Advantages And Disadvantages Of Bitter Gourd

The experiment was begun by obtaining four 8 oz. Styrofoam cups and punching a hole through the bottom of them. This hole was for water entry or excess water drainage. Moistened soil was packed to the 1/2 full line in the cup along with 3 fertilizer pellets The cups were labeled the following: Rosette-H20, Rosette-GA, Wild-Type-H2O, and Wild-type- GA.(Handout 1) A small wooden applicator stick was obtained a moistened at the tip with water from the petri dish labeled ‘water.’ This was to be able to attract the seed to the applicator in order to place the seed from its original container into

Egypt always maintains a stable source of food because of the blessings of the Nile. The inundation of the river between the months of June and September makes our soils one of the most fertile areas in the world.

Between Autumn and Spring, prior to sowing and for the first three to five weeks after sowing.

Since the beginning of time, people have had a few basic needs. Somewhere to live, and most importantly, something to eat. Nature works within a very delicate balance, and one of the biggest challenges we face is the battle to keep our food supply plentiful and safe. Various plants, animals and other organisms can threaten our food supply, along with our health and comfort. When they display a threat we consider them to be pests, and their impact is never taken lightly.

Pests are also a major concern for hop farmers throughout history. The most dominant pest in the hop community is the two spotted spider mite. This pest can be found throughout the world and can considerably reduce crop output (Turner et al, 2011). “These mites thrive under hot, dry, and dusty conditions, and they produce webbing, which helps to protect them from predators, as well as chemical sprays” (Turner et al, 2011). This makes them extremely hard to kill and a constant burden on crop farmers. Another primary insect hop producers have to watch out for is the aphid. Like the two spotted spider mite, the aphid can greatly reduce quality and yield. They have a tendency of feeding on “hop cones late in the season, which increases the presence

1.Always wash and rinse your produce--This will wash and drain the tiny eggs off the surface of your produce, so there is no larvae to grow and multiply.

A piece of filter paper was moistened and then placed in a petri dish, and any excess water was poured off. The harvested seeds were then placed in neat rows on the upper two-thirds of the filter paper. The petri dish was then tilted on end in a water reservoir containing approximately two centimeters of water. The reservoir and dish were then placed under the fluorescent light to germinate for 48 hours. After the 48 hours, the

of soil types and climate conditions. It can produce 2 to 3 times more crop than

Flea beetles damaged young plants and seedlings that may reduce plant growth or even killed. The application of a thick layer of mulch may help prevent flea beetles to reach the plant. The organic method is by applying diamotecoeus earth or oils such as neem oils. Weekly application of insecticide can provide adequate control. The insecticides should contain carbaryl, spinosad, permethrin and bifenthrin.

I whipped out my laptop, Googled fruit fly traps, selected the most promising-looking trap to create and studied on how to craft it. Vinegar, check, dish soap, check, paper cone, check, bait, check. I had everything needed to make a fruit fly vinegar trap. I made several traps

Its changeling to treat because there is a short time period before it turns brown and seeds. The seeds act as

Furthermore, 5 DAT the inoculated larvae of both the treatments Beauveria coated groundnuts seeds and non-coated controls were collected, and was surface sterilized. Each larva collected was cut into two pieces and was inoculated on Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) medium to check fungal emergence from each insect larval piece and to determine colonization percent of B. bassiana on H. zea. in both control and Beauveria treatments. The fungus obtained from the treatments was confirmed by obtaining pure cultures from the insect pieces, and the culture obtained was confirmed by observation of cultural characteristic and microscopic observation of conidia (fig

This experiment studies the effect of the hormone, Gibberellic acid, on the growth of plants. The hormone increases cell growth and cell division in the stems and leaves of plants. Gibberellic acid is applied on food crops to quicken germination because it is naturally occurring and has a low toxicity (Phillips, n.d.). The purpose for studying Gibberellic acid is to observe how it affects the growth of plants. The Brassica rapa and the rosette receiving the hormone Gibberellic acid will show an increase in their health, wet mass in grams, and dry mass in grams than those that do not receive it.

For example, with the advancement of season one materials into season two, season one will be repeated. Similarly, at the beginning of season three, procedures started during seasons two and one will also be repeated, and so on. Therefore, it will take four seasons to completely populate all phases of the new organic focused small grain breeding programs. For some promising crosses single seed descent (SSD) will be used to quickly develop homozygous lines that will be selected, and seed along to enter them into preliminary yield trials (PYT).

4) The higher yields due to the crops being disease, virus, drought, pest and herbicide resistant decreases the demand for the crops (increased availability) which in turn