New and better adapted varieties of crop plants have resulted from the application of the principles of genetics. Fundamental research in the field of barley genetics has helped the plant breeder in developing better varieties for specific uses and adaptability. Barley is one of the best cultivated crop plants for making genetic studies. It has a wide range of adaptability, exhibits a host of contrasting genetic characters, is a simple diploid with only seven pairs of chromosomes, and all the cultivated species are interfertile.

The reproductive success of the Purple Martin is dependent upon many factors. This study measured reproductive success of the Purple Martin (Progne subis subis) based on parental age and type of housing used. Reproductive parental ages consist of adults (experienced breeders) and subadults (first time breeders). Housing types included in this study were aluminum housing, wooden housing, plastic gourds, natural gourds, SuperGourds, and mailbox housing. The reproductive success was defined as the percentage of the original clutch that fledged. Study sites were located in Alabama, Indiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Virginia. Pairs mating nonassortatively by age group had lower reproductive success than adults and subadults that were paired assortatively. Purple Martins were the most reproductively successful in SuperGourds and the least reproductively successful in wooden housing. This study provides evidence that may be basis for further research, help support the conservation of the Purple Martin, and aid reproductive success on its breeding grounds.

Thing theorist Bill Brown writes that “the thing names less an object than a particular subject-object relation.” This article examines the subject-object relation between African things and African bodies in Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's first novel, Purple Hibiscus. While the main character, Kambili, eventually learns to assimilate Western Catholicism into her Nigerian reality, her Christian fundamentalist father, Eugene, uses Catholicism to justify his self-hating destruction of African things and bodies. This article argues that both reactions are rooted in the characters' ability or inability to see African material things, including both objects and bodies, as autonomous subjects. Adichie's novel demonstrates that religious syncretism centered in an ethics of things is a viable, fruitful reaction to the colonizers' religion, and that religious practice can be healthily enacted through the medium of things and bodies.

In the novel the Color Purple (1982), the author, Alice Walker, highlights the oppression African American women had to endure in the South, during the 1920s. It tells the story of the protagonist Celie's life, from being a sexual abused girl, to becoming an independent woman. Through Celie's collection of letters, the novel is a documentation of an African American woman's transformation from a life of oppression to finding her voice. The analysis seeks to display the connection between Celie's fight against oppression to her becoming a "masculine female". In order to investigate Celie's transformation, in this paper I explore the cause of her transformation and look more closely at the factors that that resulted in her change. This is discussed by focusing on stereotypical gender traits, role models, motherhood, the elimination of male power, and lastly, multiple forms of oppression. In the end it is concluded that Celie's liberation from the patriarchy helped her find her new identity as a masculine female.

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The purpose of this essay is to conduct a character analysis on Eugene Achike from Chimamana Ngozi Adichie’s novel Purple Hibiscus, to see whether or not the character is used by Adichie as a portrayal of colonial Nigeria and its values. I have done this by looking at the themes of violence and hypocrisy in relation to Eugene’s language usage, religious attitude, and behaviour towards others, and comparing these aspects of his personality with the attitudes shown by colonialists in colonial Nigeria. The more important issues that prove Eugene’s character is a portrayal of colonial Nigeria are: his utter disregard for his heritage and background, including the physical disregard of his father; his absolute control over his family members, both physically and mentally, which leads to violent outbursts if he is disobeyed; the fact that he is shown in the novel to be a direct product of the missionaries and colonial structure that was present in Nigeria when he grew up. These things, together with the subtle connections in Adichie’s writing that connect her novel to Things Fall Apart, firmly place Purple Hibiscus in the postcolonial category. Thus, I concluded that Eugene’s character is a portrayal of Colonial Nigeria. / Syftet med denna upsats är att genomföra en karaktärsanalys på karaktären Eugene Achike i Chimamanda Ngozi Adichis roman Purple Hibiscus, för att se ifall karaktären används av Adichie som en skildring av koloniala Nigeria och dess värderingar. Jag har gjort detta genom att undersöka två teman – våld och hyckleri – i samband med Eugenes användning av språk, religös attityd, och beteende mot andra, för att då jämföra dessa aspekter av hans personlighet med attityderna kolonisatörer hade i koloniala Nigeria. De viktigaste sakerna som bevisar att Eugenes karaktär är en skildring av koloniala Nigeria är: hans fullständiga ignoreing av sin bakgrund, inklusive den fysiska ignorering av hans pappa; hans absoluta kontroll över sin familj, både fysiskt och mentalt, vilket leder till våldsamma utbrott om han inte blir åtlydd; det faktum att han beskrivs som en produkt av missionärerna och koloniala samhället vid flera tillfällen i boken. Detta tillsammans med romanens subtila kopplingar till Achebes Things Fall Apart, placerar tveklöst Purple Hibiscus i den postkoloniala kategorin. Därmed drar jag slutsatsen att Eugene’s karaktär är en skildring av koloniala Nigeria.

