All wood in growing trees contains a considerable amount of water which is commonly called sap. Water is contained in wood as either bound water or free water. The bound water is held within cell walls by bonding forces between water and cellulose molecules, while the free water is contained in the cell cavities and is not held by these forces. The amount of water in wood can be calculated and expressed as a percent of the dry weight is called the “Moisture Content” (MC). The hygroscopic nature…
Our planet is in the middle of the sixth mass extinction of mammals, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and plants. We are currently experiencing the worst case of extinction than the dinosaurs which was 65 million years ago. Extinction may be a natural event but there has been a recent increase of species extinction from 1000 to 10,000 per year. This means in the future we may lose species every day [1]. Before extinction was caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruption and climate change but this…
MORAL DILEMMA Ant and Grasshopper Stephanie Gardner Should the ant give food to the grasshopper? Yes and no. Now I say both for a variety of different reasons. I have a feeling that the ant in this situation is not mean enough to just let the grasshopper go hungry. But is the grasshopper allowed to just get off without any punishment for not working hard? This is a classic argument of mercy verses justice. The ant can't show the grasshopper the mercy that he desires and at the same time have…
suffer severe algae blooms. In consequence, the bloom creates a mat on the surface of the water blocking all the sunlight. When no sunlight reaches the water, the plants beneath cannot create oxygen through photosynthesis. Overall, the consequences of having a pond with too many nutrients are algae blooms, die-offs of organisms and plants, and a murky water color. Every pond is a part of a bigger environment, every part of the world rests in a different climate; therefore, a different set of…
The texts “Eat Your Bugs” by Miguel Vilar and Laura Allen and “Insect Farmers...” by The Washington Post have both Persuade and say that bugs are healthy. irst, both of the articles persuade. For example, on page 21 of “Eat Your Bugs” the text states that you should try eating bugs. Similarly, on page 1of “Insect Farmers” it says that Americans should start eating bugs. And on page 1 of Insect farmers it says that many people don’t care if there is bugs in their salad. This is similar because on…
Cherry Blossom is Japanese festival. In Japanese term, cherry blossom known as "Sakura". The flower of genus Prunus trees bloom in the spring season, which consider as Cherry Blossom. These are White and Pink flowers. The Cherry Blossom is assumed to be a native of the Himalayas. It looks marvelous when the Cherry trees bloom at its peak. You must visit it once. National cherry blossom festival Washington DC In 1912 Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo had gifted 3000 Cherry trees to City of Washington…
Rotavator Saeed Firouzi and Mohammadreza Alizadeh (2012) [1]: has performed field experiment to evaluate different weeding method for groundnut. The weeding method included two power tiller operated weeders Cultivator and Rotavator. Study was carried out at three different forward speeds of 1, 1.5 and 2km/hr. For all the factors Rotavator gave superior results than Cultivator. The maximum soil manipulation was achieved by Rotavator at lowest forward speed of 1km/hr. which leads to higher crop…
“At the end of 2013, there were an estimated 500,000 African elephants living in the world. 95 percent of the elephant population has been killed during the last 100 years”. Human activity is leading to extinction of many species. While some laws are banning poaching, it continues to become a severe issue. Kenya, for instance, is struggling to protect elephan.It has negative effects on both the environment and the economy in Kenya. Since the population of elephants declines, the number of…
The fungi Alternaria is a phyto-pathogen cause leaf blight disease to variety of plants. Alternaria alternata and Alternaria helianthi was isolated from Dalbergia sissoo L. and Helianthus annuus L. respectively. Test antagonists grow faster than the pathogen and produced inhibition zones thereby limiting the growth of the pathogen. These antagonistic interactions influence the incidence and severity of the disease caused by the pathogen. When the two Alternaria spp. were tested by dual culture…
values for various agro-morphological traits of linseed S.No. Traits Source Replication Genotypes Error df 2 18 36 1 Seed yield per plot (g) 0.26 3.93** 0.02 2 1000 Seed Weight (g) 0.76 7.07** 0.04 3 Plant Height (cm) 4.99 329.63** 1.32 4 Technical Height (cm) 3.82 137.04** 1.32 5 Primary branch 1.14 21.74** 0.10 6 Secondary branch 0.84 13.71**…