Effect of rice bran application for eco- friendly weed control, growth and yield of lowland rice in Bangladesh

Experiments were conducted during dry season of 2006 and 2007 at BRRI farm Gazipur and Bhanga,Faridpur to determine the effectiveness of rice bran against weed suppression, rice growth and its impact on rice yield.Treatments comprise of rice bran applied at the rate of 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0 tha-1 and compared with unweeded, weed free and two hand weeding in RCBD design with three replications. Different rates of rice bran significantly controlled...

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Carbon sequestration and soil quality under organic system of local rice (Oryza sativaL.) variety in Tabanan, Bali Indonesia

I. Wayan Diara, I. Made Adnyana, I.B. Putra Manuaba, I.G.A. Mas Sri Agung*  Udayana University, Bukit Jimbaran-Badung, Bali, Indonesia Soil organic carbon (SOC) storage has been widely considered as a measure for mitigating global climate change through C sequestration (SOCS) in soils. A study was conducted by evaluating  SOC, total N, available P, K, bulk density, and total soil microbes under organic system and conventional...

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Participatory plant breeding approach for identifying the superior rainfed barley genotypes in Egypt

Mahmoud Gomaa1, Fathy Radwan1, Naiim Moselhy2, Ashraf El-Sadek2*, SafwatAbdelkader2 1.Plant Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture (Saba basha) ,Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt 2.Plant Production Department, Ecology and Dryland Cultivation Division. Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt The participatory plant breeding (PPB) approach, in which the selection process is performed in the farmers’ fields, is not a widely known...

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