vegetable growing Articles
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Ecological vegetable growing – Is it needed?
Recent years ecological food is becoming more and more popular. Society wants to eat healthy products, of known origin and free of harmful chemicals that have an impact on our health. Where to get such food? The answer is simple – you should ask the source, which in this case are farmers. Despite the demand for ecological products is large, only a few producers decide to grow ecological ...
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Aluminium accumulation in Pteris cretica and trace element uptake in vegetation growing on an abandoned aluminium smelter site in Knoxville, TN, USA
Smokey Mountain Smelters in Knoxville, Tennessee USA is an abandoned aluminium smelter where smelter waste (slag) was dumped on site. ICP analyses indicated the highest slag metal concentrations were 223,000 mg kg−1 Al, 281 mg kg−1 As, 132 mg kg−1 Se, and 2910 mg kg−1 Cu. Metal uptake was quantified in plants growing on slag. Our data indicates that P. cretica accumulates Al in high ...
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Bird Dispersal Laser Helps Greenhouse Owners Prevent Bird Damage
A greenhouse is a perfect place for birds to build their nests on. However, greenhouse owners find this problematic as birds peck the fruits and vegetable crops and bird droppings can be very hazardous. Bird dispersal is often difficult in a greenhouse because it requires ventilation to make sure the temperature is right for fruits and vegetables to grow. Birds can easily get into the greenhouse ...
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How to guarantee optimal vegetable growing - a precision seed drill
Precise seeding is the key to production of high-quality crops. MAX PNEUMATIC seed drills are modern machines for seeding of various vegetable species, being differently formed and sized. As a result, it successfully sows almost all kinds of seeds, such as: carrots, parsley, cabbage, radish, onion, beetroot, etc. Moreover, it has been designed to meet the farmers needs and vegetable market ...
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Assessing vegetation response to drought in the Laohahe catchment, North China
In order to better understand the relationship between vegetation vigour and moisture availability, a correlation analysis based on different vegetation types was conducted between time series of monthly Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) during the growing season from April to October within the Laohahe catchment. It was found that NDVI had ...
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Even Sapir Power Station, Jerusalem, Israel - Case Study
Jerusalem, like any growing city, has increasing needs for water, power, and land, but unlike most cities, Jerusalem is the focal point for three of the world’s major religions. In this city of antiquity, balancing urban growth with natural and historical beauty is a continuing challenge. One such challenge came with the construction of the Even Sapir power station. Built on a mountain ...
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Regional Assessment of Nutrient and Pesticide Leaching in the Vegetable Production Area of Rattaphum Catchment, Thailand
Regional groundwater vulnerability maps to indicate the impact of leaching of chemicals under different management scenarios were prepared for the Rattaphum Catchment using several leaching models and GIS techniques. The Attenuation Factor (AF) model was used to simulate the leaching potential of several pesticides for selected soils in the catchment under different rates of recharge from ...
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Regional Assessment of Nutrient and Pesticide Leaching in the Vegetable Production Area of Rattaphum Catchment, Thailand
Regional groundwater vulnerability maps to indicate the impact of leaching of chemicals under different management scenarios were prepared for the Rattaphum Catchment using several leaching models and GIS techniques. The Attenuation Factor (AF) model was used to simulate the leaching potential of several pesticides for selected soils in the catchment under different rates of recharge from ...
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Vegetation: A source of air fungal bio-contaminant
Airborne fungal counts and types were examined in three selected regions in Egypt. Two of the sampling sites are rural areas, one cultivated with chamomile and the second with vegetable. The third site is located in an urban area. A sedimentation method was used to isolate airborne fungal spores. Airborne fungal spore counts averaged 71\pm 19, 64\pm 14 and 175\pm 79 cfu/p/h in the urban, ...
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How to make optimal condition for growing vegetables
The competition between vegetable producers, high production costs, expensive seeds and many other factors, mean that vegetable producers want to provide optimal conditions for their cropping. They want to get the best product that will meet the high customer’s needs. In addition to investing in seeds, fertilizers and plant protection products, you need the suitable equipment. This will ...
