March 2011
Commons becoming non-commons in the efforts for reconciliation between conservation and livelihoods: A case study of northern Pakistan
The paper examines the impact of converting previous open-access common land into protected areas on the community resource management system in Shimshal, northern Pakistan. We explored three main questions in this regard. First, what happens to community resource management under strict government control of the resource? Secondly, what has happened to the centuries-old practice of the traditional yak...
March 2011
Performance of 40 poinsettia cultivars grown under two different temperatures
This study evaluated forty poinsettia cultivars to determine which cultivars perform well under cool growing temperatures. Poinsettias were grown in separate greenhouses at temperatures of 20°C during the day and 17°C at night for cold production, or 25°C during the day and 22°C at night for warm production. Number of lateral shoots leading to inflorescences,...
March 2011
Deterioration of Acacia in western Butana plain, Sudan
Acacia of the western Butana plain of the Sudan has undergone severe deterioration during last decades as demonstrated by a survey carried out in 2005. The majority of Acacia is non-succulent which are differing spatially, by soil type and in cover; frequency; abundance and density. There was a climax for Acacia in the study area prior to 1850, while its deterioration took place through four successive...
March 2011
Investigation of biofertilizers influence on quantity and quality characteristics in Nigella sativa L.
To reduce farmers’ dependency on mineral fertilizers, to increase water use efficiency, and to increase households’ incomes, participatory on-farm research trials to test the beneficial impact of biological fertilizers application on black cumin (Nigella sativa L.) some yield characters were investigated. Our objectives in this study were the interactive effects of biofertilizer...
March 2011
Conservation of microbial diversity to sustain primary and secondary productivity
The microbial world is the largest unexplored reservoir of biodiversity on the earth. It is an important frontier in biology under intensive investigations. The exploration of microbial diversity has been spurred by the fact that microbes are essential for life since they perform numerous functions essential for the biosphere that include nutrient recycling and environmental detoxification. The management and...
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