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A Study Of Root Development Of Crop Plants In Relation To Soil Characteristics, Sunanda Sakharam Rao
A Study Of Root Development Of Crop Plants In Relation To Soil Characteristics, Sunanda Sakharam Rao
Masters Theses
[From the Introduction] [Abbreviated]
The object of the present paper is to make a brief review of the work done on the root development of crop plants in relation to soil types. Besides reviewing the studies made on the subject, the various factors influencing the root habits are discussed briefly.
Role Of Extension Service In Rural Development, Sunanda Sakharam Rao
Role Of Extension Service In Rural Development, Sunanda Sakharam Rao
Masters Theses
[From the Introduction] [Abbreviated]
Of all the agencies and organizations cooperating with people in rural development work, the Agricultural Extension Service and its workers have a special and pivotal role. This is because both rural developoent and Cooperative Extension Service are educational programs involving large numbers of people, and they have the same fundamental objectives. The purpose for which this study was outlined was to discover how these programs differ by comparatively studying their educational nature.
Seed Certification In The Southeast, Sunanda Sakharam Rao
Seed Certification In The Southeast, Sunanda Sakharam Rao
Masters Theses
[From the Introduction] [Abbreviated]
This paper is intended to be a review of the seed certification program operating in the United States. Here the certification is the responsibility of the individual states. The schemes are operated either by government agencies or by legally authorized seed growers associations.
The purpose of seed certification is to make available to the public high quality seed and propagating materials of superior crop plant varieties, so grown and so distributed as to insure genetic identity, varietal purity and mechanical quality. Fundamentally it is a system to improve yield and quality of field crops.