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What is the right light intensity and illumination length?
Photoperiodism The photoperiod, this is used as a signal for the plant to flower. Many flowering plants (angiosperms) use a photoreceptor protein, such as phytochromeor cryptochrome, to sense seasonal changes in night length, The Phytochrome conversion (Pfr to Pr) allows the plant to sense when it is night or day. Phytochrome Conversion The biologically-inactive form of ...
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Precision application of water for peri-urban horticulture
Vegetables are grown in the peri-urban zone throughout Australia on various soil types and in various climates. In order to grow vegetables throughout the year, irrigation is generally needed to supplement natural precipitation. Peri-urban horticulture in the Sydney region supplies fresh vegetables, cut flowers, turf and other farm produce. Competition for water and environmental impacts (e.g. ...
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Root vegetables harvest and farm development
Root vegetables season The autumn start is the time when vegetable producers have a lot of work. A collection of vegetables begins. Tension and nerves are often associated with it. All because the priority for farmers is to collect crops for which they worked hard all year round. It is important to make a good choice and select the machines suitable to your needs and four farm requirements. ...
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Influence of Capacity Building on Technical Efficiency of vegetables and rice farmers in Bangladesh: JICA intervention in Comilla project
This study examines the influence of Capacity Building (CB) on Technical Efficiency (TE) of farming community in the Comilla project area, Bangladesh, which occurred due to the intervention of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The results indicated a significant variation in TE of vegetable and rice Production Inside (IP) and outside the project area. The farmers with low-, medium- ...
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Sabre Tine Case Study
Ben Atkinson, J. E. Atkinson & Son, Lincolnshire 'The Tillso Sabre range of subsoiler legs are intelligently designed and highly engineered to create a perfectly structured subsoil without unnecessarily disturbing the surface. Surely a situation we are all trying to achieve. In the past we all too easily destroyed the benefits of subsoiling with subsequent operations trying to produce a ...
By Tillso
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Northern Challenges and Terragon’s Guardian Project
Our world is precious, and not just to us. With growing human populations across the globe, resources have never been this limited or this in-demand. Food is one of the resources humans cannot live without, although not everyone has the same access. People living in the northern regions in Canada, in places like Iqaluit, have food constraints. Many articles have been published and many news ...
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Heavy Metal Accumulation of Edible Vegetables Cultivated in Agricultural Soil in the Suburb of Zhengzhou City, People`s Republic of China
Heavy metals are not biodegradable and can accumulate in human vital organs, producing progressive toxicity. Many researches have revealed the carcinogenic effects of several heavy metals such as cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg) and arsenic (As) (Trichopoulos 1997; Feig et al. 1994; Gibb and Chen ...
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A Rose by any other Name
Bohemian Flowers on the south shores of Lake Naivasha, Nakuru County, Kenya, is today one the largest rose and mixed flower farms, exporting blooms all over the world. Once owned by a member of the Happy Valley set, the estate was first established as a cattle ranch until a Dutch entrepreneur Hans Zwager acquired the estate in 1968 and started exploring opportunities in agribusiness with a small ...
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Modelling Pesticide and Nutrient Transport in the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia Agro-Ecosystems
Cameron Highlands has a long history of intensive horticulture especially vegetable and flower cultivation. This industry uses large amounts of nutrients and pesticides. Several simulation models were used to assess the movement of pesticides and nutrients in relation to agronomic practices in farm plots cultivated with cabbage and chrysanthemum. It was shown that most of the pesticides are ...
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Modelling Pesticide and Nutrient Transport in the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia Agro-Ecosystems
Cameron Highlands has a long history of intensive horticulture especially vegetable and flower cultivation. This industry uses large amounts of nutrients and pesticides. Several simulation models were used to assess the movement of pesticides and nutrients in relation to agronomic practices in farm plots cultivated with cabbage and chrysanthemum. It was shown that most of the pesticides are ...
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