Volume 9, Issue 2 (2014) | American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences

INDUCES OF ANTIOXIDANT COMPOUNDS AND SALT TOLERANCE IN WHEAT PLANT, IRRIGATED WITH SEAWATER AS RESPONSE TO APPLICATION OF MICROALGAE SPRAY

Hanaa H. Abd El Baky — 2014-01-07

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 7 January 2014; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2014.127.137

Wheat plants (Triticum aestivum L., cv. Giza 168) irrigated with either 10 or 20% of Seawater (SW) were treated with aqueous extracts of green microalgae Scenedesmus obliquus and blue green algae Spir...

IN-SEASON ASSESSMENT OF WHEAT CROP HEALTH USING VEGETATION INDICES BASED ON GROUND MEASURED HYPER SPECTRAL DATA

Khalid Ali Al-Gaadi — 2014-01-07

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 7 January 2014; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2014.138.146

An experiment on a 50 ha center pivot field was conducted to determine the Vegetation Indices (VI’s) that were helpful in assessing the in-season performance of wheat crop treated with graded levels...

ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN CANCER PATIENTS

Fereshteh Farzianpour — 2014-01-09

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 9 January 2014; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2014.147.152

Standards of Joint Commission International (JCI) emphasize on the organizational performance level in basic functional domains including patient right, patient care, medical safety and infection cont...

A BIOPHYSIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF SETTLED LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY HOUSING DUSTS

Carresse Gerald — 2014-01-16

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 16 January 2014; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2014.153.166

The levels and composition of agricultural dusts are influenced by animal species, production strategy, housing type and ventilation efficiency. Agricultural dust within animal houses is complex and c...

POST-HARVEST CONTROL OF APPLE BLUE MOLD UNDER COLD STORAGE CONDITIONS

Ziad B. Al-Rawashdeh — 2014-01-23

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 23 January 2014; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2014.167.173

To control blue mold of apples caused by Penicillium expansum after harvest and during commercial cold storage, microwave exposure was investigated as a physical measure and compared with the use of c...

DEVELOPMENT OF A MACHINE VISION SYSTEM FOR WEED DETECTION DURING BOTH OF OFF-SEASON AND IN-SEASON IN BROADACRE NO-TILLAGE CROPPING LANDS

Huajian Liu — 2014-01-29

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 29 January 2014; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2014.174.193

More than half of the Australian cropping land is no-tillage and weed control within continuous no-tillage agricultural cropping area is becoming more and more difficult. A major problem is that the h...

STATUS OF THE ELDERLY HEALTHCARE COSTS

Fereshteh Farzianpour — 2014-01-29

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 29 January 2014; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2014.194.201

One of the most fundamental aspects of healthcare for the elderly is planning to reduce challenges associated with their healthcare costs. The present study aimed to assess the status of the elderly h...

EFFECT OF POLYETHYLENE BLACK PLASTIC MULCH ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF TWO SUMMER VEGETABLE CROPS UNDER RAIN-FED CONDITIONS UNDER SEMI-ARID REGION CONDITIONS

Atif Y. Mahadeen — 2014-01-29

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 29 January 2014; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2014.202.207

Water use efficiency in agriculture can be enhanced by several strategies mainly by reducing evaporation from the soil surface. The mulching techniques were being used widely in irrigated crop product...

USE OF SALINE WATER FOR GREENHOUSE BELL PEPPER (CAPSICUM ANNUUM) PRODUCTION

V. C. Patil — 2014-02-01

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 1 February 2014; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2014.208.217

A greenhouse experiment was conducted to study the response of bell pepper to quality of irrigation water and irrigation regimes. The main treatments included non-saline water (EC-0.5 dS m-1) and sali...

IMPLEMENTATION OF HAZARD ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL CONTROL POINTS REQUIREMENTS IN NUTRITION DEPARTMENTS OF SELECTED HOSPITALS IN IRAN

Fereshteh Farzianpour — 2014-02-01

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 1 February 2014; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2014.218.225

Nutrition department is one of the most important parts in a hospital since the performance of it has great impact on patients’ satisfaction. HACCP standard is one of tools for management and monito...

BIOGAS PRODUCTION FROM TOFU LIQUID WASTE ON TREATED AGRICULTURAL WASTES

Budy Rahmat — 2014-02-01

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 1 February 2014; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2014.226.231

The Tofu Liquid Waste (TLW) as a pollution might be processed into biogas which was environmentally friendly and had potential to replace burning wood or oil. However, the waste could not directly be ...

EFFECTS OF MELANOCORTIN-4 RECEPTOR GENE ON GROWTH AND MEAT TRAITS IN PIGS RAISED IN RUSSIA

A. Klimenko — 2014-02-11

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 11 February 2014; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2014.232.237

The Melanocortin-4 Receptor (MC4R), a G-protein coupled receptor, is implicated in mediating the effect of leptin on food intake and energy balance. A previous candidate gene study reported an associa...

THE ASSOCIATION OF IONS IN THE SOIL SOLUTION OF SALINE SOILS

A. P. Endovitsky — 2014-02-12

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 12 February 2014; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2014.238.244

The chemical equilibrium in the soil solution determines the dynamics of its material composition, migration and accumulation of salts. In the soil solution are formed electrically neutral ion pairs C...

FLOW CYTOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF NUCLEAR DNA BETWEEN OKRA LANDRACES (ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS L.)

Naser M. Salameh — 2014-02-13

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 13 February 2014; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2014.245.250

Okra Abelmoschus esculentus L. (Moench), is an economically important vegetable crop grown in tropical and sub-tropical as well as Mediterranean countries. The genome size of the Abelmoschus genus spe...

INFLUENCE OF INCUBATION PERIOD, TEMPERATURE AND DIFFERENT PHOSPHATE LEVELS ON PHOSPHATE ADSORPTION IN SOIL

A. Rajput — 2014-02-13

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Published online: 13 February 2014; doi:10.3844/ajabssp.2014.251.260

Phosphorus (P) is the most important element after nitrogen but P sorption properties are poorly documented in many soils. In this study, P sorption capacity in relation to incubation period and tempe...