Peas Farming Articles
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Two Peas in a Pod
Does compliance with EHS laws fit into your Corporate Social Responsibility strategy? In a new publication, which you can download, Enhesa Regulatory Analyst Karolina Wrzecionkowska examines the aforementioned question. This white paper highlights that EHS compliance is not an option – it is a must. Similarly, the notions of CSR and business sustainability continue to gain traction as ...
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Helping remote communities of Quebec to get fresher products
The Fédération des cooperatives du nouveau-Québec (FCNQ) is owned by its fourteen member coops in Northern-Québec, Canada that are Managed by native Cree and Inuit staff. Among their activities, from the head office in Baie d’Urfe (next to Montreal), they are responsible in large part to supply 14 remote northern Quebec communities (Nunavik) with anything ...
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Ministerial Interview: The only sector that assuredly alleviates poverty is agriculture. Our focus is to grow this industry that is the future of this country.
Exclusive interview with the Zambian Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, the Honourable Given Lubinda. The Honourable minister is expected to be at the upcoming Agritech Expo in Chisamba from 14-16 April again. www.agritech-expo.com/interviews 1) Honourable minister, thank you for this opportunity, you said in an interview recently that the government wants to transform agriculture in Zambia. ...
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Common Causes of Fish Kills in Your Pond
What Killed My Fish? The first question everyone has when they notice fish floating in open water or washed up along the bank is: what killed my fish? The most common causes of fish kills are oxygen depletion, algal blooms (could deplete oxygen or be toxic), pesticide toxicity and disease. By far, the most common cause of fish kills is oxygen depletion in lakes or ponds. There are two general ...
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Aboveground to root biomass ratios in pea and vetch after treatment with organic fertilizer
Some growth parameters of pea (cv. Pleven 4) and vetch (cv. Obrazets 666) after treatment with organic fertilizer were studied in a field trial carried out at the Institute of Forage Crops, Pleven, Bulgaria. Humustim as organic fertilizer was applied through presowing treatment of seeds, treatment during vegetation and combination between both, at different doses. Ratios of aboveground weight to ...
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Producer of pet and livestock vitamins and minerals relies on rotary batch mixers
ADM Alliance Nutrition, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and distributor of vitamin and trace mineral pre-mixes, ingredients and food additives used in manufacturing pet food products. In addition, about 10 per cent of the company's output is mixes for bovine and swine feed. "We run about 1100 pre-mixes from 400 different powdered ingredients largely for pet food producers," notes Alliance ...
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Root and foliar uptake, translocation and distribution of [14C]fluoranthene in pea plants
Uptake of 14C‐labelled fluoranthene ([14C]FLT) via both roots and leaves of Pisum sativum seedlings and distribution of [14C] in plants by both acropetal and basipetal transport was evaluated. The highest [14C] level was found in root base (≈270 × 104 dpm/g dw) and the lowest level in the stem apex (<2 × 104 dpm/g dw) after just 2 hours of root exposure. For foliar uptake, the highest level of ...
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Evaluation of indigenous Omani legumes for their nutritional quality, phytochemical composition and antioxidant properties
Four indigenous Omani legumes (faba bean, cowpeas, chickpeas and lentils), collected from three different regions of Oman, were evaluated for their proximate composition, phytochemical contents and antioxidant properties. The proximate composition varied significantly. Regional variability however, did not affect the proximate composition, except crude protein content of cowpea and chickpea. The ...
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Deer eating your plants? Tips for solving deer problems:
‘Deer’ can refer to any one of almost a hundred different species spanning the globe. The most common species in the U.S. are the white-tailed deer (in the east, southeast and Midwest) and the mule deer out west. Deer numbers have increased considerably since man has virtually eliminated their major predators. Suburbs encroaching on formerly natural open areas, woods and farm ...
By Bird-X Inc.
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Moisture dependent physical properties of pigeon pea grains
Different important physical properties of pigeon pea grains (BDN–2) were determined at five different moisture content levels of 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50% dry basis (d.b.). With an increase of moisture content from 10 to 50% (d.b.), the average value of triaxial dimensions of pigeon pea such as length, width and thickness increased from 6.04 to 6.45, 5.40 to 5.72 and 4.61 to 4.79 mm, ...
