Managing the Root Zone in Soilless Culture Author: Eyal Ronen Haifa Chemicals Chief Agronomist In solid growing media‚ there are five important parameters that should be monitored around the root zone to optimize plant growth and yields. EYAL RONEN offers some guidelines on how to manage these parameters to prevent major crop problems‚ and explains the importance of measuring fertiliser solution at both the dripper and drainage points. General terminology Soilless culture‚ commonly referred to as
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Joseph Castaneda Miami High School Abstract Over 50 million years ago‚ the creature that we know as the dolphin today was a land based animal. It would venture into the sea‚ or water to eat. Over time though the evolutionary process would see to it that this once land based creature would become a part of the water‚ evolving in such a way that it would never again see the land. Along the way there have been numerous changes that have taken place to the animals physiological
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EFFECTS OF LEAD ACETATE IN THE EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT OF SEA URCHINS (Tripneustes gratilla) Belderol‚ Jacqueline Busmeon‚ Chadinne Dablo‚ Elgen Ray Edding‚ Desza Hulsey‚ Shirley Montano‚ Margaret Ragasa‚ Jay Andie Susaya‚ Mariz Veedor‚ Marielle Science Cluster University of the Philippines Visayas Cebu College Gorordo Avenue‚ Lahug‚ Cebu City 6000 ABSTRACT One of the greatest threats to health and the environment is the current problem regarding pollution. Pollution
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political advantage. At death the spirit‚ or baloma‚ of the person who dies becomes youthful again and stays close to the island of Tuma. However‚ the spirit does not stay youthful and after a while‚ it must bath in seawater to return as it once was. When the spirit needs to bath in the seawater it becomes a spirit child‚ or waiwaia. Unlike the baloma‚ a waiwaia cannot stay on the island of Tuma. The spirit child must enter a woman’s body‚ which is believed to be a member of the same matrilineage of its
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Title page 1. Module Code: FC502 3T 2. Module Title: Skills for Study 2 3. Tutor Name: Tracey Blakeman 4. Name of Group: Group 3 5. Assessment Title: Report 6. Assignment Title: Write a recommendation report in which you compare two water provision methods for an arid region of your choice. You must consider the following requirements when comparing water methods which are cost and environmental impact. 7. Student ID Number: 200966602 8. Submission Date:
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Origin and spelling of the name The earliest mention of the island in the Western world was on a map by Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer‚ who labelled the island "Pulo Carcata." ("Pulo" is a form of pulau‚ the Indonesian word for "island".) There are two generally accepted spellings‚ Krakatoa and Krakatau. While Krakatoa is more common in the English-speaking world‚ Krakatau (or Krakatao in an older Portuguese based spelling) tends to be favored by Indonesians. The origin of the spelling Krakatoa is unclear
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and Diesel Engines in HM Surface Ships and Submarines: Defence Standard 02-320 Issue 2 Publication Date 8 February 2002. 6. Oil and Bilge Water Shipboard Processing Arrangements: Defence Standard 02-322 Issue 2 Publication Date 02 December 2002 7. Seawater systems for HM Surface ships: Naval Engineering standard 719/Issue 02/Oct 1981.
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Architecture of the oil tanker From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Oil tankers generally have from 8 to 12 tanks.[1] Each tank is split into two or three independent compartments by fore-and-aft bulkheads.[1] The tanks are numbered with tank one being the forwardmost. Individual compartments are referred to by the tank number and the athwartships position‚ such as "one port"‚ "three starboard"‚ or "six center."[1] A cofferdam is a small space left open between two bulkheads‚ to give protection
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Climate change Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions‚ or in the distribution of weather around the average conditions (i.e.‚ more or fewer extreme weather events). Climate change is caused by factors that include oceanic processes (such as oceanic circulation)‚ variations in solar radiation received by Earth‚ plate tectonics and
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Topic 9 - The Carbon Cycle Aspects of the carbon cycle are similar to the hydrologic cycle because both are good examples of “Interactions between the systems". Textbook – topic not covered in text. http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/ The Carbon Cycle Neglecting the small amount of carbon (C) added to Earth by meteorite impacts‚ there is a fixed amount of carbon on Earth (~800‚000 billion tonnes). All living things are made of carbon but carbon is also a part of the ocean‚ air‚ and
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