Category: Agriculture

Personality psychology as a truly behavioural science Personality psychology has been accused of neglecting behaviour—of devoting insufficient attention to what people actually do. The current paper addresses four important issues regarding the study of behaviour as separate from other important psychological responses—the definition of behaviour, the importance of studying behaviour, the strengths and weaknesses of core methods through which behaviour is studied and the degree to which behaviour actually has been studied in personality psychology over the past 15 years … Continue reading “Latest Research on Behavioural Science : May 2022”

Examining the Impact of Demographic Factors on Air Pollution  This study adds to the emerging literature examining empirically the link between population size, other demographic factors and pollution. We contribute by using more reliable estimation techniques and examine two air pollutants. By considering sulfur dioxide, we become the first study to explicitly examine the impact of demographic factors on a pollutant other than carbon dioxide at the cross-national level. We also take into account the urbanization rate and the average … Continue reading “Latest Research on Demographic Factors : May 2022”

Theoretical criminology The volume was designed to serve as a text or supplement for advanced courses and seminars in Criminological Theory, Social Theory and Social Conflict. Part I presents the traditional schools of criminology. Part II deals with theories centering on peculiarities or abnormalities of the individual. The third part of the volume concerns theories centering on group or cultured influences as related to crime and deals with economic conditions and criminality, crime as normal learned behavior, group conflict theory … Continue reading “Latest Research on Criminology : May 2022”

Genetic diversity and conservation and utilization of plant genetic resources Biodiversity refers to variation within the living world, while genetic diversity represents the heritable variation within and between populations of organisms, and in the context of this paper, among plant species. This pool of genetic variation within an inter-mating population is the basis for selection as well as for plant improvement. Thus, conservation of this plant genetic diversity is essential for present and future human well-being. During recent years, there … Continue reading “Latest Research on plant genetic resources : May 2022”

Flavonoid and Isoflavonoid Distribution in Developing Soybean Seedling Tissues and in Seed and Root Exudates The distribution of flavonoids, isoflavonoids, and their conjugates in developing soybean (Glycine max L.) seedling organs and in root and seed exudates has been examined. Conjugates of the isoflavones daidzein and genistein are major metabolites in all embryonic organs within the dry seed and in seedling roots, hypocotyl, and cotyledon tissues at all times after germination. Primary leaf tissues undergo a programmed shift from isoflavonoid … Continue reading “Latest Research on Soybean Seedling : May 2022”

Growth Stages of Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor, (L.) Moench.]  Research with grain sorghum often involves sampling several times during the growth cycle. Samplings often are designated by calendar date, days after planting or emergence, or plant height. Often these bear little or no actual relationship to the morphological or physiological age or status of the plant. Although certain stages of sorghum growth are fairly well established, the growth cycle of sorghum has not been fully described. Therefore, a standard set of … Continue reading “Latest Research on Growth of Sorghum : Apr 2022”

The Yield of Crops in Relation to Drought This chapter discusses responses of plants to drought that have evident effects on yield, and describes behavior that predisposes a plant to yield well in a drought-prone environment but that is manifest before any drought occurs. There are four main aspects of the behavior of plants in relation to drought that can readily be linked with yield via these components: the modulation of leaf area, the modulation of root growth, the efficiency … Continue reading “Latest Research on yield of Crops : Apr 2022”