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Mathematical modelling of thin layer drying of fresh green pea ( Pisum sativum ) husk
Thin layer green pea husk (pericarp) drying characteristics were evaluated in a laboratory scale tray dryer. The drying experiments were carried out at 65, 70, 75 and 80 °C. Mathematical models were tested to fit drying data of green pea husk. The drying process of green pea husk occurred mainly during a falling rate period except for a very short accelerating period at the beginning. ...
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Mathematical modelling of thin layer drying of fresh green pea (Pisum sativum) husk
Thin layer green pea husk (pericarp) drying characteristics were evaluated in a laboratory scale tray dryer. The drying experiments were carried out at 65, 70, 75 and 80°C. Mathematical models were tested to fit drying data of green pea husk. The drying process of green pea husk occurred mainly during a falling rate period except for a very short accelerating period at the beginning. ...
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The treatment of (fish) ponds on an environmentally friendly manner with the usage of the LG Sonic case study
Aquaculture, or aqua farming, is the cultivation of aquatic organisms, such as fish or shrimps, in a controlled environment. Where this happens in a closed water container, algae may occur that pollute the water and may damage the organisms grown. Many of the traditional methods to fight algae are either insufficient, cumbersome, environmentally unfriendly, or all of these. LG Sonic uses ...
By LG Sonic
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Solid-state fermentation for production of gibberellic acid using agricultural residues
Solid-State Fermentation (SSF) was employed using agricultural residues, viz. pigeon pea pod (Cajanus cajan), corncobs (Zea mays), sorghum straw (Sorghum vulgare) and pea pod (Pisum sativum) for the production of gibberellic acid (GA3) using Fusarium proliferatum NCIM1105. Studies revealed that these agricultural residues have supported excellent growth of the fungi in modified medium and gave ...
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Two TAIM WESER ship loaders for Bayóvar (Perú) and Marseille Port (Frances) port terminals.
Spanish company TAIM WESER, a leading company on the International Bulk Handling market, has been awarded the contract to install conveyor belts and a loader for phosphate at the future Bayóvar port in Peru. This is a MISKI MAYO project, a subsidiary of Brazilian company VALE Do Río Doce. Simultaneously, TAIM WESER has started to build a mobile loader on rails to load grain for the Autonomous ...
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Study of genotype x environment interaction for chickpea yield in Iran
Plant breeders aim to select genotypes with stable phenotypes across environments. Multienvironment trials (METs) including 3 yr and six locations for 17 genotypes of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) were performed in Iran. Bartlett's test of homogeneity of variances was not significant and so the combined analysis was done. This analysis indicated that the environment (E), genotype (G), and the ...
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Conservation versus conventional tillage on performance of three different crops
Conservation tillage, besides being more economical, prevents soil erosion and has other beneficial effects on our environment, but few studies have been conducted on differential responses of different crops to conservation tillage. The main objective of this study was to examine the interaction of tillage with crop species. Rainfed field experiments in a strip-plot design with four replicates ...
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Carbon sequestration by tillage, rotation, and nitrogen fertilization in a Mediterranean vertisol
Our objective was to determine the effect of tillage system, crop rotation, and N fertilization on soil organic carbon (SOC) storage in the 0- to 90-cm profile in a long-term (20-yr) experiment established in 1986 on a rainfed Mediterranean Vertisol in southern Spain. The treatments studied were: conventional tillage (CT) vs. no-tillage (NT); five crop rotations: wheat (Triticum aestivum ...
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Fine root distributions in oilseed and pulse crops
Fine roots are of great importance in the uptake of water and nutrients from, and input of, carbon to the soil. This study determined the proportion of extra fine (0.4 mm contributed a small proportion to the total. For pulses (Cicer arietinum L. chickpea, Pisum sativum L. dry pea, and Lens culinaris Medik. lentil), the proportion of roots in the 0- to 0.2-mm diameter was much smaller than that ...
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The localization of agriculture
In the United States, there has been a surge of interest in eating fresh local foods, corresponding with mounting concerns about the climate effects of consuming food from distant places and about the obesity and other health problems associated with junk food diets. This is reflected in the rise in urban gardening, school gardening, and farmers’ markets. With the fast-growing local foods ...
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