Manure is a rich nutrient source in crop production. It contains essential nutrients needed by crop for growth and development. One of the challenges of manure nutrient contents determination is obtaining representative samples of manure for nutrient analysis. This is attributed...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/31630
The science or art of growing plant cells, tissues or organs isolated from the mother plant on artificial media is known as plant tissue culture. The merits of plant tissue culture in crop production is that it helps in disease elimination, quick international distribution of gen...
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Research Article10.9734/AJB2T/2017/31724
The agronomic practices such as plant spacing and phosphate fertilizer requirements for the cultivation of Bambara groundnut [Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.] have not yet been fully determined in Agbani agro ecology South east Nigeria. Field trials were conducted in 2015 and 2016...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/32606
A field trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of composted rice husks plus poultry manure rates on the soil chemical properties, morphological growth and yield of three varieties of cucumber (Cucumis sativus). The experiment was a 3 × 4 factorial laid out in a randomized co...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13603
Field experiments were done to determine the effect of oil palm bunch ash on vegetative growth and control of leaf blight disease of cocoyam [Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott.] caused by Phytophthora colocasiae in a degraded ultisol of humid forest/derived Savanna zone of Southeas...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/35662
The impact of climate change on agricultural production is a serious source of worry to farmers in rural communities in Nigeria. This is because their economy mainly depend on agriculture which is seriously affected by global climate change. The objectives of this study were to i...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/30439
Two field experiments were conducted to investigate the responses of Mucuna flagellipes to single super phosphate fertilizer rates. The experiment consisted of five rates of single super phosphate fertilizer namely 0 kg P ha-1, 30 kg P ha-1, 40 kg P ha-1, 50 kg P ha-1 and 70 kg P...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/20161
The effects of lime (calcium carbonate) on the growth and yield of Mucuna flagellipes were studied in 2012 and 2013 cropping season respectively at the Teaching and Research Farm of the Department of Agronomy, Cross River University of Technology, Cross River State, Nigeria. The...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/22741
Field trials were conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm of the Department of Crop Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka during early planting season (April - November) and late planting season (July – December) in 2013 to determine the impact of fungicides and fungicide sp...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/25061
The research was conducted to evaluate the agronomic performance of five tropical varieties of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus L.) in two agro-environments (Agbani and Iwollo) during the 2013 and 2014 planting season in Enugu State, Southeastern Nigeria. The experiment comprises of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/23298
A field trial was conducted at Enugu Southeast Nigeria (6°29'N; 7°14 54'E), during the 2014 and 2015 growing seasons to quantify short-term effects of soil improving legumes [groundnut (Arachis hypogaea), Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranean L), Soybean (Glycine max) and Pigeon...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/30001