PHOTOSYNTHESIS OF VEGETABLES AND FIELD PLANTS IN RESPONSE TO BIOCHAR TREATMENT

The requirements of modern agriculture include besides obtaining maximum yields of crops also maintaining and improving soil fertility and environmental protection. In recent years, interest of usage solid phase (charcoal or biochar) obtained by pyrolysis as soil improver, increases. Biochar is a solid material obtained from the thermo chemical conversion of biomass in anoxygen-limited environment. Additions of biochar to soil have generally been shown to be beneficial for growing crops. From an agronomic perspective it is suggested that biochar could improve soil health by increasing nutrient retention. The present pot experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of biochar application on the plants photosynthetic activity. The experiment was carrying out on two soil types, treated with different BC ratio. The plants grown on cinnamic pseudopozolic soil show a high content of plastid pigments in comparison with these on alluvial meadow soil. The aim of study is to evaluate the biochar agronomic impact on the plants growth, development and quality indicators

Naming Rights and Naming Wrongs. An analysis of football fan communities and their evolving attitude towards stadium branding practices

This study seeks to provide an up-to-date analysis of how fandom communities perceive the stadium naming rights phenomenon. In order to gather empirical material which includes both a hypothetical and a retrospective perspective, the research is comprised of two independent cases. Focus groups and semi-structured interviews were the selected data collection methods, while the empirical data was analysed through a combination of hermeneutics and a model developed by Richard Giulianotti (2002). The research findings unveiled an evolving attitude towards the stadium branding practices – in general terms, the fandom presents a decreasing, but conditional, element of disapproval. In order for the community to cope with a sponsor-influenced home ground name, a sponsor-stadium fit is a main prerequisite which needs to be ensured. When this requirement is considered, the majority of the community would consent to adopting a coping stance, rather than actively resisting the naming rights agreement. Despite the increasing element of acceptance, this research has discovered and developed certain elements which would be an unconditional resistance triggers - the concept of topophilia representing the strong notion of rejecting the possibility of a relocation, even when considering an infrastructural improvement