Alternate wetting and drying (AWD) is a management practice in irrigated lowland rice that reduces water use by up to 30% and reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to 50% while maintaining yields.
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Some picture and data are collected from internet. procedure is in short form so that it can understand easily.
There is no shortcut of success.
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Soil-less cultivation is a new advanced method for improving cultivation of different vegetable crops. It is a method of growing vegetables without the using soil as a rooting medium, in which the inorganic nutrients absorbed by the roots are supplied through irrigation water. It includes hydroponics, aeroponics and aquaponics. Hydroponics is the growing of vegetables in a fed with a solution containing a mixture of macro and micro-nutrients. Aquaponics is the technique in which, aquatic animals such as snails, fish, crayfish, prawns, etc., are grown in tanks with combination of hydroponics with vegetables are grown in water in a symbiotic environment. In aeroponics system, sealed root chamber is used as reservoir for nutrient solution where the plants above the reservoir cover with polystyrene/other material. It must be supported or hanged through holes in the expanded cover and are misted with nutrient solution to keep it always moist. Soil- less cultivation has been followed in number of vegetables such as, tomato, chilli, brinjal, green bean, bell pepper, cauliflower, cucumber, melons, radish, onion, lettuce, beet, winged beans, water spinach, spinach, coriander, and so on. Soil-less cultivation helps in early nursery raising and easy management, production of healthy vegetable seedlings free from disease, insects and pest. It has various benefits like; year-round production and off season, higher productivity and uniform quality, management of insect-pests, diseases and weeds is easier which helps in more efficient and less use of resources. Soilless culture is rapidly gaining its popularity and get accepted in many countries, especially in commercial vegetable production. Soilless culture could well dominate food production in the future As population increases and cultivable land declines due to poor land management, so people turn towards new technologies like soilless culture. In order to popularize soilless culture, it is very important to provide scientifically proven results for awareness and massive production of vegetable through soilless farming system and with this advanced technologies and techniques involved in soilless vegetable cultivation can be said as next-generation crop science hence, it can open a doorway to establish a new civilization in outer space.
Alternate wetting and drying (AWD) is a management practice in irrigated lowland rice that reduces water use by up to 30% and reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to 50% while maintaining yields.
Determination potassium by_ammonium_acetate_extraction_method_zahid_sau_sylhetSyed Zahid Hasan
Determination_potassium_by_ammonium_acetate_extraction_method_zahid_sau_sylhet.
Some picture and data are collected from internet. procedure is in short form so that it can understand easily.
There is no shortcut of success.
Read book first.
Soil-less cultivation is a new advanced method for improving cultivation of different vegetable crops. It is a method of growing vegetables without the using soil as a rooting medium, in which the inorganic nutrients absorbed by the roots are supplied through irrigation water. It includes hydroponics, aeroponics and aquaponics. Hydroponics is the growing of vegetables in a fed with a solution containing a mixture of macro and micro-nutrients. Aquaponics is the technique in which, aquatic animals such as snails, fish, crayfish, prawns, etc., are grown in tanks with combination of hydroponics with vegetables are grown in water in a symbiotic environment. In aeroponics system, sealed root chamber is used as reservoir for nutrient solution where the plants above the reservoir cover with polystyrene/other material. It must be supported or hanged through holes in the expanded cover and are misted with nutrient solution to keep it always moist. Soil- less cultivation has been followed in number of vegetables such as, tomato, chilli, brinjal, green bean, bell pepper, cauliflower, cucumber, melons, radish, onion, lettuce, beet, winged beans, water spinach, spinach, coriander, and so on. Soil-less cultivation helps in early nursery raising and easy management, production of healthy vegetable seedlings free from disease, insects and pest. It has various benefits like; year-round production and off season, higher productivity and uniform quality, management of insect-pests, diseases and weeds is easier which helps in more efficient and less use of resources. Soilless culture is rapidly gaining its popularity and get accepted in many countries, especially in commercial vegetable production. Soilless culture could well dominate food production in the future As population increases and cultivable land declines due to poor land management, so people turn towards new technologies like soilless culture. In order to popularize soilless culture, it is very important to provide scientifically proven results for awareness and massive production of vegetable through soilless farming system and with this advanced technologies and techniques involved in soilless vegetable cultivation can be said as next-generation crop science hence, it can open a doorway to establish a new civilization in outer space.
