase inhibitors, offer a viable target across key sign domains of Alzheimer’s disease, but have a modest influence on improving the progression of this condition. In this paper, we sought to highlight the current understanding of the cholinergic system involvement in Alzheimer’s disease progression in relation to the recent status of the available cholinesterase inhibitors as effective therapeutics
Trends of using digital instruments in education
No full textThe introduction of digital tools takes place in all spheres of life, including the education. In this paper, I attempted to structure and characterize the existing digital educational tools in terms of functions and capabilities for users, characteristics of user interactions in tools. In the literary review in first part of this work, the current state of digitalization of various spheres of life was investigated, and the relation of society to perspective universal automation and digitalization of all on the basis of the published scientific works were studied. The purpose of the study was to structure and consolidate the data about the available digital learning tools and digital educational environments, to perform the role of the teacher in the use of each tool, and to highlight the ability of students and teachers in the framework of specific tools. This paper suggests the need for a closer transfer of knowledge and technology in the educational process, with the parallel formation of the concept of “digital competence” and the identification of the criterion of its evaluation in future and practicing teachers
Economic evaluation of maize intercropped with some major food crops in Southwestern Nigeria
No full textIn Nigeria, the traditional
farmer finds it more satisfactory to plant a
diversity of crops than planting sole. It is
cheaper for farmers to grow many crops
of their own requirements than to buy
them. Hence, intercrop has remained the
traditional farming practice in many other
developing nations. Maize is a major
cereal crop grown by all farming
households all over Nigeria in
combination with other crops. There are
many studies on intercropping of maize
with other food crops in Nigeria;
however, many of these studies do not
bother to look into the economics of
intercrop. Therefore, this study examines
the economic profitability of maize
intercropped with major food crops in
Southwestern Nigeria. Multi-stage
sampling technique was employed in the
study. A total of 138 questionnaire were
used for analysis. Information was
collected on socio-economic characteristics
of the farming households, cropping
systems, cost of labour input, cost of
seeds, fertilizer and chemicals; yield and
price of output. Data analysis involved the
use of descriptive analysis, which
includes frequency distribution, mean and
percentages. Also, benefit-cost ratio and
net farm income analyses were employed.
The results showed that the average farm
size was 1.5 ha, 75% of the farmers
intercropped maize with other crops and
six varieties of maize were planted in the
study area. Among all the crop
combinations, sole maize has the least
cost, while maize intercropped with
cassava and yam has the highest cost.
Benefit-cost analysis showed that for
every N 1 spent in maize intercropped
with cassava and yam, N 1.26 would be
realized as profit. It is therefore,
recommended that for optimal use of
resources and crop combinations, both
public and private extension workers
should advice farmers on this finding and
the most profitable crop combinations
Variability influence of the volatile compounds of three algerian date cultivars (Phoenix dactylifera L.) on infestation rates of the date moth [(Ectomyelois ceratoniae Zell. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)]
No full textThe date moth Ectomyelois ceratoniae Zeller (Lepidoptera; Pyralidae) is a serious pest for the dates production in Algerian oasis. Its dangerousness resides in its wide geographic distribution on various bioclimatics stages and his polyphagia on various hosts. In this context, to find out the impact of the dates volatile compounds on the date moth oviposition behavior. To do this, we conducted the following study, which is divided into two parts, one in the field and the other in the laboratory. This study investigated the effect of the biochemical profiles of three Algerian date cultivars (Deglet-Nour, Ghars and Degla-Beidha) on the infestation rates of the date moth. The monitoring infection rates in the field produced the following results: during the campaigns from 2011/2012 to 2014/2015 at the INRAA Sidi Mahdi-Touggourt station (Algeria), revealed that the cultivar Deglet-Nour is the most affected with a rate of 18.84%, followed by Ghars with 10.28% then Degla-Beidha with 6.66%.
As for the extracts analysis of the three date cultivars with hexane were identified and quantifie via coupling gas chromatography / mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The analysis of the volatile compounds of the cultivars studied allowed to identify 110 compounds distributed in eight chemical classes (hydrocarbons (saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons, unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons, unsaturated monocyclic hydrocarbons, saturated monocyclic hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons, terpene hydrocarbons), alcohols, aldehydes, esters, ketones, amides, phenols and carboxylic acids), whose compounds are distributed as follows: 72 compounds for the Deglet-Nour, 38 compounds for the cultivar Ghars and 29 compounds for Degla-Beidha