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Heterosis and Combining ability analysis in F1 hybrids of bread wheat
Authors: S Kaur  , R Kumar  , Monika
Published: August 2023

Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the most auspicious cereal food crop with regard to production, consumption, nutritional value, storage space, quality, adaptability and transportation. The all 15 F1 cross combinations and their parents were planted in a randomized block design (RBD) with three replications. Out of 15 cross combinations, only 10 show significant heterobeltiosis for early maturity over the standard check-in desirable direction. Five cross combinations PBW 343 x PBW 65, RAJ 2184 x PBW 65, PBW 343 x RAJ 2184, CPAN 3004 x RAJ 2184, HD 1981 x PBW 154 show significant positive heterobeltiosis whereas two cross combinations HD 1981 x PBW 154 and PBW 343 x PBW 65 show significant positive heterosis over commercial check for seed yield. The GCA (General combining ability) effects of the parent PBW343 showed significant positive effect for most of all the traits followed by CPAN3004, PBW154 and PBW65. Out of fifteen, two cross crosses, namely PBW 343 x PBW 65 and CPAN 3004 x RAJ 2184 showed a significant positive SCA (specific combining ability) effect for grain yield.
Influence of organic manures and zinc on yield, quality and profitability of radish (Raphanus sativus L.) under semi-arid conditions
Authors: M Choudhary  , SK Bairwa  , G Choudhary  , A Choudhary  , GK Mittal  , DK Yadav  , LN Bairwa
Published: August 2023

The study was conducted to determine the effect of organic manures and zinc on radish's growth, yield, quality and economics. The maximum average weight of the root (193.72 g), root: shoot ratio (2.72), root yield (258.86 q/ha), ascorbic acid (13.72 mg/100g), zinc content in leaves (25.05 ppm),) net return (Rs 170280/ha) and B: C ratio (2.92) were recorded and significantly influenced in treatment M2 but these parameters were at par with M3 except net return. In the case of zinc levels, the maximum average weight of root (194.81 g), root: shoot ratio (2.62), root yield (253.30 q/ha), ascorbic acid (13.40 mg/100g), net return (Rs 167810/ha) and B: C ratio (2.96) were recorded in treatment ZnSO4 @ 25 kg/ha but these parameters were at par with Z3. However, zinc content in leaves and roots (27.31 & 47.15 ppm) were recorded more in treatment Z3 @ 30 kg/ha but these parameters did not differ significantly from treatment Z2. The combining effect of different organic manures and zinc levels was significant on the B: C ratio. Moreover, the interactive effect between vermicompost @ 3 t/ha along with ZnSO4 @ 25 kg/ha was significantly higher (3.27) over the rest of the treatments except M3Z3, M2Z3 and M3Z2, which were found statistically at par to it.
Seasonal incidence of stem fly, Melanagromyza sojae (Zehntner) infesting black gram (Vigna mungo L.) in kharif
Authors: NP Pathan  , DB Sisodiya  , RD Dodiya  , AD Kalola
Published: August 2023

A field experiment on the seasonal incidence of stem fly, Melanagromyza sojae (Zehntner) infesting black gram was carried out in variety GU 1 (Gujarat Urd 1) during kharif 2017 and 2021 at Entomology farm, B. A. College of Agriculture, AAU, Anand. Infestation of M. sojaewas observed from 1st WAS i.e., 34th SMW. Later on, infestation increased gradually and its highest infestation was observed during the 39th SMW i.e., 68.33 and 73.33% of kharif, 2017 and 2021, respectively. Stem fly infestation exhibited a highly significant positive association (r = 0.519** and 0.655**, respectively) with bright sunshine hours (BSS) and maximum temperature (MaxT), respectively. Abiotic factors viz., rainfall (RF) exhibited a significant negative association (-0.458*), while evaporation (EP) showed a significant positive association (0.466*).
Performance of tall wheat under different sowing times and methods using various nutrient sources in western Haryana
Authors: VS Hooda  , M Sangwan  , S Kumar  , Neelam  , E Kamboj  , Dev Raj
Published: August 2023

To study the effect of different sowing times, methods and nutrient sources on the growth and productivity of tall wheat, a field experiment was conducted in a split-plot design with three replications. The analysis of data revealed that tall wheat crop sown in the last week of October on FIRBS recorded significantly higher plant height, dry matter accumulation (at different growth stages), yield attributes, grain yield (2599 kg ha-1) and biological yield (7212 kg ha-1) as compared to conventionally sown wheat crop in 1st and 2nd week of November. Among the different nutrient sources, the recommended doses of chemical fertilizers provided significantly higher values of growth parameters, yield attributes, grain yield (2658 kg ha-1) and biological yield (7426 kg ha-1) compared to organic fertilizers/ biofertilizers. Maximum temperature showed a significant and positive correlation with yield and yield attributes. In light of the results to maximize the productivity of tall wheat, it may be sown in the last week of October on FIRBS supplied with recommended doses of fertilizers on the basis of soil test.
Phenotypic diversity of date-palm genotypes (Phoenix dactylifera L.) collected from Mundra of Kutch region
Authors: R Meena  , D Singh  , KL Kumawat  , S Rawat
Published: August 2023