The Rural Agricultural Work Experience (RAWE)
Given by......
THIRTHANKAR DEBNATH
M.SC in forestry and biodiversity
B.SC in agriculture
Gmail id - tirthajoy607@gmail.com
Onion is an important field crop and it is widely cultivated as a spice crop in Bangladesh. The major onion growing districts in Bangladesh are Rajshahi, Faridpur, Pabna, Meherpur, Kushtia, Magura, Bogura, Rangpur, Thakurgaon, Dinajpur, Jamalpur etc. Although different types of improved onion varieties are cultivated here in this country but the two popular local varieties namely ‘Taherpuri’ and ‘Faridpuri’ have good market demand in the market due to their good bulb shape, size, taste, flavour, pungency and storability. However, no improvement of these 2 varieties have been done so far as a result the yield of these 2 local varieties is poor and the bulb quality has been deteriorated significantly. Among these 2 popular varieties, in an effort to improve the variety ‘Taherpuri’; bulb samples of local ‘Taherpuri’ variety were collected and after following a series of breeding steps finally the improvement of the local stock has been made at BRAC Agricultural Research & Development Centre. It has been released as ‘Improved Taherpuri’ onion variety which is characterized by excellent plant vigour, good uniformity rate, larger bulb size having good taste and storability. Its yield has been recorded as 10-12 Mt/acre with better bulb shape, size, bulb wt. (bulb wt. 40-45gm) and good bulb quality as well. Desirable quantity of good quality seeds was also obtained from the newly developed improved variety. #To enjoy my you tube video on onion seed production please follow the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGbLuxvsVT4&t=98s
Pract no. 9 (a) floral biology of bananatusharamodugu
Botanical name : Musa paradisiaca L. (Fruit variety)
Musa sapientum (Vegetable variety)
Common Name : Banana, Kela
Chromosome number : 2n = 3x = 33
Banana is one of the oldest fruits and second largest growing fruit crop in the world. It is also known as “Adams Fig “and “Apple of Paradise.”
Importance :
It is widely used as a fresh fruit.
The central core of the pseudostem is used as a vegetable.
The banana pseudostem is also used for manufacturing paper and boards.
Carrot cultivation based on botany, plant characteristic, soil, climate, variety and varietal characteristic, problem in cultivation and their management practices and storage and post harvest handling.
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The Rural Agricultural Work Experience (RAWE)
Given by......
THIRTHANKAR DEBNATH
M.SC in forestry and biodiversity
B.SC in agriculture
Gmail id - tirthajoy607@gmail.com
Onion is an important field crop and it is widely cultivated as a spice crop in Bangladesh. The major onion growing districts in Bangladesh are Rajshahi, Faridpur, Pabna, Meherpur, Kushtia, Magura, Bogura, Rangpur, Thakurgaon, Dinajpur, Jamalpur etc. Although different types of improved onion varieties are cultivated here in this country but the two popular local varieties namely ‘Taherpuri’ and ‘Faridpuri’ have good market demand in the market due to their good bulb shape, size, taste, flavour, pungency and storability. However, no improvement of these 2 varieties have been done so far as a result the yield of these 2 local varieties is poor and the bulb quality has been deteriorated significantly. Among these 2 popular varieties, in an effort to improve the variety ‘Taherpuri’; bulb samples of local ‘Taherpuri’ variety were collected and after following a series of breeding steps finally the improvement of the local stock has been made at BRAC Agricultural Research & Development Centre. It has been released as ‘Improved Taherpuri’ onion variety which is characterized by excellent plant vigour, good uniformity rate, larger bulb size having good taste and storability. Its yield has been recorded as 10-12 Mt/acre with better bulb shape, size, bulb wt. (bulb wt. 40-45gm) and good bulb quality as well. Desirable quantity of good quality seeds was also obtained from the newly developed improved variety. #To enjoy my you tube video on onion seed production please follow the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGbLuxvsVT4&t=98s
Pract no. 9 (a) floral biology of bananatusharamodugu
Botanical name : Musa paradisiaca L. (Fruit variety)
Musa sapientum (Vegetable variety)
Common Name : Banana, Kela
Chromosome number : 2n = 3x = 33
Banana is one of the oldest fruits and second largest growing fruit crop in the world. It is also known as “Adams Fig “and “Apple of Paradise.”
