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Silage is a type of fodder made from green foliage crops which have been preserved by acidification, achieved through fermentation. It can be fed to cattle, sheep and other such ruminants (cud-chewing animals).  The fermentation and storage process is called ensilage, ensiling or silaging, and is usually made from grass crops, including maize, sorghum or other cereals, using the entire green plant (not just the grain). Silage can be made from many field crops, and special terms may be used depending on type: oatlage for oats, haylage for alfalfa (haylage may also refer to high dry matter silage made from hay). Silage can be made by one or more of the following methods: placing cut green vegetation in a silo or pit; piling the vegetation in a large heap and compressing it down so as to purge as much oxygen as possible, then covering it with a plastic sheet; or by wrapping large round bales tightly in plastic film. The crops most often used for ensilage are the ordinary grasses, clovers, alfalfa, vetches, oats, rye and maize.Silage must be made from plant material with a suitable moisture content: about 50% to 60% depending on the means of storage, the degree of compression, and the amount of water that will be lost in storage, but not exceeding 75%. Weather during harvest need not be as fair and dry as when harvesting for drying.  . . . . #plant_world #scientists #experiments #crop #livestock #management #agventure007 (at Indian Veterinary Research Institute) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHStwxEnAqv/?igshid=y8yspspehweh

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In 1928, Dutch botanist Fritz W. Went finally isolated auxin diffused out from the tip of oat coleoptiles in the gelatin block. Following Went's success, auxin, indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) was then isolated first from human urine, then from fungi, and finally from higher plants. . . . #plant_world #scientists #experiments #biomolecules #biochem #icar (at G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHNji4YHDiA/?igshid=nxqzm2w8modl

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Guizotia abyssinica is an erect, stout, branched annual herb, grown for its edible oil and seed. Its cultivation originated in the Ethiopian highlands, and has spread to other parts of Ethiopia. The seed, technically a fruit called an achene, is often sold as birdseed as it is a favourite of finches. Niger seed yields about 30–35% of its weight in oil which is clear, slow-drying, and edible. Niger seed oil is polyunsaturated semi-drying oil. It has pale yellow or orange color with a nutty taste and sweet odor. . . . #seed #agronomy #flowering plants #plant_world #biodiversity #botany (at G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHC2VDOHYwg/?igshid=orj07jcxai7u

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Lantana camara (common lantana) is a species of flowering plant within the verbena family (Verbenaceae), native to the American tropics. It has spread from its native Central and South America to around 50 countries,[9] where it has become an invasive species.It first spread out of the Americas when it was brought to Europe by Dutch explorers and cultivated widely, soon spreading further into Asia and Oceania where it has established itself as a notorious weed, and in Goa it was introduced by the Portuguese. . . . #plant_world #biodiversity #nature #weed #plants #icar #exotic (at IIHR) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG5NBc8nP_Q/?igshid=oh2rgvaqqif7

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Black shank of tobacco is a devastating root rot disease caused by the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora nicotianae. Above-ground symptoms of this disease include wilting and yellowing of leaves, as well as dark brown to black areas at the base of the stem. . . . #pathology #disease #management #control #plant_world #biodiversity (at Mahendergarh) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG2mp5_nhBd/?igshid=1n7i13j155sg7

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Photoblastic seeds are seed whose germination is influenced by light.  Seeds that are stimulated to germinate by light are described as positively photoblastic; seeds whose germination is inhibited by light are said to be negatively photoblastic. The response to light is apparently mediated by a phytochrome. Lettuce is an example of a positive photoblastic seed. That is the reason that lettuce seeds should only be lightly covered with soil when they are planted. Negative photoblastic seeds do not germinate if they are exposed to light. Onion seeds are negative photoblastic. . . . #plant_world #biodiversity #seedscienceandtechnology #seeds #crop #development #icarjrf (at Mahendergarh) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGz9JgtHnSl/?igshid=8xrz5r97qd79

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Ficus carica is an Asian species of flowering plant in the mulberry family, known as the common fig (or just the fig). It is the source of the fruit also called the fig and as such is an important crop in those areas where it is grown commercially.  Native to the Mediterranean and western Asia, it has been sought out and cultivated since ancient times and is now widely grown throughout the world, both for its fruit and as an ornamental plant.The species has become naturalized in scattered locations in Asia and North America. . . . #plant_world #biodiversity #fruit #nutrition #healthy #flowering #garden #icar (at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGw_Zd9nfME/?igshid=1ndi77dfhp817

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Benincasa hispida also called ash gourd,white gourd, winter gourd, tallow gourd, ash pumpkin, winter melon and (Alu) Puhul, is a vine grown for its very large fruit, eaten as a vegetable when mature. It is the only member of the genus Benincasa. The fruit is covered in a fuzzy coating of fine hairs when young. The immature melon has thick white flesh that tastes sweet. By maturity, the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating, giving rise to the name wax gourd. The wax coating helps to give the fruit a long shelf life. The melon may grow as large as 80 cm in length. It has yellow flowers and broad leaves. The taste is rather bland. It is native to South and Southeast Asia. The wax gourd is widely grown throughout Asia including Java and Japan,the places where it is thought to have originated. . . . #plant_world #biodiversity #sweet #vegetablescience #horticulture (at TNAU) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGwT8IIHuVA/?igshid=qj1seyfoq90l