Stichler and Livingston (1999) previously stated that a major advantage of winter wheat compared with other small grain species that could be grown for winter forage production is its excellent tolerance to abiotic stresses including cold and drought. In addition, wheat forage has relatively high nutritive values including high protein, energy values, minerals, and low fiber concentrations, compared with barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), oat (Avena sativa L.), and rye (Secale cereale L.) forages. Generally, forage yield of winter wheat from late November to early March is more consistent and productive than that of the other species (Denman and Arnold, 1970; Watson et al., 1993). Bockus et al. (2001) and Watson et al. (1993) mentioned that susceptibility of winter wheat to Hessian fly [Mayetiola destructor (Say)], leaf rust (incited by Puccinia triticina), and several virus diseases could be obstacles for successful winter forage production, especially in early planted regions. …show more content…
Prasad and Power (1997) and Sparks (2003) reported that soil acidity caused by the nitrification process, organic matter decomposition, and acid rain has been a major limitation for winter forage production in the southern Great Plains. Therefore, development of winter wheat varieties tolerant to acidic soil and high Al concentration is one of important goals for the winter wheat breeding programs, especially in the southern Great Plains (Johnson et al.,
Everyone may know about pop corn, the best snack item. It is mostly known as a refreshment item, but it has some benefits to deal with health. As you know about benefits of pop corn, you will immediately buy it. Usually, whole corns have health benefits. Particularly, pop corn has various health benefits. Only few corns offer easy preparation method. Pop corn is one of those corns. While corn makers are there to further simplify preparation process, you should not wait to buy it. You have to just buy the best pop corn maker. After reading reviews, you will come to know about best maker to pop corn.
Receiving the Klemmer & Associates Mustard Seed Scholarship will equip me to use the skills I have learned over the last twenty years to use i a very impactful and powerful way.
To start this paper off right, it is important to know the definitions of both grass-fed and grain-fed. According to IGrow a Service of SDSU Extension:
Scientific illiteracy is something that many advertising agencies play off to get a dramatic reaction from their intended audience. Viewers are gullible as they believe the majority of the information portrayed on an advertisement in front of them. These statements, beliefs, methods, theories, or practices that claim to be scientific and factual, actually deem absent of legitimate evidence and are imposters of science (Lilienfeld, et al., 2017). They simply acquire a superficial appearance, whilst lacking the scientific substance needed to prove the discipline (Lilienfeld & Lilienfeld, 2008).
One of the best feelings that a person can get while sitting in class is that feeling of “when the light bulb goes on.” That moment happened last Tuesday in class, when Dr. Liu was giving us his overview of Turfgrass. When he explained about how the patterns in the turf are because of the direction that the grass is cut. All those years of playing baseball in middle school and high school came together and the light bulb went off. Learning that special patterns could be done with the help of a roller on the turf was very cool. It would have really awesome to have done a few unique patterns in the outfield in high school. My mind automatly went to the amazing baseball fields that are seen on TV or the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day every year.
If I had lived during the Holocaust, the hardships would include lack of shelter, starvation, and survival. To start, people struggled to find a safe shelter. The book Milkweed is about a boy who has to change the locations of his shelter to be able to survive. I know that during this time period a lot of people who were jewish were taken to concentration camps were they were forced to work and were treated harshly. Because of this people had to change the location of their shelter to escape getting caught. Additionally, people also had to face the struggles of starvation. Since hitler and his nazis were killing off a lot of people, the people who owned food stores could no longer sell food. This meant that people couldn’t get the same amount
The area’s cropland has, for a long time, been suited for the growth of durum wheat. However, because of the increase in rainfall, corn crops are being more apt to grow in the state’s terrain.
Before the drastic events of the dust bowl, white settlers, lured in by extremely inexpensive land, arrived to have lives as farmers. However, to obtain this land Native Americans were forced off of their own land, leaving millions of acres with thick prairie grass. This seemingly indestructible grass could survive lightning strikes, harsh winters, blazing summers, and the most anhydrous droughts. Sadly, when the settlers arrived, the destruction and removal of the grass from the vast plains began. To accomplish such a feat, farmers used axes, sharp blade plows, and some farmers even used their bare hands. In only two decades, millions of acres of prairie grass was completely obliterated, just for wheat to replace it. Thankfully for the farmers, the wheat was fruitful, for plentiful rain ensued the planting of the wheat. At this time, humans destroyed the prairie grass.
(Click Slide). Molecular compounds are everywhere in our every day lives! Sugar cane, for example, is a molecular renewable compound. Although we do not think about it, all of our consumer products that we buy and use are made of molecular compounds that come from various natural resources. Natural resources can be categorized into 2 divisions: renewable resources and non-renewable resources.
Is a pumpkin a vegetable or a fruit? What colors do pumpkins come in? These were just a few of the questions asked by Dawn Williams, a member of California Women for Agriculture (CWA) during a presentation to Ms. Katie Phelp’s 3rd grade class.
When summertime comes, nobody wants to see a garden full of wilted flowering plants that just can’t take the heat. If you want to make sure you still have a thriving garden when the temperatures climb up, check this list of heat- and drought-tolerant plants.
Mayan civilization underwent massive developments in agriculture and within their society. According to historian Sylvanus Griswold Morley, Maya Maize agricultural practices have remained the same as they were over three thousand years ago. (Morley 128) A uncomplicated process of felling the forest, burning dried trees and bushes, planting, and switching up the spots of the cornfields every few years. This system is known as the milpa agriculture, pulled from the Aztec word for cornfield. Agricultural tools were fire-hardened, the Maya xul, a pointed planting stick, the baat, a stone axe, chim, a fiber bag for carrying the seed corn. At first, they used sticks to punch holes into the ground, but progressively obtained more advanced farming techniques. Their main crops they grew were maize (corn), beans, squash, avocados, chili peppers, pineapples, papayas, and cocoa, which was used for
The Farmers 6000 (also known as F6) is a robot build to farm goods and plant trees on a spaceship. The F6 will help develop a healthy environment, and provide fresh fruits and vegetables. The F6 will cover all jobs a regular farmer has, from seeding a plant, to fixing a plant. The F6 is also very friendly with humans, and enjoys the pleasure of making people happy.
Wheat, a main staple in food and a source for many products, is a global commodity with diverse supply availability and changing demands. Each country has its own production, consumption and exportation of
Agriculture is one of the major sector becoming vulnerable to climate-change. Increased incidences of abiotic and biotic stresses are likely to cause serious negative impact on crop production. Abiotic stress is defined as the negative impact of non-living factors on the living organisms in a specific environment. The non-living variable must influence the environment beyond its normal range of variation to adversely affect the performance or individual organism in a significant way. This leads to decrease in the productivity by more than 50% in major crop plants which are growing word wide (Bray et al., 2000). Increased water stress, reduction in rainfall and increased air temperature are the major reasons for yield decline in wheat and paddy crops in many parts of South Asia. The average increase in temperature per decade is measured to be 0.28 ºC over land and 0.12 ºC over ocean and predicted that it is likely to rise further to a maximum of 2.5 ºC by 2050 and 5.8 ºC by 2100 (Jones et al., 1999; Grover et al., 2011). The principal abiotic stresses in India are drought or soil moisture stress, high temperatures, soil salinity/alkalinity, low pH and metal toxicity stresses that affect nearly two-thirds area forming parts of the arid and semi arid eco systems (Grover et al., 2011).