...SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SEED PRODUCTION PRACTICES FOR BEAN (Phaseolus vulgaris) Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) belonging to the family Leguminosae is a commercially important vegetable variety. It is one of the widely cultivated vegetable varieties. The seed production of this crop can be taken up in July – September and January – February. Method of seed production Bean is a self-pollinated crop. Cross-pollination occurs very rarely since self-pollination takes place before the opening of the flowers. To maintain the varietal purity an isolation distance of 25 metres for certified and 50 metres for foundation seed production is necessary from the fields of other varieties and of the same variety not conforming to the varietal purity requirements of certification. Seed production stages Breeder seed Foundation seed Certified seed Land selection The land selected should not be cultivated with other variety of the same crop in the previous season and should be free of volunteer plants. The land should be fertile with neutral pH. The soil should be light with proper drainage facility. Seed selection and sowing Certified seeds of good quality should be obtained from an authentic source. Seeds should be healthy with good germination percentage. Remove the off coloured and out sized seeds. The seed rate varies depending on the variety. It is 26 kg/acre (65 kg/ha) for bushy variety and 10 – 14 kg/acre (25 - 35 kg/ha) for pole varieties. Treat the seeds with powder form of...
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...As the Greek philosopher Socrates once said, “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new” (Socrates). The ability to adapt to change and have faith in others are two traits necessary for success. Barbara Kingslover’s The Bean Trees emphasizes these two crucial skills. A novel centered around a woman named Taylor, her daughter Turtle, and her close friend Lou Ann, The Bean Trees follows along on the difficult journey these characters face. Taylor and Lou Ann encounter many obstacles, including acquiring a child, divorcing a spouse, moving away from home, finding a new career path, and discovering new friends they could have never imagined. In Barbara Kingslover’s The Bean Trees, similes,...
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...or to simply keep moving. In the novel The Bean Trees by Barabara Kingsolver, Taylor the main character sets off on a journey for all these reasons. On her journey to self-discovery Taylor Greer manages to overcome her weaknesses The beans that are continually revealed throughout the novel represent Taylor’s life. The earliest mention of the beans took place when Taylor takes a close look at the reality of her life. “I had never done anything more interesting for a living than… picking bugs off somebody’s bean vines for a penny a piece.” (Pg 4) The beans so far are a symbol of Taylor’s weaknesses, as she and the beans are both of poor quality. Gradually, the beans are becoming of some significance in the novel, since they are truly beginning to echo Taylor’s life. Just as the beans did, Taylor begun her life without a great deal of impact on anyone, only to come plowing up and impact people where they did not expect it. At the end of the novel, the reader again encounters the beans for the last time. Although this time, the reader captures the complete significance of the beans. The beans, symbolism reflects Taylor’s development throughout her life perfectly. Taylor grew in poor soil and without the influence of the people, whom act like rhizobia that she encounters, she would have never been able to fight her weaknesses and realize her strengths. Taylor grows to become more mature and at the end at the end of the novel the beans reflect Taylors growth. Since, being on her...
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...A.K.A Mr. Bean Youth nowadays focuses on gathering information about some popular celebrities and among those , Bean is the most searched one. This man needs no introduction; rather a smile surprisingly appears on one’s face after a glimpse of him comes in anyone’s mind. The actor behind this hilarious series is Rowan Atkinson and this person is the writer of a major part of the same...Surprised!!..., you better be, because it’s the truth. Bean seldom murmurs and the mainly physical humor is educed from his interactions with other people and his astonishing solutions to the situations. Teddy is kind of Mr. Bean’s life partner. The teddy is dark brown, affixed abnormally button eyes and sausage-shaped limbs. Despite of the fact that the teddy is defunct, Mr. Bean pretends it to be alive. Buying him a Christmas present or trying not to wake it in the mornings are some examples of the same. Now talking about Mr. Bean’s car, it was a British Leyland Mini 1000 of applejack green color. The locking system of the car was immensely innovative and how Mr. Bean parks his car was noticeable. The famous chair incident was a running joke throughout the series. Apart from the television and an animated cartoon series, a couple of movies were also adapted, namely “Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie” in 1997 and “Mr. Bean's Holiday” in 2007. The film follows Bean on a crucial journey across France for a holiday which after a number of hardships ends up in a screening of his video diary at the Cannes...