A cultura da cana-de-açúcar passou por diversas alterações no cenário de manejo de plantas daninhas. Mais recentemente o sistema de plantio de cana-de-açúcar foi diversificado, podendo ser realizado com mudas pré-brotadas (MPB). O manejo de plantas daninhas está em constante mudança, devido à alteração da flora infestante, entretanto, a espécie Cyperus rotundus L. se destaca por aparecer em todos os momentos, devido a dificuldade de controle. Assim, objetivou-se com este estudo: A) Determinar o PAI (Período Anterior à Interferência), o PCPI (Período Crítico de Prevenção à Interferência) e o PTPI (Período Total de Prevenção à Interferência) em cana-de-açúcar plantada por meio de MPB; B) Avaliar o controle químico de plantas daninhas em MPB, com herbicidas utilizados para o manejo de C. rotundus; C) Avaliar o crescimento inicial de MPB após a aplicação de herbicidas utilizados para o manejo de C. rotundus; D) Avaliar o controle e a viabilidade de tubérculos de C. rotundus sob aplicação de herbicidas. Para todos os experimentos foi utilizada a cultivar de cana-de-açúcar IACSP95-5000. Para a determinação dos períodos críticos foi conduzido experimento em campo, no delineamento em blocos ao acaso, com 14 tratamentos e três repetições. Os tratamentos foram compostos por sete períodos de convivência e por sete períodos de controle das plantas daninhas: 0 - 30, 0 - 60, 0 - 90, 0 - 120, 0 - 150, 0 - 210 e 0 - 240 dias após o plantio (DAP). Foram realizadas avaliações de altura, diâmetro, número de perfilhos, peso de dez colmos e produtividade. O experimento de controle foi realizado em campo, no delineamento em blocos ao acaso, com dez tratamentos e quatro repetições. Os tratamentos correspoderam a aplicação de sulfentrazone (800 g i.a. ha-1), diclosulam (193,17 g i.a. ha-1), imazapic (133 g i.a. ha-1) e imazapyr (500 g e.a. ha-1) em pré-plantio (um dia antes do plantio) e, halosulfuron (112,5 g i.a. ha-1), ethoxysulfuron (135 g i.a. ha-1), MSMA (1.975 g i.a. ha-1) e 2,4-D (1.340 g e.a. ha-1) em pós-plantio (30 DAP), além de dois tratamentos controle (com e sem capina). Foram realizadas avaliações de altura, diâmetro, número de perfilhos, controle, sintomas de injúria e produtividade. O experimento de crescimento inicial de MPB foi realizado em casa de vegetação, em delineamento inteiramente casualizado, com nove tratamentos e quatro repetições. Os tratamentos corresponderam aos herbicidas aplicados em pré-plantio: sulfentrazone (200; 400; 800; 1.600 e 3.200 g i.a. ha-1), diclosulam (48,3; 96,6; 193,17; 386,34 e 772,68 g i.a. ha-1), imazapic (33,25; 66,5; 133; 266 e 532 g i.a. ha-1) e imazapyr (125; 250; 500; 1.000 e 2.000 g e.a. ha-1) e, pós-plantio: ethoxysulfuron (33,75; 67,5; 135; 270 e 540 g i.a. ha-1), halosulfuron (28,125; 56,25; 112,5; 225 e 450 g i.a. ha-1), 2,4-D (335; 670; 1.340; 2.680 e 5.360 g e.a. ha-1) e MSMA (493,75; 987,5; 1.975; 3.950 e 7.900 g i.a. ha-1), mais um tratamento controle. Foram avaliados os sintomas de injúria, altura, diâmetro, número de perfilhos, clorofila A, B e total, área foliar, massa seca da parte aérea e de raízes. O experimento de viabilidade de tubérculos foi realizado em casa de vegetação em delineamento inteiramente casualizado, com nove tratamentos e quatro repetições. Os tratamentos foram compostos pelos herbicidas aplicados em pré-emergência: 9 sulfentrazone (800 g i.a. ha-1), diclosulam (193,17 g i.a. ha-1), imazapic (133 g i.a. ha-1) e imazapyr (500 g e.a. ha-1) e em pós-emergência: halosulfuron (112,5 g i.a. ha-1), ethoxysulfuron (135 g i.a. ha-1), MSMA (1.975 g i.a. ha-1) e 2,4-D (1.340 g e.a. ha-1), mais um tratamento controle. Foram avaliados controle e viabilidade de tubérculos. O PAI, PCPI e PTPI foram de 26,26 - 68 e 68 dias, respectivamente. Os herbicidas em pré-plantio proporcionaram os melhores controles até 60 DAP. Entretanto, o diclosulam, imazapic e imazapyr provocaram sintomas de injúria graves reduzindo a produtividade. Os herbicidas de pós-plantio propiciaram sintomas de injúria leves, entretanto no experimento de campo os tratamentos resultaram em queda de produtividade devido ao baixo controle das plantas daninhas. A maior redução na viabilidade de tubérculos foi observada para sulfentrazone, imazapic, halosulfuron, ethoxysulfuron e MSMA. Os herbicidas isolados não foram eficazes para