Juniper Publishers Agricultural Research Journal

  Journal of Agriculture Research -  Juniper Publishers To cope with the impact of the financial crisis on China's economy, China has implemented a "four trillion" investment policy to enable China to smoothly weather the financial crisis. However, the growth of investment has led to a decline in investment efficiency. Based on the research sample of 23 provinces from 2008 to 2017, this paper studies the efficiency of Agricultural Investment in China and puts forward some suggestions. Keywords: Ultra-efficient DEA; Agriculture; Investment Erficiency Literature review At present, multi-factor model is the mainstream method to analyze the comprehensive efficiency of investment efficiency. The earliest appearance of this method is traced back to Jefferson (1990) [1], who used the packet model (DEA) to analyze the technical efficiency of China's steel industry, the results show that China's steel industry ...

  Journal of Agriculture Research -  Juniper Publishers Mediterranean Diet has been widely studied and its nutritional, healthy, and sustainable benefits have been recognized. However, in the last decades, globalization has brought about major changes in the developed world and a progressive deviation from the main Mediterranean patterns. Fresh food and traditional recipes continue to be valued and their beneficial effects on health are scientifically proven. Despite this, they have been largely replaced by fast and less nutritious food is it possible to perform alternatives and procedures that help us to mitigate some deviations from the Mediterranean Diet, contributing to a more right, sustainable, and nutritious food system in a globalized world? This communication reinforces the idea that food technology and scientific advances must be properly applied to meet the challenges faced by Mediterranean countries. Keywords: Mediterranean Diet; Food functionality;...

  Journal of Agriculture Research -  Juniper Publishers Currently, the spotted-wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii Matsumura (Diptera: Drosophilidae), is threatening the worldwide berry and small fruit industries, but the current control methods have many disadvantages, among them are capital intensive, require high labour and not sustainable in the long term. Therefore, to develop alternative management strategies, there were investigated several biological and reproductive characteristics of D. suzukii developed in six host plants of economic importance in Tehran-Varamin province, Iran: Clementine mandarin, Golden apple smoothie, Pears, Persimmons, Red apples, and Valencia oranges. Among the six tested hosts, pear was identified as the most favorable host for D. suzukii since it registered high daily oviposition, high percentage of egg hatching, and both a short duration of larvae and pupa stages. These results could be useful to develop management strategies, i...

  Journal of Agriculture Research -  Juniper Publishers Cucumber ( Cucumis sativus L.), from the squash family, which includes 90 genera and 750 species. Various factors reduce the yield of cucumber in different areas under the cultivation of this crop. Nematodes are important pathogens that cause great damage to agricultural products [1]. Plant root-knot nematodes are among the most destructive parasitic nematodes of various plants, especially cucumber. Different methods are used to control this nematode, but in most cases, their control is difficult due to the wide host range, short life cycle, and high rate of reproduction. Diverse organisms affect a variety of plant root-knot nematodes and reduce their population [2]. Mycorrhiza fungi are among the factors that reduce several plant diseases and can, directly and indirectly, affect the population of plant nematodes. Mycorrhiza fungi in nature in meeting the water and nutritional plant needs have an effective ...

  Journal of Agriculture Research -  Juniper Publishers Research materials were represented by the lupin collection of the Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR) storing now more than 2500 accessions of different lupin species collected by numerous expeditions over the globe and material from the All-Russian Institute of lupin. We have used the special methodology of the Vavilov Institute developed concerning lupin [1]. The same set of accessions was studied in different climatic zones of Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, and Finland using the same method. The theoretical basis for our research activities was N.I. Vavilov's works on plant genetic resources: the doctrine about the species as a system, the law of homological series in hereditary variation, differential systematic and geographical method of crop studies, etc. [2,3]. Many years of observing plants sown in various regions of many countries have enabled us to find out new regularities in the variabi...

  Journal of Agriculture Research -  Juniper Publishers  This sample study was used to take the snapshot of composts from hop biomass after harvest (stems and leaves of hop plants after hop cones harvest) and to start forming composting guidelines for hop growers to create quality compost for arable land. Each of three composting piles was prepared right after hop cones harvest in Sept. 2020 in a trapezoidal shape with a height of 2 m from 15 tonnes fresh biomass each. Differences among piles were in the size of the particles that the biomass was cut to, in coverage, in composting additives and in the number of pile turnings. We have reviewed the microbiological aspect composts after 7 months of composting. The microbial world of composted hop biomass solely (no other biomass added) is dominated by bacteria. In general, all composts lack diversity, which is main property of quality compost. The number of colonies forming units was in the range of expected, ne...