Showing papers in "Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences in 2015"

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the performance of microwave drying of apple slices in a laboratory scale microwave dryer at 2450MHz and found that the activation energy for the moisture diffusion was 12.15 W/g.

TL;DR: In terms of oil major components, composition of Nigella seed oil from Morocco is similar to that from other Mediterranean countries known for their Niglla seed-oil quality.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the performance of the CERES-Wheat crop model with experimental data and showed that performance was reasonable as indicated by fairly accurate simulation of crop phenology, biomass accumulation and grain yield against measured data.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of organic and bio-organic fertilizers on dry weight; yield, total phenolics (TPC), total flavonoids (TFC), vitamin C and on their antioxidant activities of two sweet fennel cultivars Dolce and Zefa fino was investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, a study was conducted in order to compare wheat and barley farms of Sistan and Baluchestan province in Iran in relation to various aspects of energy consumption at 2009.

TL;DR: The results of this study demonstrate the effectiveness of using soil bacteria for microbial degradation ofImidacloprid and suggest that these strains may be promising candidates for bioremediation of imidacliprid-contaminated soils.

TL;DR: In this paper, a machine vision based online sorting system was developed, the aim being to sort Date fruits (Berhee CV.) based at different stages of maturity, namely Khalal, Rotab and Tamar to meet consumers' demands.

TL;DR: In this article, fresh harvested date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cv. “Stamaran” was treated with hot water rinsing and dried (HWR) at 50, 60, and 70°C.

TL;DR: The results showed that ear weight, ear length, leaf weight, grain length and yield were significantly influenced by companion crops and sowing date, whereas, weed biomass was influenced by cover crop type × sowing date interaction.

TL;DR: An attempt was made to correlate the actinobacterial diversity and physico-chemical properties of soils which revealed positive relationship with nitrogen, potassium, copper, and phosphorus.

TL;DR: Adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system is used for modeling and forecasting the monthly minimum temperature and climate indices, 3 indices, Nino 1 + 2, NP, and PNA, are selected as model inputs.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors surveyed the needed energy for cutting canola stems in different levels of cutting height and moisture content, and the results showed that the effect of both moisture content and cutting height on cutting energy is not significant.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented an analysis of technical efficiency of fishery in the Chabahar region, Southern Iran, using a model for vessel-specific inefficiencies.

TL;DR: In this article, the main aim of the study was to explore the factors affecting optimal management of agricultural water in Hamadan's area, which included institutional and legal factors, technical and knowledge factors, economic factors and social factors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluate the current sugarcane manual and mechanical harvesting systems with regard to production efficiency, cost effectiveness, cane loading efficiency, infield losses, and the effect of trash (extraneous matter) in factory process.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of irrigation with urban wastewater from Settat (Morocco) treated by lagoons on the composition of the essential oil, essential oil yield and physico-chemical composition infusion of Lippia citriodora is analyzed.

TL;DR: The survey revealed the presence of Aedes sp.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of air temperature and velocity on the drying qualities (cracking, bulk density, shrinkage and rehydration) of soybean kernels in fluidized bed dryer were investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared different types of irrigation methods in an area of 15,000-ha in the Jaizan Plain, Iran and found that the sprinkler and drip irrigation methods were more effective and efficient than the surface irrigation methods for improving land productivity.

TL;DR: The high- est enzymatic activities of alpha-amylase, general proteases and lipase were observed in the midgut of larvae reared on artificial diet, and total protein and lipid value were highest in larvae that were rearedon artificial diet.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a solution to the deficiency in protein intake by poor people, which demands incentive policies for consumption of vegetable protein with low cost and good quality, and the production of two peanut based beverages has been sought due to their adequate source of protein, wide offer and low cost.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors measured the physical properties of the Iranian Stamaran date variety at the tamr stage of maturity for pitted dates during 6 months storage (25 °C of temperature and 75% of humidity) and found that length of the samples decreased by 8.31% from 39.21 to 35.95 mm and no significant change for width and thickness.

TL;DR: In this paper, a study was conducted to determine and classify factors related to teaching quality by members of a scientific board, and the reliability of the questionnaire was verified through calculating the Crookback Alpha coefficient equal to 0/86 following a pilot study.

TL;DR: In this paper, the impacts of change in wheat import tariffs on gross domestic product (GDP) and its components, wheat imports, sorghum exports, and domestic production of wheat and Sorghum in the Sudan are quantified.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of velocity at three levels (i.e. 0.8, 1 and 1.2 m/s), slippage and wheel load on the performance of a single wheel tester in the soil bin facility of the Department of Agricultural Machinery of Urmia University.

TL;DR: Crude extracts of D. elata (leaf and seed) exhibit the potential for controlling An.

TL;DR: The insect appeared on X. brasilicum in a very small number in December, peaked in February, and then gradually declined thereafter coinciding with an increase in temper- ature and a decrease in powdery mildew infection.

TL;DR: It can be concluded that 1% of bean flour is a good concentration to control T. putrescentiae and A. lachrymal-job, but it is not good enough in the case of A. ovatus.