Photosynthetic rate (Pn) and photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency (PNUE) are the two important factors affecting the photosynthesis and nutrient utilization of plant leaves. However, the effect of N fertilization combined with foliar application of Fe on the Pn and PNUE of the maize crops under different planting patterns (i.e., monocropping and intercropping) is elusive. Therefore, this experiment was conducted to determine the effect of N fertilization combined with foliar application of Fe on the photosynthetic characteristics, PNUE, and the associated enzymes of the maize crops under different planting patterns. The results of this study showed that under intercropping, maize treated with N fertilizer combined with foliar application of Fe had not only significantly (p < 0.05) improved physio-agronomic indices but also higher chlorophyll content, better photosynthetic characteristics, and related leaf traits. In addition, the same crops under such treatments had increased photosynthetic enzyme activity (i.e., rubisco activity) and nitrogen metabolism enzymes activities, such as nitrate reductase (NR activity), nitrite reductase (NiR activity), and glutamate synthase (GOGAT activity). Consequently, intercropping enhanced the PNUE and soluble sugar content of the maize crops, thus increasing its yield compared with monocropping. Thus, these findings suggest that intercropping under optimal N fertilizer application combined with Fe foliation can improve the chlorophyll content and photosynthetic characteristics of maize crops by regulating the associated enzymatic activities. Consequently, this results in enhanced PNUE, which eventually leads to better growth and higher yield in the intercropping system. Thus, practicing intercropping under optimal nutrient management (i.e., N and Fe) could be crucial for better growth and yield, and efficient nitrogen use efficiency of maize crops.

Solvolysis rates of p-nitrobenzyl and 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzyl p-toluenesulfonates were determined in a wide variety of solvents. The solvent effects were analyzed based on the Winstein–Grunwald equation. The solvent effect on these deactivated benzyl solvolyses failed to give a single linear correlation with the 2-adamantyl YOTs parameter. The lower response to the solvent polarity and the pattern of dispersion for respective binary solvent series can be interpreted in terms of nucleophilic solvent assistance. The application of the equation gave a low m value of 0.4 and a large l of close to unity for both derivatives. Furthermore, the l value is also comparable to that for ethyl p-toluenesulfonate and even close to that for the methyl derivative, which has generally been defined as the standard SN2 substrate.

Three tricyclic ring system, pyridazino[6,1-b]quinazolin-10-ones, benzimidazolo-pyridazine thione, and 1,2,4-benzotriazino-pyridazinethione along with imidazo-[1,2-b]-pyridazinethione, 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazine-thione derivatives were synthesized starting from 6-chloropyridazin3-(2H)-thione. Some disulfide and sulfide derivatives were also prepared. The antimicrobial activity of the synthesized compounds was tested. Some of these compounds possess a highly response against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria as well as fungi.

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3,6-Dichloropyridazine (1) reacted with 2-aminophenol, phenylalanine, acetophenone hydrazone derivatives, acid hydrazide derivatives and amino-aromatic acids (anthranilic acid and 5-bromoanthranilic acid) and yield the compounds (2), (3), (4a,b), (5a,b) and (6a,b) respectively. Reaction of compounds (5a,b) with acid hydrazide gave (8a,b). Also, compounds (6a,b) reacted with aromatic amino acid and gave (7a-c).