Importance :
It is widely used as a fresh fruit.
The central core of the pseudostem is used as a vegetable.
The banana pseudostem is also used for manufacturing paper and boards.
Carrot cultivation based on botany, plant characteristic, soil, climate, variety and varietal characteristic, problem in cultivation and their management practices and storage and post harvest handling.
“Advances in breeding of grapes ”
Advances breeding of Grape, breeding of grape, mutation breeding of grape, biotechnology breeding of grape ppt, breeding of grape by gangaram rana, Advances breeding of Grape in igkv ,
Topic: Talc
Contents
Introduction
Names of Talc
Occurrence
Physical Properties
Deposits
Formation Of Talc
Reserves In Pakistan
Uses of Talc (Soap Stone)
Health Effects
References
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Future:
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Abstract— The water quality was studied for selected samples from groundwater and network water-supply. The values of NH3, NO3-, pH, TDS, alkalinity, hardness, Pb, Cd, Fe3+ and Mn2+ were estimated. Ammonia values ranged between 0.07-0.7 ppm. Nitrate values ranged between 2.4 and 0.35 ppm. The TDS was between 645 ppm and 480 ppm. For Fe3+ and Mn2+ the values are below the limits of WHO except for well 9; and manganese in wells 6-10. Several wells showed values of Cd above the Saudi STD. The network water-supply in Tabuk city was investigated. The TDS values for these samples were between 500-600 ppm. The hardness values exceed the Saudi STD limit. When ammonia was tested, only one sample showed high value. Chloride level was below 158 ppm, but sulfate values for most samples were 128-222 ppm. For iron only one sample (well no. 9) was above the permissible limit.
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ESTIMATION OF POTASSIUM IN BANANA SAMPLE BY FLAME EMISSION SPECTROPHOTOMETER
1. ESTIMATION OF POTASSIUM IN BANANA SAMPLE BY
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Submitted by: Sadia Rahat
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FLAME EMISSION SPECTROMETRY.......................................................................................................3
PROBLEM...........................................................................................................................................4
APPLICATION OF FES...........................................................................................................................4
POTASSIUM (K+
) .................................................................................................................................4
NATURAL OCCURRENCE..................................................................................................................4
PERMISSIBLE STANDARDS OF POTASSIUM ...........................................................................................5
PRINCIPLE..........................................................................................................................................5
STOCK SOLUTION-1000ppm KCl.......................................................................................................6
PROCEDURE.......................................................................................................................................6
STANDARD SOLUTIONS.......................................................................................................................7
CALCULATIONS...............................................................................................................................8
RESULT...........................................................................................................................................9
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF POTASSIUM.........................................................................................9
HEALTH IMPACTS OF POTASSIUM......................................................................................................10
REFERENCES.....................................................................................................................................11
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FLAME EMISSION SPECTROMETRY
In flame emission spectrometry, the sample solution is nebulized (converted into a fine aerosol)
and introduced into the flame where it is de-solvated, vaporized, and atomized, all in rapid
succession. Subsequently, atoms and molecules are raised to excited states via thermal collisions
with the constituents of the partially burned flame gases. Upon their return to a lower or ground
electronic state, the excited atoms and molecules emit radiation characteristic of the sample
components (Lyra et al., 2010).