garantir o controle das plantas daninhas até 68 DAP. O correto posicionamento dos herbicidas é necessário para evitar danos severos à cultura. / The sugarcane crop underwent several changes in the weed management scenario. Recently the sugarcane planting system was diversified, being able to be realized with pre-sprouted seedlings (PSS) of sugarcane. Weed management is constantly changing, due to the change in weed flora; however, Cyperus rotundus L. stands out because it appears at all times, due to the difficulty of control. The aim of this study was determine: A) the PPI (Period Prior to Interference), CPIP (Critical Period of Interference Prevention) and TPIP (Total Period of Interference Prevention) in sugarcane in the PSS system; B) Evaluate the chemical control of weeds in PSS with herbicides used for the management of C. rotundus; C) To evaluate the initial growth of PSS of sugarcane after the application of herbicides used for the management of C. rotundus; D) Evaluate the control and viability of C. rotundus tubers under herbicide treatment. For all experiments the sugarcane cultivars used was IACSP95-5000. To determine the critical periods, a field experiment was carried out in a randomized block design with fourteen treatments and three replications. The treatments were composed of seven coexistence periods and seven weed control periods: 0 - 30, 0 - 60, 0 - 90, 0 - 120, 0 - 150, 0 - 210 and 0 - 240 days after planting (DAP). Were evaluated height, diameter, number of tillers, weight of ten stalks and yield. Control experiment was carried out in the field too, in a randomized block design, with ten treatments and four replications. The treatments application corresponding to the herbicides sulfentrazone (800 g a.i. ha-1), diclosulam (193.17 g a.i. ha-1), imazapic (133 g a.i. ha-1) e imazapyr (500 g a.e. ha-1) in pre-planting (um dia antes do plantio) and, halosulfuron (112.5 g a.i. ha-1), ethoxysulfuron (135 g a.i. ha-1), MSMA (1,975 g a.i. ha-1) and 2,4-D (1,340 g a.e. ha-1) in post-planting (30 DAP), and two control treatments (with and without weeding). In the control experiment were evaluated height, diameter, number of tillers, control, symptoms of injury and yield. The experiment of initial growth of PSS was performed in greenhouse, in a completely randomized design, with nine treatments and four replications. The treatments corresponded to the herbicides applied in pre-planting: sulfentrazone (200; 400; 800; 1,600 and 3,200 g a.i. ha-1), diclosulam (48.3; 96.6; 193.17; 386.34 and 772.68 g a.i. ha-1), imazapic (33.25; 66.5; 133; 266 and 532 g a.i. ha-1) and imazapyr (125; 250; 500; 1,000 and 2,000 g a.e. ha-1) and post-planting: ethoxysulfuron (33.75; 67.5; 135; 270 and 540 g a.i. ha-1), halosulfuron (28.125; 56.25; 112.5; 225 and 450 g a.i. ha-1), 2,4-D (335; 670; 1,340; 2,680 and 5,360 g a.e. ha-1) e MSMA (493.75; 987.5; 1,975; 3,950 and 7,900 g a.i. ha-1), plus one control treatment. Were evaluated symptoms of injury, height, diameter, number of tillers, chlorophyll A, B and total, leaf area, shoots and roots dry mass. The C. rotundus tubers viability experiment was carried out in a greenhouse in a completely randomized design, with nine treatments and four replications. The treatments were composed by herbicides applied in pre- emergence: sulfentrazone (800 g a.i. ha-1), diclosulam (193.17 g a.i. ha-1), imazapic (133 g a.i. ha-1) and imazapyr (500 g a.e. ha-1), and post-emergence: halosulfuron (112.5 g a.i. ha-1), ethoxysulfuron (135 g a.i. ha-1), MSMA (1,975 g a.i. ha-1) e 2,4- 11 D (1,340 g a.e. ha-1), plus one control treatment. Were evaluated control and viability of tubers. The results showing that PPI, CPIP and TPIP were 26, 26 - 68 and 68 days, respectively. Pre-planting herbicides provided better controls up to 60 DAP, however, diclosulam, imazapic and imazapyr caused severe injury symptoms reducing yield. Post-planting herbicides were considered selective, however in the field experiment the treatments resulted in a decrease of yield due to low weed control. The lowest viability of tubers was caused by sulfentrazone, imazapic, halosulfuron, ethoxysulfuron and MSMA. The isolated herbicides were not effective to ensure control of weeds up to 68 DAP. The correct herbicides setting is necessary to avoid damage to the crop.