A wide range of variability with regard to fruit and pulp characters and taste was observed in date groves in Kutch region of Gujarat (India), which have been developed naturally from seeds. An exploration was undertaken to identify better genotypes of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) based on their fruit quality and yield-attributing characteristics. A total of 14 fruit samples were collected and data were analysed for fruit characters. Among the different genotypes MDR2 was identified and marked superior with respect to fruiting characteristics like fruit weight (29.86 g), fruit length (53.12 mm) and quality characteristics (TSS 35.17 ºB). In India, the coastal strip of the Kutch region contains the only remaining natural date palm groves, which should be utilised and maintained to be used in future genetic improvement programmes.
The social profile of farmers in the village of S.A.S. Nagar district of Punjab
Authors: H Kaur  , I Mohan  , G Singh
Published: August 2023

Agriculture education is crucial in ensuring the growth of agricultural profitability, efficacy, ecological responsibility, technology for agriculture, and environmental and ecological stability. The current study examines the socioeconomic factors that contribute to the importance of the farming community in Punjab, especially in the villages of Shakrullapur, Rora, Bibipur, Batta, and Fatehpur Theri all of which are located in the Kharar tehsil and SAS Nagar Mohali district. For this study, a questionnaire-based methodology was used. There are recordings of the 120 farmer interviews. The research aims to determine the living and working situations of the populace. A complete understanding of the socioeconomic condition was the aim of this investigation. While many people have improved their quality of life, some are still in the same predicament. Therefore, these locations Socioeconomic status must be investigated, particularly about the community as a whole, occupational framework, academic achievement, labour force income, residential characteristics, and government programs. Variables like Age, education, land holding, family composition, source of information, and extension contact were selected to assess the socio-profile of the farmers. The study showed that the average age of the respondents was 66%, 84% of respondents had access to mobile phones. The majority of the respondents were small farmers which is about 57% also, it is observed that about 34% of farmers have completed their middle school. And most of them i.e., about 86% get their source of information from input dealers (Private agencies), 59% of respondents have extension contact with cooperative societies.
Exploring the scenario of natural farming and food system in the North Eastern Hill Region of India: an introspective study
Authors: S. Athawale  , R Singh
Published: August 2023

The agricultural practices in India's North Eastern hill region (NEHR) align with the philosophy of natural farming, which emphasizes working in harmony with natural cycles and processes of the natural world. Farmers in the region follow the traditional agriculture practices based on indigenous technical knowledge (ITK), these practices align with the attributes of natural farming such as; no-tillage, intercropping, mulching, crop rotation, no use of agrochemicals, functional biodiversity, crop diversity etc. evolved through experience and experiments by ancestors. As the indigenous communities habituated in the region have historically relied on natural resources, their food systems have been centred around forest-based resources, which include a wide variety of wild species. Therefore, this study endeavors to provide a comprehensive overview of the scenario of natural farming and food systems in NEHR. Further, it suggests assessing natural farming in the context of NEHR while taking food systems into consideration, along with the documentation of both cultivated and collected wild foods of significance.
Efficacy of organic inputs on nutrient management and cost-benefit ratio on pulse crops in organic farming
Authors: RP Amipara  , BD Makwana
Published: August 2023

The wide range of external solid organic sources of nutrients viz., FYM, vermicompost, goat manure, etc., are available, out of them, FYM & vermicompost are found to good in terms of yield and quality of the different pulse crops. Several options are available for liquid manures, among them higher yield, quality and cost-benefit ratio of the produce reported with the application of Panchagavya and jeevamrut. Crop residue mulching with organic manures was also found effective. Integrated application of organic and natural inputs as solid and liquid manures gave better results than sole application.
Effect of different organic sources and mulching on growth, yield and quality of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)
Authors: MH Kavad  , KD Mevad  , PC Makavana
Published: August 2023

Ten treatment combinations comprising five different organic sources viz., Vermicompost, FYM, NADEP-compost, Bangalore-compost and No manure and two levels of mulching viz., mulch with wheat straw @ 2.5t/ha and no mulch were evaluated in randomized block design with factorial concept with four replications. An application of vermicompost recorded significantly higher plant height (13.72, 30.00 and 54.56 cm at 30, 60 DAS and at harvest, respectively) and root length (12.52 cm) at 45 DAS, number of pods per plant (25.82), pod yield (2757 kg/ha), haulm yield (4615 kg/ha) shelling % (73.98%), protein content (24.85%) and oil content (51.68%). The effect of mulch on all the observations was found non-significant. All the interaction effects between organic sources and mulching on all the observations were found non-significant. For getting higher growth, yield and quality of kharif groundnut crop should be applied manures with 20 kg N/ha from vermicompost along with 250 kg PROM/ha.
Influence of farming systems on management of major pests and disease of groundnut
Authors: HK Veeranna  , SK Adarsha  , D Sharanabasappa  , HD Shilpa  , ME Shilpa
Published: August 2023