The emitted radiation passes through a monochromator that isolates the specific wavelength for
the desired analysis. A photo-detector measures the radiant power of the selected radiation,
which is then amplified and sent to a readout device, meter, recorder, or microcomputer system
(Jamshidi et al., 2011).
Combustion flames provide a means of converting analytes in solution to atoms in the vapor
phase freed of their chemical surroundings. These free atoms are then transformed into excited
electronic states by one of two methods:
1. Absorption of additional thermal energy from the flame.
2. Absorption of radiant energy from an external source of radiation.
FES PROCESSING DIAGRAM
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PROBLEM ESTIMATION OF POTASSIUM IN BANANA SAMPLE BY FLAME EMISSION
SPECTROPHOTOMETER
APPLICATION OF FES
Most applications of FES have been the determination of trace metals, especially in liquid
samples. It should be remembered that FES offers a simple, inexpensive, and sensitive method
for detecting common metals,including the alkaliand alkalineearths, as wellas several transition
metals such as Fe, Mn, Cu, and Zn (Degler et al., 2015).
FES has been extended to include a number of nonmetals: H, B, C, N, P, As, O, S, Se, Te, halogens,
and noble gases. FES detectors for P and S are commercially available for use in gas
chromatography (Juned & Arjun, 2011).
FES has found wide application in agricultural and environmental analysis, industrial analyses of
ferrous metals and alloys as well as glasses and ceramic materials, and clinical analyses of body
fluids. FES can be easily automated to handle a large number of samples. Array detectors
interfaced to a microcomputer system permit simultaneous analyses of several elements in a
single sample (Sirignano et al., 2012).
POTASSIUM (K+
)
Most potassium occurs in the Earth's crust as minerals, such as feldspars and clays. Potassiumis
leached from these by weathering, which explains why there is quite a lot of this element in the
sea (0.75 g/liter) (Webb, 1939).
Minerals mined for their potassium are pinkish and sylvite, carnallite and alunite. The main
mining area used to be Germany, which had a monopoly of potassium before the World War l
(Jamshidi et al., 2011).
NATURAL OCCURRENCE
Today most potassium minerals come from Canada, USA and Chile. The world production of
potassium ores is about 50 million tons, and reserves are vast (more than 10 billion tons).
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Potassium is a key plant element. Although it is soluble in water, little is lost from undisturbed
soils becauseas it is released fromdead plants and animal excrements, it quickly become strongly
bound to clay particles, and it is retained ready to be re-adsorbed by the roots of other plants
(Thomas et al., 2012).
PERMISSIBLE STANDARDS OF POTASSIUM
PAKISTAN STANDARDS & QUALITY CONTROL AUTHORITY (PSQCA)
DRINKING WATER 10 mg/L
(PSQCA, 2002)
WHO
GROUND WATER (IN COMBINATION OF
CHLORIDE)
300 mg/L
(WHO, 1984)
CFR - CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
POTASSIUM IN FOOD IN TERMS OF
DAILY REFERENCE VALUE
3,500 mg
(CFR, 2015)
PRINCIPLE
In FES, the sample solution is nebulized and introduced into the flame where it is de-solvated,
vaporized, and atomized, all in rapid succession. Subsequently, atoms and molecules are raised
to excited states. Upon their return to a lower or ground electronic state, the excited atoms and
molecules emit radiation characteristicof the sample components that is measured and recorded
by the photo-detectors (Lyra et al., 2010).
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STOCK SOLUTION-1000ppm KCl
First of all, we carefully took 1.91 g of KCl in 1000 ml flask and make its volume up to the mark
with the help of distilled H2O. In this way, we have prepared a stock solution of 1000 ppm of
potassium chloride.
PROCEDURE
First of all, we carefully took 1.91 g of KCl in 1000 ml flask and make its volume up to the mark
with the help of distilled H2O. In this way, we have prepared a 1000 ppm of potassium
solution. To make 10 ppm potassium solution, we carefully took 10ml of 1000 ppm solution in
100 ml flask and make its volume up to the mark with the help of distilled water.
