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Black Or Blue? Mulch Color Affects Okra Growth, YieldMiami FL (SPX) Apr 21, 2010 Plastic mulches have been used in vegetable production in the United States since the 1950s. Black plastic (polyethylene) mulch, which alters the plant's growing environment by generating warmer soil temperatures and holding more moisture than bare soil, is the standard mulch used in vegetable production. A new research study evaluated the effects of colored plastic mulches with and without row covers on growth and earliness of fruit production on okra. According to the report in the latest issue ... read more |
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Lancaster, Wis. (UPI) Apr 15, 2010 A large meteor streaked over the U.S. Midwest Wednesday, briefly lighting up the night sky and unleashing a sonic boom heard for hundreds of miles. No injuries or damage were reported, but the ground, trees, homes and various objects, including wind chimes, shook from the boom's enormous amounts of sound energy, the National Weather Service said. The meteoroid, estimated at 6 fee ... more  
Paris (AFP) April 16, 2010A Qatari fund is buying a five-percent stake in French utility giant Veolia in a partnership to develop joint projects in the Middle East and North Africa, Veolia said in a statement on Friday. The value of the stake being bought by Qatari Diar, a subsidiary of Qatar's sovereign wealth fund QIA, would be around 646 million euros (874 million dollars), based on an AFP calculation using Veolia ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 14, 2010Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are figuring out how to turn wheat straw into ethanol "gold," and learning more about the bacteria that can "infect" ethanol plants and interfere with fuel production. At the ARS National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR) in Peoria, Ill., ARS chemist Badal Saha conducted a 5-year study that examined whether wheat straw-a cro ... more |
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Brazil flood toll rises to 246Rio De Janeiro (AFP) April 13, 2010 Landslides triggered by pounding rain in Rio de Janeiro last week killed at least 246 people, officials said Tuesday, adding that the city's famous Christ statue was cut off for the first time in its eight-decade history. The rise in the death toll reflected the discovery of more bodies in the wreckage of shantytowns knocked off their precarious mountainside perches by the landslides. Searches were continuing for around another 200 people still missing in Rio's satellite town of Niteroi. The ... read more |
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