A field experiment was conducted during the summer 2019 to manage significant pests and diseases of groundnut. Four farming methods were evaluated against Aphis craccivora, Scirtothrips dorsalis, Spodoptera litura andearly leaf spot (Cercospora arachidicola). Among the different farming methods, Natural farming (NF) (neemastra @ 625 lit/ha) significantly reduced the Aphis craccivora (3.92 aphids /plant) and Scirtothrips dorsalis (11.80%) at one week after spray followed by organic farming (OF) and a package of practice (POP). Similarly, S. litura (0.44 % leaf damage) infestation was significantly lower at two weeks after spray compared to other treatments. Botanical decoctions were found safer to Coccinella transversalis in natural farming plot. The experiment also evaluated the effective farming methods against early leaf spot of groundnut and among the different methods, the minimum per cent disease index (6.26) was recorded in POP (hexaconazole 5EC @ 500ml/ha) followed by OF (azadirachtin 10000 ppm @ 600ml/ha) (7.02) and NF (fermented buttermilk @ 12.50 lit/ha) (7.19). All the farming methods were statistically at par in recording pod yield however, the highest pod yield was recorded in POP (20.07 q/ha) followed by organic farming (19.50 q/ha). The present investigation has found natural farming to be an effective system against the management of pests and disease in groundnut.
Seasonal incidence of major insect pests of bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) in South-western Haryana
Authors: J Parkash  , B Singh  , SS Yadav  , A Khan
Published: August 2023

Bottle gourd is an important vegetable crop that fetches recurrent income from farmers. The present investigation was carried out during the kharif season of 2019 to study the incidence of prevailing four insect pests of bottle gourd in relation to weather. The seasonal incidence of major insect pests such as Aulacophora foveicollis Lucas, Bactrocera cucurbitae Coquillett, Aphis gossypii Glover and Bemicia tabaci Gennadius was studied. The fruit infestation by Bactrocera cucurbitae was initiated in the 34th SMW, and the maximum infestation was noticed in the 36th SMW. The fruit fly infestation was significant and positively correlated with evening relative humidity and rainfall. Aulacophora foveicollis incidence in bottle gourd was maximum in the 38th SMW. The beetle population was significantly and negatively correlated with minimum temperature and evening relative humidity. The maximum infestation of aphids and whitefly was noticed in the later stage of the crop during the 39th SMW, and the aphid population was significantly correlated with minimum temperature, evening relative humidity and rainfall, whereas the whitefly population was correlated significantly with evening relative humidity and rainfall.
Zero budget natural farming practices on yield of crops (Maize + soybean and Pea + coriander) in mid hill of Sikkim Himalayas
Authors: SK Das  , A Kumar  , A Yadav  , R Laha  , VK Mishra
Published: August 2023

Natural Farming (NF) is an alternative low-input, climate-resilient farming practice that have emerged to reduce input costs and higher yields for farmers from locally available inputs by eliminating the use of chemical fertilizers and improving soil fertility. In this article, it was physico-chemically characterized the different formulations (jeevamrit, ghanjeevamrit and beejamrit) for different parameters and found that it varies at different interval days. This present article mainly focused on the different cropping system of the natural farming and also evaluating the economics of the returns with the conventional farming system. Therefore, the cropping system practiced are Maize and soybean during kharif season followed by vegetable pea and coriander during the rabi season. Result for the different natural farming practices in soybean + maize intercropping revealed that the maximum sole yield was recorded under AI-NPOF packages with 26.1 q/ha followed by complete natural farming with 21.4 q/ha whereas other treatments remained non-significant. In intercropping, the yield was found to be maximum under complete natural farming with (35.9 q/ha). The system BC ratio was highest under AI-NPOF Packages (1.82) followed by complete natural farming (1.20). In the pea-coriander system, the higher sole yield was recorded under AI-NPOF package with (70 q/ha) followed by complete NF (61.4 q/ha). The intercropping yield and vegetable pea equivalent were highest under complete NF. The result indicated that in natural farming, the vegetable-based cropping system was profitable in comparison to the maize based in terms of the net returns.
Comparative study of green gram cultivation in natural farming vs recommended practices
Authors: Dayanand  , R Khan  , R Nagar  , RS Khatana
Published: August 2023

A comparative study on green gram cultivation in natural farming vs recommended practices was carried out at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Abusar Jhunjhunu in Kharif-2022 to assess future possibilities of Natural farming practices in the district. In natural farming plot no manure and fertilizer were applied, seeds were treated with beejamrit and after sowing Jeevamrit was applied in field as per recommendation while in other plots all recommended doses of fertilizers were applied, seeds were treated with imidacloprid and NPK consortia, for management of weeds herbicide pendamethalin was applied after sowing. Whiteflies were observed in both plots. Neemastra and imidacloprid were applied in natural farming and other plots to control white flies. All observations were recorded from both plots and analyzed. Results revealed that lower yield was observed in natural farming plots (4.54 q/ha) than recommended practices (5.82 q/ha.). Possible causes of low yield in natural farming plots were weeds and severe white fly infestation. In recommended practices, pendamethalin herbicide was applied as pre-emergence, which reduced weed population, while Imidacloprid was sprayed to control white flies, reducing pest infestation. Soil samples after harvesting of crops were taken from both plots and analyzed for available organic carbon and NPK level. In the natural farming plot organic carbon level was slightly higher than in another plot which is a positive sign that it may increase the yield of the next crop.
Comparative economic indicators of the farmers practising natural farming vs conventional farming system
Authors: D Jayaraj  , M Periyasamy
Published: August 2023

