February 2013

Vegetation types and rangeland species nutritional values and forage quality indicators at various phonological stages

Information on different rangeland plants’ nutritive values at various growth stages is important in rangelands management. This information helps rangeland managers to choose proper grazing times to achieve higher animal performance without detrimental effects on the rangeland vegetations. Effects of various plant parts’ growth stages and vegetation types on reserve carbohydrates and forage quality...

Author(s): Reza Dehghani Bidgoli and Abulfazl Ranjbarfordoei

February 2013

Changes in some biochemical characteristics in response to foliar applications of chelator and micronutrients in green pungent pepper

In order to study the changes in some biochemical characteristics in response to foliar applicationsof chelator [humic acid: HA1 (0%) and HA2 (0.05%)] and micronutrients [manganese: Mn1 (0%); Mn2 (0.05%) and molybdenum: Mo1 (0%); Mo2 (0.01%)] in green pungent pepper cv. Bullet (Capsicum annum L.), a pot experiment in factorial randomized block design with three replications was...

Author(s): Manas Denre, P. K. Bandopadhyay, A. Chakravarty, S. Pal and A. Bhattacharya