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...Bean Beatle Competition Lab RESULTS: In the two control petri dish that consisted of 20 beans with eggs previously on them, the females laid two to three eggs. In the two control petri dish that consisted of 20 beans without eggs previously on them, the females laid to 2 to 6 eggs. The average number of eggs laid on the eggs that already had eggs on them was 1.25 eggs and the standard error was 0.5522. The average number of eggs laid on the eggs that did not already have eggs on them was 6.91667 and the standard error was 0.9728 (Figure 2). A comparative t-test was performed and from it the t-value, degrees of freedom, and p-value were determined. The t-value, for two-tailed distribution, was 2.20099, the degrees of freedom was 11, and the p-value was 0.00033 (Figure 1). DISCUSSION: Our hypothesis was accepted because the female bean beetles preferred to lay eggs on the beans without eggs rather than the beans with eggs already on them; therefore, the null hypothesis was rejected, because the p-value, 0.00033, was less than 0.05. This research is important because it tells us more about the ovipositional preferences of the female bean beetles. Larvae can’t move from the egg which is deposited, so the bean determined the future food resources that is available for their offspring, which would affect the the influence of the growth or reproduction; therefore, minimizing competition of resources between the offspring. It also important to know how if intraspecific...
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...develops as a white cottony growth on the stem, stem branches and pods of bean plants (photos 1, 2). The fungus also produces black, hard mats of mycelium (called sclerotia) near these cottony growths (photo 3). Sclerotia allow the organism to survive adverse (winter) conditions. The disease cycle starts when the leaf canopy covers the row spaces and when the soil surface is cool but moist enough for the sclerotia to germinate (photo 4). Soil conditions of near field water holding capacity for ten to fourteen days and temperatures between 59-65 degrees F favor sclerotia germination. Upon germination, small mushroom-like bodies called apothecia appear on the soil surface. Spores are produced by the apothecia and infect wilted flowers or other dead plant tissue, later spreading to living plant tissue. Infection kills some plants and severely reduces the yield of plants with pod infections (photos 5, 6). High humidity and plant canopy temperatures between 68 and 76 degrees F favor the spread of this disease. Crop rotation helps prevent build up of inoculum. A rotation of three to four years between susceptible crops is necessary to accomplish this. Sunflower, potato, canola, mustard, and soybeans should not be grown in close rotation with edible beans because they are susceptible. Small grains and corn are recommended in a rotation with edible beans because they are not susceptible. The use of bean varieties with an upright growth habit in wide rows and the use of recommended...
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...Contents Executive Summary 2 A-1 Trading Company 3 Global production of beans that our company export 4 Importing Countries 5 Exporting Countries 6 Production of Myanmar 6 Export of Myanmar 7 Vision of the A-1 Trading Company 7 Mission of the A-1 Trading Company 7 Cross-cultural business between Myanmar and India 8 Information about India 9 Absolute advantage of the company 10 Addressing international trade to expand our company 11 Attracting FDI to fund and expand our company 12 Taking advantage on International Opportunities 13 Benefits to consumers 13 Strategies 14 Corporate Strategy 14 Business Strategy 14 Distribution Channel 15 Markets and Segments 16 Customer Segmentation 17 Customer Value Proposition 17 Conclusion 19 Executive Summary The purpose of this assignment is to develop a business strategy for our company, A1 Company Limited. Our company export beans and pulses to India and planning to attract FDI on strategic assets of company to produce value added products made of bean. In this report includes business relationship between Myanmar and India, the advantages we currently have and opportunities for entering other international markets. Also, our marketing plan of targeting customer segments, our company value to customers and our plans to help our suppliers with sophisticated technologies which will be a great help in improving the quality of our products. Finally, our future plan for producing value added products...