Similarly, to make 20 ppm potassium solution, take 20 ml of 1000 ppm solution in 100 ml flask
and make its volume up to the mark with the help of distilled water. In the same way, we
prepared standard solutions of 30 ppm, 50 ppm, 60 ppm and 70 ppm standards from stock
solution. After the construction of the seven standards, the unknown solution was made. The
entire banana was weighed (minus the peel), and then 4 grams of it was measured out for
analysis.
This was then crushed using a mortar and pestle with 32ml of water (1:8 dilution) for extraction.
25ml of HCl was then added to a 25ml aliquot of the diluted banana solution for extraction as
well (1:16 dilution). The solution was shaken vigorously for ten minutes. The solution was then
filtered and diluted 1:62.5. The unknown solutions were then measured along with the
standards to create a calibration curve for determination of potassium content in the
unknown solutions.
After these measurements were taken standard addition was then done to account for any
unknown matrix effects. This was done by varying the amounts of 100ppm potassium
standard solution in 100mL volumetric flasks. There were seven flasks, and the first one had
1ml of 100ppm potassium solution, the second had 2ml, the third had 3ml etc.
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Each solution had a constant amount of unknown banana solution added (2ml) and then they
were diluted to the 100 mark. These solutions are referred to as “spiked.” After making the
solutions for standard addition, they were all run through the FES machine in order to
construct a standard addition curve. This curve was used in conjunction with the calibration
curve to determine the amount of potassium without interference.
Then pass all these standard solution and the sample through FES and note the emission reading
on the display. Through these known concentrations reading, we calibrate out the sample
concentration of sodium.
STANDARD SOLUTIONS
10 ppm
C1V1 = C2V2
1000 x V1 = 10 X 100
V1 = 1ml
20 ppm
C1V1 = C2V2
1000 x V1 = 20 X 100
V1 = 2ml
30 ppm
C1V1 = C2V2
1000 x V1 = 30 X 100
V1 = 3ml
40 ppm
C1V1 = C2V2
1000 x V1 = 40 X 100
V1 = 4ml
50 ppm
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RESULT
Hence, the graph shows the concentration of potassiumin banana is 14.23ppm or in other words
14.23mg/4g of sample.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF POTASSIUM
Potassium environmental impacts are mainly associated with agronomy, agricultural,
botanical and other crops related fields.
Together with nitrogen and phosphorous, potassium is one of the essential macro minerals
for plant survival. Its presence is of great importance for soil health, plant growth and animal
nutrition (Juned & Arjun, 2011).
Potassiumprimary function in the plant is its role in the maintenance of osmotic pressure and
cell size, thereby influencing photosynthesis and energy production as well as stomata
opening and carbon dioxide supply, plant turgor and translocation of nutrients. As such, the
element is required in relatively large proportions by the growing plant.
The consequences of low potassium levels are apparent in a variety of symptoms: restricted
growth, reduced flowering, lower yields and lower quality produce.
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High water soluble levels of potassium cause damage to germinating seedlings, inhibits the
uptake of other minerals and reduces the quality of the crop (WWF, 2007).
HEALTH IMPACTS OF POTASSIUM
Potassium can be found in vegetables, fruit, potatoes, meat, bread, milk and nuts (Porra,
1989).
It plays an important role in the physical fluidsystemof humans and it assists nervefunctions.
Potassium, as the ion K+, concentrate inside cells, and 95% of the body's potassium is so
located.
When kidneys of human beings showed some kind of malfunctioning it is the general
indication that there exist a considerable accumulation of potassium. This can lead to
disturbing heartbeats (Willis et al., 1960).
Potassium can affect you when breathed in. Inhalation of dust or mists can irritate the eyes,
nose, and throat, lungs with sneezing, coughing and sore throat.
Higher exposures may cause a buildup of fluid in the lungs, this can cause death. Skin and eye
contact can cause severe burns leading to permanent damage.
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