The influence of nitrogen foliar application on yield and bread making quality parameters of wheat

The influence of nitrogen foliar application on yield, protein content, sedimentation value, moist gluten content, parameters of reological dough quality and bread baking quality at the winter wheat cultivar KG-56 were investigated. Two rate of nitrogen (N1-90 kgha-1 N; N2-120 kgha-1 N) were applied. Foliar application of nitrogen in flowering (Ff), milky stage (Fm) and in both flowering and milky stage (Ffm) 12 % solution of urea with 40 kgha-1 N quantity, were conducted. Nitrogen foliar nutrition resulted in increasing grain yield in average for 0.45 tha-1. In average the increasing other investigated parameters were estimated in absolute percents: protein content for 2.5, sedimentation value for 21.0, wet gluten content for 7.2, water absorption for 5.2, farinograph quality number for 25.4, bread weight for 3.0 and bread volume for 37.5 of the absolute percents. Under the influence of foliar N application the B2 quality group was improved to A2 quality group in milky stage. After N foliar application in milky stage (Fm N2), the highest value of analyzed parameters was established, except protein content and bread weight. However, in the case of N foliar application in both stage (flowering and milky stage) protein content and bread weight showed the highest values

The Interplay of Attitudes and Effectiveness: A Study on Financial Education among Young People in the Republic of Serbia

This paper describes the current state of young people's attitude towards the world of finance and their need for financial education. Today, financial education is already practiced in many European countries, but this is not the case in the Republic of Serbia. However, research shows that financial literacy is one of the necessary skills for young people in the 21st century. The research results were presented on a sample of 175 people (exploratory research) aged between 18 and 35 from Serbia. The attitude of the respondents towards finances was presented, their financial habits were examined, and the results were presented using the method of descriptive statistics. Financial literacy plays a crucial role in promoting sustainable development and green finance by empowering individuals to make informed decisions that contribute to economic stability and growth

Urban garden as lived space: Informal gardening practices and dwelling culture in socialist and post-socialist Belgrade

This paper considers urban gardens as lived spaces which have an important role in reconnecting with nature in an urban environment, but also as an archive of concepts related to culture and everyday life. In this context, the paper studies the character of three of Belgrade's urban gardens and their contribution to the quality of everyday life in the large-scale socialist residential settlements built during the 1970s. Focus is placed on establishing relations between the dwelling culture, social and cultural needs and changes, and the dominant architectural and planning paradigms of modernism and post-modernism. Belgrade's urban gardens were created and developed spontaneously (most often non-legally) as self-organized citizens' acts. Research presented in our case studies confirms the paper's initial assumption that the urban gardens in Belgrade are still considered marginal and certainly not representative urban practices, overshadowed by the planned urban conceptions and sociopolitical actions. In this sense, we may notice the lack of a systematic approach to managing these gardens, and complete absence of legislation either provided by authorities, private or public bodies or even associations. Although the urban gardens emerged in socialism outside of any rules and regulations, they promoted the values of an active relationship between the user, dwelling culture and immediate residential surroundings, and contributed to improving the dwelling culture of the "new working class" in the socialist dwelling units. Also, the gardens were not only a place for producing food in financially difficult times, especially during the post-socialist transition of the 1990s, but above all a place associated with socialization and a "sense of home". Recognizing the benefits of urban gardens and accordingly raising awareness about this concept in the city, together with the adoption of appropriate regulations, would certainly be of immense relevance to urban gardening and generally landscape quality in Serbia