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...Coffee Bean, Inc. (CBI), is a processor and distributor of a variety of blends of coffee. The company buys coffee beans from around the world and roasts, blends, and packages them for resale. CBI currently has 40 different coffees that it sells to gourmet shops in one-pound bags. The major cost of the coffee is raw materials. However, the company’s predominately automated roasting, blending, and packing process requires a substantial amount of manufacturing overhead. The company uses relatively little direct labor. Some of CBI’s coffees are very popular and sell in large volumes, while a few of the newer blends have very low volumes. CBI prices its coffee at manufacturing cost plus a markup of 30%. If CBI’s prices for certain coffees are significantly higher than market, adjustments are made to bring CBI’s prices more into alignment with the market since customers are somewhat price conscious. For the coming year, CBI’s budget includes estimated manufacturing overhead cost of $3,000,000. CBI assigns manufacturing overhead to products on the basis of direct labor-hours. The expected direct labor cost totals $600,000, which represents 50,000 hours of direct labor time. Based on the sales budget and expected raw materials costs, the company will purchase and use $6,000,000 of raw materials (mostly coffee beans) during the year. The expected costs for direct materials and direct labor for one-pound bags of two of the company’s coffee products appear below: | ...
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...The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, begins when Taylor (whose real name is Marietta) decides that it's time to leave Pittman, Kentucky, where she lives with her mother, and make something of herself. She buys a 1955 Volkswagen and embarks on a personal journey of self-discovery, leaving everything behind, including her name. When her car runs out of gas in Taylorville, Illinois, she decides that her new name will be Taylor. From that point on, she is known as Taylor Greer. In the middle of Oklahoma, on land owned by the Cherokee Nation, Taylor's car breaks down. Taylor stops to have it repaired and to get something to eat at a restaurant. Her life changes dramatically when, sitting in her car and ready to leave the restaurant and continue...
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...L.L. Bean, Inc. SINGH Varun M1, GR21 L.L. Bean is a privately owned mail-order, telephone, retail and online catalog company with headquarters in Freeport, Maine in the United States. It was founded in 1912 by Leon Leonwood Bean, and is currently worth US$1.5 billion. The major problem faced by the supply chain of the firm is the over reliance of initial forecasting on estimates and speculations. 1. How does L.L. Bean use past demand data and a specific item forecast to decide how many units of that item to stock? The forecasting team at L.L. Bean decides how many units of an item to stock using the following methodology: i. Divide the past demand data by the forecast demand to compute historical forecast errors, expressed in the form of A/F ratios, for each individual item. ii. The frequency distribution of these errors is compiled across items. iii. The frequency distribution of past forecast errors is used as a probability distribution for future forecast errors. iv. The cost of understocking an item is calculated by subtracting the cost price from the selling price. v. The cost of overstocking an item is computed by subtracting the liquidation price from the cost price of the item. vi. The critical ratio CU / (CU + CO) is calculated, which gives the optimal order size as the quantile of the item’s probability distribution of demand. vii. The commitment quantity is calculated as the product of the critical ratio quantile...
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...The effect of glucose on the growth of mung beans as measured in percentages of glucose mixed in water Annie Spendrup I. Purpose The purpose of this lab was to examine the effect of a glucose-water mixture on the growth and development of mung beans. Different percentages of glucose (0%, 1%, 2%, 3%, and 4%) in 40 millilitres of distilled water were used to water the mung beans. The hypothesis is that seeds watered with a glucose water solution will grow faster and taller than the ones not watered with glucose mixed into the water because the glucose will give extra nutrients for the seeds and will provide extra glucose which will help then grow taller in a shorter amount of time. II. Variables Independent variable The independent variable is how much 10% glucose solution is added to 40 ml of distilled water in order to create 1%, 2%, 3%, and 4% glucose solutions to use to water the mung beans. Dependent variable The dependent variable is how quickly it takes for the beans to sprout both roots and sprout. The number of days until the roots and stems sprout will be recorded, as well as how long the sprouts are. Controlled variables What needs to be controlled? Why does it need to be controlled / How would it impact the results? How will it be controlled? Health of the beans when planted If the seeds weren’t in good health throughout the experiment (included in the beginning) the beans would either not grow or would not grow at all. This would skew...