The present study was carried out in Kanchipuram district of the Tamil Nadu. Paddy is the main cereal crop raised in 47,739 ha of the cultivated area followed by groundnut and pulses.  Farmers following conventional and natural farming are purposively selected in 120 numbers to cultivate Paddy in 436.56 ha among that area and data was gathered from their respective fields. The main aim of this study is to analyze whether natural farming system was economically better with sufficient economic returns to the farmers against conventional farming practices. The study was confined only to major crop of the study area; paddy. The comparative analysis results revealed that natural farming is a viable option for farmers under the prevailing conditions with a significant yield gap and higher benefit-cost ratio against conventional farming in 2021–2022. Efficient use of available natural resources as a key input for farming was found economically attractive enough to trigger wide spread adoption of natural farming systems in the study area.
Effect of organic amendments on termite infestation in chickpea
Authors: A Chand  , HL Deshwal  , Arvind  , R Choudhary
Published: August 2023

The field experiment was conducted at the Research farm, Agriculture Research Station, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner, during Rabi season in randomized block design with nine treatments, including the control. Out of the seven organic amendments, tested against termites in chickpea, the application of neem cake recorded the lowest 9.97 per cent termite damaged plants, followed by vermicompost (10.43). The highest termite damaged plants (19.53) were observed in plots treated with FYM followed by groundnut cake treated plots (19.47). The maximum grain yield (1325 kg ha-1) was obtained from the plots treated with neem cake, followed by vermicompost (1205 kg ha-1). The minimum yield (1060 kg ha-1) was obtained from the plots treated with FYM. The maximum profit (Rs 8790 ha-1) was obtained from the treatment of vermicompost, followed by poultry manures (Rs 7010 ha-1). The highest incremental cost-benefit ratio (ICBR) of 0.96 was obtained from vermicompost followed by poultry manures (0.69).
Plant-insect interaction in underutilized horticultural crops for sustainable production
Authors: SM Haldhar  , B Sinha  , BR Choudhary  , D Singh  , J Konsam  , N Thaochan
Published: August 2023

Plants and insects have been living together for more than 350 million years. In co-evolution, both have evolved strategies to avoid each other’s defense systems. This evolutionary arms race between plants and insects has resulted in the development of an elegant defense system in plants that can recognise the non-self-molecules or signals from damaged cells, much like animals. It activates the plant’s immune response against the herbivores. Differences in genotypes of plant characters may affect insect-plant herbivore interactions, and variations in genotype traits are responsible for modifying the bottom-up effects. Recent evidence shows that the simultaneous occurrence of abiotic and biotic stress can positively affect plant performance by reducing the susceptibility to biotic stress, a positive sign for pest management. Plant responses to these stresses are multifaceted and involve copious antibiosis, physiological, antixenotic, molecular, molecular and cellular adaptations. Plants with antibiosis characteristics such as flavonoids, phenols, tannins, alkaloids, etc., may cause reduced insect survival, prolonged development time, decreased size and reduced new generation fitness. Quality and quantity of constitutive secondary metabolites production is species as well as cultivar specific and can be expressed as the signature of a particular plant or species and leads to the phenomenon of host-plant resistance. Hence, such plant resistance mechanisms have been effectively and widely used for managing insect pests in fields of underutilized crops. Natural defences are mediated through plant characteristics that affect insect biology, such as mechanical protection on the surface of the plants (e.g., hairs, trichomes, thorns, spines and thicker leaves) that either kill or retard the development of the herbivores. These phenomena of host plant resistance to insects can be exploited for the development of resistance crop cultivars which readily produce the inducible response upon mild infestation and can perform as one of the integrated pest management for sustainable crop production.
Pathways to Freedom: From the Archives to the Street
Authors: Mutnick Deborah
Published: August 2023

This article describes how a first-year learning community combining library, archival, and digital literacies facilitated students’ grasp of threshold concepts of academic research and writing. It argues that critical-rhetorical processes and pedagogies can help counteract neoliberal educational trends that interpellate students as consumers rather than learners.
“Always Up Against”: A Study of Veteran WPAs and Social Resilience
Authors: Stenberg Shari J. , Minter Debbie
Published: August 2023

This essay reports on an interview-based study of ten veteran WPAs, whose three decades of service spans neoliberalism’s growing influence on universities. Our findings trace their enactment of social resilience, a dynamic, relational process that allowed them, even in the face of constraint, to act and to preserve key commitments.
Muscular Drooping and Sentimental Brooding: Kenneth Burke’s Crip Time–War Time Disability Pedagogy
Authors: Walters Shannon
Published: August 2023

This article argues for understanding Kenneth Burke’s linguistic pedagogy as a teaching practice rooted in the appreciation of disability. It explores connections between the Cold War cultural context and the present day, describing how a nuanced approach to disability pedagogy can resist impulses toward competition and conflict in the classroom and on the world stage.
Relive Differences through a Material Flashback
Authors: Wang Zhaozhe
Published: August 2023

Through an ecological and autoethnographic analysis of a repository of diachronically archived texts written over a period of six years in multiple cultural, geographical, and disciplinary contexts, the author unfolds his materialized experiences of coming to terms with, embracing, and composing with rhetorical differences as spatiotemporal relationality and affordances.
Tracing Connections and Disconnects: Reading, Writing, and Digital Literacies across Contexts
Authors: Wang Xiqiao
Published: August 2023

Positioning reading as a site of meaning negotiation, this article provides a detailed account of one multilingual, transnational student’s literacy practices for personal, academic, and disciplinary purposes across spaces. Drawing on the notion ofdisconnect, I examine the tensions and fissures that disrupt the flow of literacies across spaces.
Redefining Writing for the Responsive Workplace
Authors: Lauer Claire , Brumberger Eva
Published: August 2023

