Sweet Potato
(Sweet Potato (Ingg.), Ipomoea batatas (Latin)) Family: Convolvulaceae
Widely planted in South America before the Incan culture, introduced into Spain before the potato. In East Asia, Polynesia before the year 1250 AD spread to New Zealand 14th century, spread to China in 1594 AD
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
How To Grow Carrots
Carrot is a vegetable that is well known Indonesian society and popular as a source of vit. A because it had higher levels of carotene (provitamin A). In addition, carrots also contain vit. B, vit. C, slightly vit. G, as well as other substances that are beneficial to human health. The figure in the form of grass and plants store food reserves in the tuber. Have short stems, roots Riding the form and function become rounded and elongated tubers. Bulbs reddish yellow, thin skinned, and if eaten raw was crunchy and slightly sweet.
Monday, January 16, 2012
PERFOMANCE OF BIOPHISIC CHARACTERS OF SOME RICE MUTANTS RE-SISTANT TO BROWN PLANTHOPPER
Mutant lines of A-227-5, Atomita-l, Mg-2 and Mg-8, and varieties of IR-26, Pelita I-I, Seratus Malam, Mudgo, TN-I and IR-36 were planted in 4 Kg of soilin the one gallon of plastic pot and were fertilized by 8 g of Urea and 4 g of TSP. Six and nine weeks after transplantation, sheaths of the second leave from each plant were cutted at the middle part with 28 - 30 J.I. of thickness by using frozen cut crossing and used as microscopic preparats.