pounds. Rhizopus rot is a common fungal disease of jackfruit flowers and fruit. Rot is more likely to occur in high-rainfall areas or during and after stormy periods. When warm‚ humid‚ wet weather coincides with the flowering and fruiting season‚ rhizopus rot can cause total loss of fruit in jackfruit trees. * Plant Disease Symptoms At first‚ soft‚ watery‚ brown spots develop on the flowers and fruit. Subsequently‚ a powdery‚ fuzzy-looking mass of black spores and white fungal
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Topic: Asia‚ A Geographical Study By:Manahil Fayaz Asia Asia is the Earth ’s largest and most populous continent‚ located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.8% of the Earth ’s total surface area and comprises 30% of its land area‚ and has the largest coastline‚ at 62‚800 kilometres (39‚022 mi). Asia is generally defined as comprising the eastern four-fifths of Eurasia. Asia is subdivided into 48 countries‚ two of them (Russia and Turkey) having part of their
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BIOSPHERE - region which is covered with life - the highest level of organization in the natural world 3 Components 1. Hydrosphere- water which includes water from seas‚ oceans‚ rivers‚ lakes‚ moisture in soil‚ groundwater and frozen water in polar ice caps plus moisture in the air 2. Atmosphere- gases 3. Lithosphere- land portion of the earth‚ made up of solid rocks and soils PHYSIOGNOMY OBSERVATIONS OF EARLY NATURALIST EXPLORERS 1. Plant communities from different regions of the world were
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FO 101 FOREST ECOLOGY CLIMATOLOGY PART A Compendium By Munishi‚ PKT and Madoffe‚ S.S. August 2008 1. INTRODUCTION Trees and animals survival and growth on given site and represent an integrated response to a complex of many fluctuating and interacting environmental factors. The environmental factors are conveniently grouped into biotic (genetic variation‚ stand density‚ competition‚ pests and diseases) and abiotic factors (climatic conditions
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CHAPTER 13: *The tropics were warm all year-round. The center of the tropical zone is marked by the equator. *The rainy and dry seasons in the Indian Ocean reflect the influence of monsoons. *To accommodate the uneven distribution of rainfall‚ South Indian farmers constructed elaborate irrigation canals. *Empires of Mail in West Africa and Delhi in Southern Asia both utilized Islamic administration. *Mansa Kankan Musa made a famous pilgrimage that served to demonstrate the enormous wealth of
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the average temperature of the earth increasing over time due to humans. Now‚ there is a new phrase known as “global climate change.” This expression applies other factors such as: precipitation‚ temperature‚ ocean currents‚ sea level‚ lengthening seasons‚ and others to signify that there is more to climate change than solely global warming. These changes in nature last for a very long time (epa.gov). So‚ how are humans capable of changing the earth in such a short time when nature takes thousands
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INTRODUCTION Tilapia is now one of the most widely distributed exotic fish in the world‚ second only to common carp‚ as their introduced range now stretches to nearly every continent and include 90 different countries. Tilapias are widespread in the tropics and sub-tropics (Intervet‚ 2006). They are highly adaptable and easily cultured. The fish are reared in ponds‚ cages‚ or pens and they grow well in fresh water and brackish waters.
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Australian tropical soils are different from soils of the rest of the country. The tropics are the regions between the latitude lines of the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn (Seidel‚ et.al.‚ 2008). The tropics are warm all year‚ averaging 25 to 28 degrees Celsius‚ as they don’t experience the kind of seasons the rest of the Earth does (Seidel‚ et.al.‚ 2008). The tropical seasons are broken up into the wet season and the
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Paper Trend and variability of rainfall in Tigray‚ Northern Ethiopia: Analysis of meteorological data and farmers’ perception Accepted 11th May‚ 2013 ABSTRACT Rainfall is the most important but variable climatic parameter in the semiarid tropics. In this study‚ the trend and variability of rainfall were compared with the perception of farmers in northern Ethiopia. Daily rainfall data obtained from five meteorological stations located in different agroecological zones were used to determine
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MKT 382 | International Marketing | THE COUNTRY NOTEBOOK A GUIDE FOR DEVELOPING A MARKETING PLAN Name of Country : Benin Name of the Company: Pran Products: food items Date of Submission: 19/12/2012 Company Overview Pran Foods Limited “PRAN” is currently one of the most admired food & beverages brand among the millions of people of Bangladesh and other 82 countries of the world where PRAN Products are regularly being exported. ‘PRAN’ started its
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