In this article we argue that mobile, design, content, and social media technologies have fundamentally redefined the role of the writer in the workplace. Rather than the originator of content, the writer is becoming a sort of multimodal editor who revises, redesigns, remediates, and upcycles content into new forms, for new audiences, purposes, and media. This article discusses data gathered from over one hundred hours of embedded workplace research shadowing nine different professional communicators. The data demonstrate the iterative, detailed, product-focused types of work happening within a range of workplace constraints and, in turn, emphasize the need for writers and teachers of writing to recognize the importance of developing a broad skillset to prepare for this kind of work.
Relating Our Experiences: The Practice of Positionality Stories in Student-Centered Pedagogy
Authors: Cedillo Christina V. , Bratta Phil
Published: August 2023

Based in instructors’ embodied perspectives,positionality storiesare a critical methodology that opens space for students to consider academic counternarratives that contest educational conditions and assumptions. Sharing two stories here, we illustrate how educators might use these to help students from marginalized communities develop connections with teachers and navigate academia.
The Teaching for Transfer Curriculum: The Role of Concurrent Transfer and Inside-and Outside-School Contexts in Supporting Students’ Writing Development
Authors: Blake Yancey Kathleen , Davis Matthew , Robertson Liane , Taczak Kara , Workman Erin
Published: August 2023

Drawing on the Teaching for Transfer (TFT) writing curriculum, this study documents how students in writing courses at four different institutions transferred writing knowledge and practice concurrently into other sites of writing, including other courses, co-curriculars, and workplaces. This research demonstrates that when students, supported by the TFT curriculum, understood that appropriate transfer of writing knowledge and practice is both possible and desirable, (1) they engaged in writing transfer during the TFT course into other sites of writing; (2) they transferred from in-school contexts into out-of-school contexts with facility; and (3) in both cases, they engaged in a just-in-time transfer.
Reaffirming Critical Composition Studies as an Antidote to Trumpian Authoritarianism
Authors: Lazere Donald
Published: August 2023

Public discussion of “the authoritarian personality” returned with the election of President Trump. This article traces the rise of that concept and broader study of mass society in American social science, with adaptations into composition studies from the 1960s to the 1990s—followed by their lamentable eclipse under a lethal combination of forces since then.
Using Design Thinking to Teach Creative Problem Solving in Writing Courses
Authors: Wible Scott
Published: August 2023

Integrating design thinking methodology into writing courses can help students to develop creative approaches to problem definition and solution development. Tracing how students work with and through written genres common to design thinking reveals the possibilities and potential of learning new patterns of inquiry and argumentation. Developing these creative habits of mind empowers students to explore and invent solutions to complex, multidimensional problems across the broad range of their disciplinary, professional, and civic lives.
“Like Coming Home”: African Americans Tinkering and Playing toward a Computer Code Bootcamp
Authors: Byrd Antonio
Published: August 2023

Some computer code bootcamps offer racially marginalized adults training in computer programming to assist in their social mobility. Many African American adults have little to no prior experience with programming. Literacy life history interviews show that the procedural literacy adult students practiced out of school scaffolded their learning coding literacy.
The Ethics of Storytelling: Indigenous Identity and the Death of Mangas Coloradas
Authors: Grijalva Regina McManigell
Published: August 2023

To reveal responsibilities of storytelling, I first disclose my representation of indigeneity, and then, as an indigenous writer, I use the narrative paradigm to examine divergent stories told about the death of Apache Chief Mangas Coloradas. This study demonstrates for teachers and students of writing how important it is to remain ethical in telling and listening to stories.
A Feminist and Antiracist History of Composition and Rhetoric at Oberlin College (1846–1851)
Authors: Fredlund Katherine
Published: August 2023

When first admitted to Oberlin College, women were expected to attend their rhetoric courses in silence. Not content with an education that did not prepare them for public speaking, some women students collaborated to educate themselves. Their history uncovers feminist and antiracist disruptions to composition and rhetoric that have much to teach present-day educators.
Neuroqueer Literacies; or, Against Able-Reading
Authors: Smilges J. Logan
Published: August 2023

Despite a recent interest in thinking writing studies alongside disability, there has yet to be much conversation about disability’s relationship to reading. I argue, however, that experiences of disability and neurodivergence in particular can expand our field’s understanding of what constitutes literacy and of who can be literate.
Performing Data and Visualizing Difference: Developing a Performative Rhetoric of Infographics for the Writing Classroom
Authors: Hanson Valerie L.
Published: August 2023

To equip students to analyze and create infographics with a rich understanding of rhetorical dynamics and sensitivity to how difference and equity issues are communicated, I propose a pedagogical approach to infographics drawn from Karen Barad’s concept of performative enactment and describe its implementation in a required writing classroom.
Exploring Narrated Belonging in/through Disciplinary Writing
Authors: Nicholes Justin
Published: August 2023

This study sought to explore how undergraduates in two majors (chemistry and English) at one US public university constructed identities of belonging in academic life stories, and how these stories may be understood as relating to their evaluations of what they identified as personally meaningful disciplinary writing.
Transaction Theory Rebooted: What Neuroscience’s Research on Reading Means for Composition
Authors: Scott Jonathan
Published: August 2023

