There are plenty controversial issues about bully breeds and whether they are acceptable or safe dogs to own. In July a woman was mauled in her yard and killed by a dog in Montreal. Due to this unfortunate incident the mayor Denis Coderre created a bill called BSL (Breed-Specific Legislation) which was approved by the legislation. This bill states that determined by their breed or pitbull features “American Pitbull Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers, American Bulldogs
for several different things including showing, meat, and medicine. There are so many different breeds of pigs in the world. There are around seventy different breeds of pigs. The most popular breeds are Yorkshire, Duroc, Berkshire, Hampshire, Landrace, Spotted, Chester White, and Poland China. Yorkshire is ¨The most-recorded breed of swine in North America, Yorkshires are white with erect ears. They are found in almost every state, with the highest populations being in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa
citrus greening disease, have devastated countless acres of trees across the state. For an industry that “generates about $8.9 billion a year,” this is no small issue (“Citrus Greening”). The Florida Citrus Grower’s Association would like to import a landrace of orange discovered in China that is resistant to citrus greening disease and test it in Florida to discover its effects on both citrus canker and greening. Although there are advantages to importing a resistant form of citrus, the risks greatly
The Periodic Table of… Potatoes? I’m Czechoslovakian but I joke that my family is Irish--we rely heavily on potatoes, whether they be mashed, fried, casserole-d, scalloped, or in my soup. Americans discuss potatoes like they’re native to countries like Ireland and states like Idaho, hence my wisecrack one-liner. However, potatoes have a longer, more complicated history than Idaho’s Potato Museum or the Irish Potato Famine. The Incas first cultivated potatoes around 8,000 to 5,000 B.C.--they held
What is a marijuana strain? From research and feasibility study, it is clear that marijuana strains often appear as hybrid or pure varieties. This can be found in the likes of C. indica and C. sativa. The basis of developing a gamut of options is to increase certain characteristics of the main drug. Another great reason for developing a plethora of varieties is to distinguish the strains for selling purposes. On this note, it will be highly active as a drug. In most cases, the name of the available
Rice is inevitably an important staple food crop supporting half of the world population. Rice cultivation has gained importance worldwide not only as a source of dietary constituents, but also play a major role in socio economic development, providing food security, poverty alleviation, employment, sustainable development and maintenance of cultural heritage etc., (Nguyen and Ferrero, 2006). It is also a favorable model crop plant among cereals for genetic improvement studies and functional genomics
Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.), is probably the most ancient oilseed known and used by man (Weiss, 1983). The cultivated sesame belongs to order Tubiflorae, family Pedaliaceae; about thirty-seven species have been described in to the genus sesamum, but only Sesamum indicum has been recognized as a cultivated species (Getinet et al. 1998). Even though the origin of sesame is still in debate, Mehra (1967) and Mahajan (2007) considered Ethiopia as the origin of cultivated sesame. Bedigian (1981) argues
farmers priorities’. Local crops are the goods of breeding or selection conduct by farmers. This has passed a lot of generations and natural selection. The concept of recognizable morphologically say that farmers have names for them, and different landraces are known to distinguish in adaptation to soil type, time of seeding, date of maturity, height, nutritive value, use and other properties Nowadays, just have some livestock species contribute to agricultural and food production because less number
Calçots (Allium cepa L.) are the floral stems of second-year onion resprouts of the ‘Blanca Tardana de Lleida’ landrace with an economical importance in Catalonia (northeast Spain) usually consumed grilled or roasted. The singularity of the production of this product has helped confer protected status from the European Union and ‘Calçot de Valls’ have been awarded Protected Geographical Indication (EC No 905/2012) (Simó, Valero, Plans, Romero del Castillo, & Casañas, 2013). The demand and interest
knowledge of the breeds that are out there. There are a total of eight common breeds of show pigs. These eight breeds can be divided into two groups judging by their ears. Breeds of pigs with droopy ears are: Chester White, Duroc, Poland China, Spot, and Landrace. Chester White pigs are known for their structural soundness, mothering ability, and droopy ears. A pig cannot be classified as a Chester White if it has erect ears or any other color spot larger than a silver dollar. Durocs, just like Chester Whites
Legumes: that Pack a Punch Beans are hearty little things! According to (Dr.Axe) “a one-cup serving of cooked black beans provides daily recommended values has 15 grams of protein and 15 grams of fiber.” That’s lots of protein and fiber in 1 cup of black beans! This is great news since high protein helps build muscle mass and in turn, helps with weight loss. Fiber helps with riding our bodies of harmful substance and waste from our digestive tract. Eating black beans promotes nutritional value, good
Hexaploid Wheat: Evolution, Domestication, Dissemination, US commercialization, and Molecular characterization Wheat is one of the major food crops in the world, which provides 532 kcal/capita/day (http://faostat.fao.org). World production of wheat is about 670 M tonnes, which is only behind maize (872 M tonnes) and rice (720 M tonnes) (http://faostat.fao.org) whereas the US is the third largest wheat producer in the world (http://faostat.fao.org). Wheat group comprise of 13 diploid and 18 allopolyploid
In the world generally, and Canada specifically, there are a good number of commercial breeding programmes for eggplant with some species of eggplant being used in eggplant breeding programs to improve the crop in a number of ways such as disparities for the content of phenolics and drought resistance for example (Knappet al., 2013). According to Cericola et al. (2013), eggplant selection and breeding over the decades has contributed to significant numbers of eggplant varieties. The varieties are
The electricity demand increases rapidly due to the enormous increment in population. Moreover, with the era of industrialization and also with the development of industries has increased significantly in recent years. Also, with the huge prospectus for the renewables especially in fields of Wind and Solar energy.Oman puts the continuous efforts to use the clean and safe energy in maximum possible way to meet the requirement of power generation with the growth rate of 8-10%. The policies and political
The Cartagena Protocol was founded on the basis of Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration which states; “In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there are threats of serious irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.” (Rio Declaration) The Cartagena Protocol was monumental because it was
Introduction South Africa has proven on several occasions being a powerhouse when it comes to agricultural activities, but being a water scarce country this has not been an easy road but yet it’s a road travelled daily. South Africa covers 1.2million square kilometers of land and has seven climatic regions, ranging from Mediterranean to subtropical and semi-desert. With the country growing by about 2% annually either food production needs to increase as well or food imports should increase, but if
Farming has always been challenging, some years conditions roll in the favor of the farmer; most years the farmer has to do the best possible without full cooperation of nature. Understanding ecological principles and how those principles can be utilized, to improve crop performance, is useful for the farmer. This will surely become even more true as climate change brings new challenges and opportunities within the agricultural industry. Of the many agroecological principles which will have value
Millions of people suffer from heart valve disease every year (“US Markets for Heart Valves”, 2007). Out of all of the heart valve diseases, “mitral regurgitation is the second most common valvular heart disease” (Baumgartner et al., 2006). This is due to the fact that the mitral valve experiences the most pressure and blood flow compared to the other valves in the heart (“US Markets for Heart Valves”, 2007). The disease occurs when blood leaks back into the left auricle from the left ventricle,
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the study The most commonly encountered species of sorghum in Africa is Sorghum bicolor (Harland & de Wet, 1972; Norman, Pearson, Searle, 1995). It is a cereal grain plant of the family Gramineae. Historically, Sorghum bicolor is a grass species mainly cultivated for food to feed humans and animals and for producing ethanol (CAC, 2011). It originated in northern Africa, but now cultivated widely in tropical and subtropical regions. The crop although treated