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"The vermicompost of Ficus leaves was nutrient-rich, odour-free ,more mature and stabilized than the initial waste mixture. The present study showed that good quality vermicomposting could be prepared from dry leaves of trees. India is facing shortage in supplying chemical fertilizers to all its farmers to increase food production and is gradually switching over to evergreen revolution through integrated nutrient management in which vermicomposting plays an important role, and so no one can afford to destroy these dry leaves by burning. Vermicomposting is a sustainable, low-cost and easy solution for the beneficial utilization of such huge quantities of dry leaves. [Vasanthi, K. (2015). Vermiconversion of leaf wastes ( Ficus benghalensis and Ficus racemosa ) by employing Eudrilus eugeniae. International Journal of Advanced Research. Volume 3. 798 - 806.]" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307937276_Vermiconversion_of_leaf_wastes_Ficus_benghalensis_and_Ficus_racemosa_by_employing_Eudrilus_eugeniae |
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"Flowering at the right time is of great importance; it secures seed production and therefore species survival and crop yield. In addition to the genetic network controlling flowering time, there are a number of much less studied metabolites and exogenously applied chemicals that may influence the transition to flowering as well as flower opening. Increased emphasis on research within this area has the potential to counteract the negative effects of global warming on flowering time, especially in perennial crop plants. Perennial crops have a requirement for winter chill, but winters become increasingly warm in temperate regions. This has dramatic effects on crop yield. Different strategies are therefore being developed to engineer flowering time to match local growing conditions. The majority of these efforts are within plant breeding, which benefits from a substantial amount of knowledge on the genetic aspects of flowering time regulation in annuals, but less so in perennials. An alternative to plant breeding approaches is to engineer flowering time chemically via the external application of flower-inducing compounds. This review discusses a variety of exogenously applied compounds used in fruit farming to date, as well as endogenous growth substances and metabolites that can influence flowering time of annuals and perennials.[ Irina Alexandra Ionescu, Birger Lindberg Møller, Raquel Sánchez-Pérez, Chemical control of flowering time, Journal of Experimental Botany, Volume 68, Issue 3, 1 January 2017, Pages 369–382," https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erw427 |
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