The effects of sorghum and cowpea genotype and sorghum sowing density in an intercrop system.

Five diverse sorghum genotypes were sown at sole crop density and at intercrop density with-out cowpea and with two contrasting cowpea genotypes, in the post-rainy season at Hyderabad, India. The interaction of sorghum genotype with sowing density was significant for sorghum dry fodder and grain yield, but the interaction of sorghum genotype with cowpea was not, because of compensation between yield components. The likely response of sorghum genotypes to intercropping can therefore be assessed initially from the performance of low density sole crops, followed by assessment in the presence of a single standard cowpea variety. The cowpea genotypes were affected by the presence of sorghum but not by the sorghum genotype. This suggests that the effect on the cowpea can be ignored when selecting a sorghum genotype for intercropping, and that a cowpea genotype for intercropping can be selected in the presence of a single sorghum genotype. However, these conclusions are unlikery to apply to rain season sowings, when sorghum dominates the intercrop more completely

Ocorrência do Psilídeo Mastigimas sp em Toona ciliata no Brasil.

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On locations and properties of the multicritical point of Gaussian and +/-J Ising spin glasses

We use transfer-matrix and finite-size scaling methods to investigate the location and properties of the multicritical point of two-dimensional Ising spin glasses on square, triangular and honeycomb lattices, with both binary and Gaussian disorder distributions. For square and triangular lattices with binary disorder, the estimated position of the multicritical point is in numerical agreement with recent conjectures regarding its exact location. For the remaining four cases, our results indicate disagreement with the respective versions of the conjecture, though by very small amounts, never exceeding 0.2%. Our results for: (i) the correlation-length exponent $\nu$ governing the ferro-paramagnetic transition; (ii) the critical domain-wall energy amplitude $\eta$; (iii) the conformal anomaly $c$; (iv) the finite-size susceptibility exponent $\gamma/\nu$; and (v) the set of multifractal exponents $\{\eta_k \}$ associated to the moments of the probability distribution of spin-spin correlation functions at the multicritical point, are consistent with universality as regards lattice structure and disorder distribution, and in good agreement with existing estimates.Comment: RevTeX 4, 9 pages, 2 .eps figure

Logarithmic corrections to gap scaling in random-bond Ising strips

Numerical results for the first gap of the Lyapunov spectrum of the self-dual random-bond Ising model on strips are analysed. It is shown that finite-width corrections can be fitted very well by an inverse logarithmic form, predicted to hold when the Hamiltonian contains a marginal operator.Comment: LaTeX code with Institute of Physics macros for 7 pages, plus 2 Postscript figures; to appear in Journal of Physics A (Letter to the Editor

Surface crossover exponent for branched polymers in two dimensions

Transfer-matrix methods on finite-width strips with free boundary conditions are applied to lattice site animals, which provide a model for randomly branched polymers in a good solvent. By assigning a distinct fugacity to sites along the strip edges, critical properties at the special (adsorption) and ordinary transitions are assessed. The crossover exponent at the adsorption point is estimated as $\phi = 0.505 \pm 0.015$, consistent with recent predictions that $\phi = 1/2$ exactly for all space dimensionalities.Comment: 10 pages, LaTeX with Institute of Physics macros, to appear in Journal of Physics

Efeito do tamanho do recipiente sobre o desenvolvimento de mudas de graviola (Annona muricata L.) no Estado do Amapá.

O presente estudo visa avaliar o efeito do tamanho do recipiente sobre o desenvolvimento de mudas de graviola.bitstream/item/97460/1/CPAF-AP-2000-Mudas-graviolas.pd

Efeito do tamanho do recipiente sobre o desenvolvimento de mudas de açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.).

A pesquisa objetivou estudar o efeito de diferentes tamanhos de recipientes sobre o desenvolvimento de mudas de açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.)

Psilídeos no Brasil: 8 - Mastigimas anjosi (Hemiptera, Psylloidea), nova praga da Toona ciliata no Brasil.

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Connectivity-dependent properties of diluted sytems in a transfer-matrix description

We introduce a new approach to connectivity-dependent properties of diluted systems, which is based on the transfer-matrix formulation of the percolation problem. It simultaneously incorporates the connective properties reflected in non-zero matrix elements and allows one to use standard random-matrix multiplication techniques. Thus it is possible to investigate physical processes on the percolation structure with the high efficiency and precision characteristic of transfer-matrix methods, while avoiding disconnections. The method is illustrated for two-dimensional site percolation by calculating (i) the critical correlation length along the strip, and the finite-size longitudinal DC conductivity: (ii) at the percolation threshold, and (iii) very near the pure-system limit.Comment: 4 pages, no figures, RevTeX, Phys. Rev. E Rapid Communications (to be published