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...Understanding Family Enterprises Book Review Assignment October 2, 2015 L.L. Bean: The Making of an American Icon “Sell good merchandise at a reasonable profit, treat your customers like human beings, and they’ll always come back for more” (pg.14) was the Golden Rule of, L.L. Bean’s founder, Leon Leonwood Bean. Growing up in Maine, Leon, more commonly known as L.L., started his outdoor supplies company with the foundation of his newly created Maine Hunting Shoe and the idea that people like him would like the same things as him. The business started in Freeport, Maine, a small shoe factory town, as a small retail store and catalogue in 1917, and continued to earn a name for itself and grow as the years went on. It is said that L.L. grew a “loyal following” (pg.12) and people were interested with what was going to come out of his company. L.L. accomplished his goals and eventually passed the company down to his son and then his grandson. This book is a story by his grandson, Leon Gorman, about the start of the company, his journey through it, and the company present day. Although L.L. Bean, a well-known brand now, has gone through many ups and down since it’s small town origin, it has still kept the gold rule of its founder, which has helped it remain successful. Leon Gorman, L.L. Bean’s grandson, and graduate from Bowdoin University, begins his story about his family enterprise by telling us how he was introduced into the business and the factors that led to the success...
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...Angelica Acevedo Professor Coogan Introduction to Fiction September 24, 2014 Barbara Kingsolver: The Bean Trees The Bean Trees is a novel about a young girl who becomes a young woman by overcoming a series of trials that life throws at her. Part of those “trials” is taking care of a three...
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...INTRODUCTION: Toxicity can affect human, animals and plants. A toxic is something poisonous to a living organism. In order to determine how this will affect a living organism, an experiment should be conducted. In this experiment it uses Fabric softener. Downy Fabric softener is a household chemical that is full of nitrogen, constantly exposed to the environment, and also claims to be biodegradable. Nitrogen is a limiting nutrient in plants and therefore the aid of nitrogen should effect growth. Early active ingredient of fabric softener is dimethyl ammonium chloride (DHTDMAC), which belongs to the materials known as quaternary ammonium compounds, or quats (Fig. 1). Fabric Softener was observed to be toxic to the plants by inhibited production. Each day for one week, the plants effects would be recorded and the designated amounts of concentrations were added. I chose concentrations 1ml, 5ml and 9ml because it was believed that fabric softeners have a strong agent of chemicals. There were studies also conducted that showed how fabric softener affects the plants. I preferred this kind of test using fabric softener because it is very interesting, since fabric softener is commonly used by people in the laundry works. Fig. 1 Dimethyl Ammonium Chloride (DHTDMAC). This kind of ingredients is useful because part of the molecule has positive charge that attracts and binds it to negatively charged fabric fibers. HYPOTHESIS: The higher the concentration, the more it inhibits the...
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...------------------------------------------------- L. L. Bean: Where do we go from here? Introduction In the clothing and sporting goods industries, there are many companies fighting for not only survival but also for a market share. With so many companies all selling similar products at similar prices, what is it that a company can do to successfully and positively differentiate itself from the competition? Since the products are virtually the same in terms of use and style, it boils down to the following: Who has the better quality product? Who has the best customer service? Who can get me my purchase the fastest? With the introduction of L.L Bean, a mail-order sporting goods company in 1912, it became clear that the answer to the preceding questions is L.L Bean. L.L Bean became known for its customer service and high quality products, offered at a reasonable price. While under control of Leon L. Bean, the company was able to introduce the brand to America and through customer satisfaction of both products and services, the company flourished, earning revenues of $2,000,000. After Leon’s passing in 1967, the company was handed over to his grandson Leon Gorman, who took the company through a transitional period. His additions of more free catalogues and additional catalogues for the Christmas and summer seasons increase sales from $3 million in 1967 to $30 million in 1975. Over the next 5 years, L.L Bean saw tremendous success, growing rapidly while still maintaining the...
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