Recent research on reading in cognitive science disproves the Common Core’s central claim that reading skills are learned most effectively when students exclude their knowledge and experience from the reading process. The discussion here is focused on how this scientific research overlaps with the transaction theory of reading and writing, and the present opportunities for renewing it.
Hitting a Brick Wall and the Women Who Do the Work: Is This the Same Old Story?
Authors: Sicari Anna
Published: August 2023

Utilizing Sara Ahmed’s work on “brick walls,” this article discusses a qualitative study of stories shared by twenty-five women writing center directors and the possible insights gleaned if we choose to “notice through feminism,” (Ahmed) and advocate for change across writing studies.
“I Am Not Your Teaching Moment”: The Benevolent Gaslight and Epistemic Violence
Authors: Prasad Pritha , Maraj Louis M.
Published: August 2023

This essay defines “benevolent gaslighting”: a technology of whiteness in which racisms are repurposed as benevolent misunderstandings. In reading disciplinary trends and cultural examples, we show how it (re)centers whiteness and prompts BIPOC to question their histories, memories, and realities by situating racial trauma as “progressive” teaching moments.
Our Américas: Walking the Borderlands and Writing in the Woods
Authors: Camp Kristie
Published: August 2023

Students build a unique community of writers through outdoor literacy activities guided by their teacher.
Our Américas: “Beyond the Bubble I Was In” teaching from Our stories
Authors: Saenz Heidi
Published: August 2023

A teacher interweaves fiction with her personal narrative to challenge her students’ perspectives about the people of Latin America and US Latinx communities.
Columns: Books in Review: Approaching Literature Rhetorically
Authors: Jean Leblanc Robert
Published: August 2023

A teacher educator explores rhetorical approaches to teaching literature in two recent books.
Columns: The Future is Now: Supporting Preservice Teachers in Enacting Antiracist Teaching Practices
Authors: Ruth Kent Emily , Bevels Mandie
Published: August 2023

A prospective teacher and teacher educator share insights from an inquiry into teachers’ ideologies regarding antiracist teaching.
General Interest: Poetry on the Beach: Localizing Literary Value
Authors: Lindsey Sorensen Whitney
Published: August 2023

Introducing the work of a local poet encouraged students in an international school in the Marshall Islands to consider the local culture from a new perspective.
General Interest: The Monstrous Other: analyzing Jewish characters in the Literary canon
Authors: Matthews Heather j.
Published: August 2023

Applying monster pedagogy to texts that depict Jewish characters helps teachers and students better understand antisemitism and consider ways to battle it.
General Interest: Labor-Based grading: a New Ethic for Writing Feedback
Authors: Czarnecki Seth
Published: August 2023

A teacher advocates for a classroom that values human relationships and the writing process over grades and authority.
General Interest: Arts In Action: Creating Opportunities For Equity And Change
Authors: Peterson Kristina , Magliozzi Dennis
Published: August 2023

Critically reflecting on theirTo Kill a Mockingbirdunit helped two teachers rethink their instructional approaches to the novel.
Columns: Nwp Voices: A Writing Center’s Journey through Centering Writing
Authors: Dail Jennifer S. , Wallis Buckner Sophie , Salazar Ruth
Published: August 2023

Inspired by the National Writing Project, a university writing center’s staff writing group addresses needs created by the pandemic.
Columns: The Future Is Now: Language and Identity: Shaping My Perspectives on Education
Authors: Rodesiler Luke , Brown Alan , Tran Angela
Published: August 2023

Reflecting on her school experiences as a Vietnamese American helped a prospective teacher consider the importance of honoring students’ home languages and identities.
Departments: Alternative Format: “Because He Was Fat”: The Role of the Early Childhood Educator in Addressing Fat Phobia with Young Children
Authors: Valauri Anne
Published: August 2023

This piece examines a missed opportunity for dialogue after a classroom incident, while unpacking different ways to talk about fat phobia with young children.
All in a Day’s Play: How a Child Resists Linguistic Racism and Constructs Her Identity
Authors: Dávila Denise
Published: August 2023

Set in one of the least privileged neighborhoods of the US Southeast, this research project took a discourse analysis approach to construct a day-in-the-life case study. It illustrates how, during an after school storybook cooking class, a 7-year-old, multilingual, Mexican American girl navigated local linguistic microaggressions and extended microaffirmations to her peers. At the same time, she contested and critiqued societal power imbalances associated with whiteness. This study widens the corpus of scholarship that has primarily examined children’s sociodramatic play and literacy development in preschool settings. It also broadens the body of research that has predominantly focused on students’ linguistic dexterity and metalinguistic awareness in middle and high school contexts.
In Dialogue: Mapping Our Truths—Envisioning the Future of Multimodal Research for Racial Justice
Authors: Turner Jennifer D. , Wiseman Angela M. , Coles Justin , Jones Stephanie P. , Cappello Marva , Barton Reka , Griffin Autumn A. , Rusoja Alicia , Zapata Angie
Published: August 2023

With funding from the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Marva Cappello, Jennifer D. Turner, and Angela M. Wiseman convened a group of critical multimodal scholars in April 2022 to initiate a national agenda that prioritizes the use of visual and multimodal methodologies to promote educational equity and racial justice for youth of color. Our conference gathering included Reka Barton, Darielle Blevins, Justin Coles, Autumn A. Griffin, Stephanie P. Jones, Alicia Rusoja, Amy Stornaiuolo, Claudine Taaffe, Tran Templeton, Vivek Vellanki, and Angie Zapata. The dialogue presented in this article centers around a collaboratively composed image (see ) created three months after our initial convening. Participants from the conference chose an image that reflected our time together and represented our hopes and dreams moving forward. Inspired by kitchen-table talk methodology (), we share our ideas through images and text reflecting on how critical visual and multimodal methodologies facilitate access, equity, and hope in education and educational research.
Collaborative Translanguaging and Transmodal Literacies: Learning the Language of Science in a Dual-Language Classroom
Authors: Cárdenas Curiel Lucia , Palmer Deborah K.
Published: August 2023

Research has shown the benefits of peer interaction to scaffold learning of disciplinary literacies. We extend knowledge in this area to examine peer interaction and the affordances it creates when emergent bilinguals engage with multimodal texts in disciplines to make meaning. Using discourse analysis of the interactions of a small group of third graders carrying out a project in science class, we explored how four emergent bilinguals collaborated to design, produce, and distribute traditional and alternative texts. We found that translanguaging and transmodal collaborative structures support learning processes and comprehension to make sense of and contextualize disciplinary knowledge. A dynamic and recursive translanguaging pattern emerges in which the introduction and contextualization of knowledge happens in Spanish, the interaction occurs mainly in English, and the creation is in both English and Spanish. We discuss the affordances of these collaborative structures for supporting students in science and promoting Spanish and student bilingualism.
Supporting Superdiverse Multilingual International Students: Insights from an Ethnographic Exploration
Authors: Zhang-Wu Qianqian
Published: August 2023

In this study, I draw upon ethnographic methods to explore three multilingual international students’ first-semester linguistic functioning in their college writing classrooms and beyond. Through the lens of superdiversity (), I investigate participants’ experiences beyond their shared membership as Chinese international students and unpack within-group variabilities in relation to their language and literacy backgrounds. The findings indicate that multilingual international students’ varying high school experiences are likely to position them at different acculturative stages for overseas studies; it is crucial to understand their superdiversity beyond the traditional paradigms of supporting “ELLs.” The findings illustrate that superdiversity plays an important role in complicating our understandings of multilingualism and multilingual student support in American higher education. I argue that recognizing and understanding superdiversity is important for both multilingual international students and their teachers. All college educators across the disciplines must go beyond simply acknowledging the existence of superdiversity. Instead, they must explicitly teach it to combat the zero point of English (). This article outlines hands-on pedagogical activities to facilitate new arrivers’ smooth linguistic transition in college and achieve linguistic empowerment by debunking monolinguistic assumptions.
Assessing the productivity of Mchare Banana under drip irrigation and rainfed conditions in Northern Tanzania
Authors:   , Kibona, Erick
Published: August 2023

Mchare banana (Musa spp. AA genome) is a primary household’s source of diet and incomegenerating crop in the Northern part of Tanzania. Despite its importance and popularity, the yield records of Mchare - Huti Green (HG) cultivated under drip irrigation remain unavailable in the area. The overall objective was to quantify yield benefit of Mchare - Huti Green banana plant grown under full drip irrigation (FD) compared with rainfed - based (RF) in Meru District, Arusha Region. The performance of HG under FD and rainfed condition (RF) was quantified by recording the vegetative parameters and yield and yield components at harvest. The results for mean bunch weight in FD was 28.3 ± 1.75 kg plant -1 and that of RF 19.6 ± 0.97 kg plant -1 and fresh aboveground biomass (AGB) in FD was 78.81 ± 2.61kg plant -1 compared with RF 59.23 ± 1.06 kg plant -1 . The correlation coefficient for banana growth parameters and bunch weight indicated significant exemplified by pseudostem girth base (r = 0.48, < 0.001),1 m height (r = 0.38, < = 0.05) and mid-height (r = 0.51, <0.01), pseudostem volume (r = 0.38, < 0.01), height (r = 0.47 < 0.01), LA (r = 0.32 < 0.05) and LAI (r = 0.29 < 0.05) with correlation range 0.44 to 0.73 respectively. Conversely, for banana bunch weight and its components, correlation ranged from 0.30 to 0.50. Based on the current findings, banana plants under the FD outperformed those under the RF in terms of growth and yield. Therefore, the FD is hereby highly recommended for application in a banana for improved yield of banana in the study area.
National De-Escalation Training Center - Year 1 In-Person Data Archive
Authors:   Fort Hays State University, Steele Morgan
Published: August 2023

This dataset includes the demographics, education, perceptions, and assessment of de-escalation skills of law enforcement officers, and other professionals, which were collected as a part of in-person de-escalation training. Many of these trainings were funded as a part of the Office of Community-Oriented Policing Services (U.S. Department of Justice). All of the data is anonymous, and can be linked based on the trainee generated identification number. This data was collected across three separate activities. The first was a pre-training survey that included questions about the trainees' demographics, perceptions, and experiences, and was collected via a Qualtrics survey link. The second and third were performance assessments collected by the course instructors and linked via the trainee-generated identification number.
Nanotechnology in the Purification of Semen
Authors: Bodu Mustafa , Ataman Mehmet Bozkurt , Bucak Mustafa Numan
Published: August 2023

Animals' reduced fertility poses a serious threat to animal reproduction. A number of factors have been demonstrated to reduce semen quality, including age, health, heredity, nutritional condition, seasonal variance, travel stress, artificial insemination (AI), and rising breeding demand. The properties and functioning of semen are altered by the in vitro environment and changes in semen after collection that occur during artificial insemination. Successful artificial insemination may also be achieved via the use of sperm selection and purification techniques. Invasive labeling and/or centrifugation processes are often used in current sperm manipulation approaches, which may be harmful to sperm and/or result in poor recovery rates. The biochemical properties and DNA status of the sperm are often disregarded in favor of selecting for physically normal and motile sperm. It is critical to develop alternative, noninvasive, label-free sperm selection methods to separate sperm based on biochemical features and DNA status. Magnetic nanoparticles provide intriguing new research opportunities for sperm selection. This book explains how sperm may be tagged and cleaned up with the use of nanotechnology, which has become more important in this area in recent years. This book analyzes the recent impact of nanotechnology on sperm labeling, selection, and purification techniques, both existing and planned.
Döviz Kuru, Dış Ticaret ve Ekonomik Büyüme İlişkisi: Türkiye Örneği
Authors: Yengil Bülbül Burcu , Acaravcı Ali
Published: August 2023

1980’li yılların sonunda Doğu Almanya ile Batı Almanya arasındaki Berlin Duvarı’nın yıkılması ve arkasından Sovyetler Birliğinin dağılması ile birlikte küreselleşme eğilimi hız kazanmıştır. Daha serbest hale gelen ulusal ve uluslararası piyasalarda döviz kuru, dış ticaret ve ekonomik büyüme gibi makro ekonomik göstergeler daha fazla önem kazanmaya başlamış ve literatürde bu alanlarda yapılan çalışmalarda önemli artışlar olmuştur. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye Ekonomisinde dış ticaret hadleri ve reel döviz kurunun ekonomik büyüme üzerindeki etkisinin 2000-2018 dönemi için incelenmesidir. Zaman serisi ekonometrisi yöntemlerinin kullanıldığı analizlerde reel gayrisafi yurtiçi hasıla, reel sermaye stoku, istihdam, dış ticaret hadleri ve reel efektif döviz kuru değişkenleri kullanılmıştır. Bu kapsamda, öncelikle döviz kurları, dış ticaret ve ekonomik büyüme teorileri incelenmiş, literatür taraması yapılmış, Türkiye ekonomisinin tarihsel gelişimi kronolojik olarak irdelenmiş ve son olarak ekonometrik analize çalışmada yer verilmiştir.  Ampirik sonuçlara göre; reel gayrisafi yurtiçi hasıla, reel döviz kurlarında meydana gelen artışlardan negatif etkilerken, reel dış ticaret hacminde meydana gelen artışlardan ise pozitif olarak etkilemektedir. Ayrıca dış ticaret hacmindeki artış hızı ile reel ekonomik büyüme arasında çift yönlü bir nedensellik ilişkisi söz konusudur. Bu sonuçlar, istikrarlı reel kur hareketlerinin dış ticaret hacmi ve ekonomik büyümenin sürdürülmesindeki önemine vurgu yapmaktadır.
Karatecilerde Dinamik Isınma Egzersizlerinin Seçili Performans Parametrelerine Etkisi
Authors: Sarıkaya Mehmet
Published: August 2023

Bu araştırma karatecilerde dinamik ısınma egzersizlerinin dikey sıçrama, denge ve kuvvet performansına etkisinin incelemek amacıyla yapıldı. Araştırmanın örneklem grubunu Bingöl ili, Gençlik ve Spor Hizmetleri spor kulübünde, en az iki yıl lisanslı olarak karate  branşında aktif olan oynayan yaş ortalaması 13,00±1,00 (yıl), boy ortalaması 1,61±0,11 (cm), vücut ağırlığı 49,04±13,19 (kg), BKI ortalaması 18,47±3,27 (kg/cm2) olan toplam 15 erkek karateciden oluşturuldu. Sporculara ısınmak için 5 dakika hafif tempo koşu uygulandıktan 7 dinamik tipte ısınma egzersizi yaptırıldı. Dikey sıçrama performansı için CMJ (Countermovement Jump) testi ve SJ (Squad Jump) testi, denge performansını belirlemek için statik ve dinamik denge testi, sırt-bacak ve pençe kuvveti ölçümleri uygulandı. Değerlendirme sonucuna göre basketbolcuların CMJ ve SJ değerlerinin grup içi karşılaştırmalarında p<0,05 düzeyinde istatistiki olarak anlamlı farklılık tespit edildi. Sırt ve bacak kuvveti grup içi karşılaştırmasında p<0,05 düzeyinde istatistiki olarak anlamlı farklılık tespit edildi. Statik denge grup içi karşılaştırmalarında Sağa-Sola Ortalama Salınım hızı, Öne-Arkaya Ortalama Salınım hızı, Basınç merkezi çizim analizi, Salınım Alanı değerlerinde istatistiki olarak anlamlı farklılık tespit edildi p<0.05. Dinamik denge grup içi karşılaştırmalarında Dinamik Denge Performansı, Sağ Salınım Alanı, Sol Salınım Alanı, Sol Dış Salınım Alanı, Sola Salınım Reaksiyon Zamanı, Sola Salınım Reaksiyon Zamanı değerlerinde istatistiki olarak anlamlı farklılık tespit edildi p<0.05. Sonuç olarak dinamik ısınma egzersizlerin karatecilerde sıçrama, denge ve kuvvet parametrelerinde akut etkisi olarak olumlu etki yaptığı söylenebilir.