The experiment was conducted using the stem and root bark extract of Azadirachta indica and the root bark extract of Vernonia amygdalina at 10% concentration. The pepper fruits were dipped in each extract for five minutes and air dried after which 1mm agar plugs of Colletotrichum...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAHR/2018/40392
Aims: This study aimed to evaluate the rooting ability of stem cuttings of eight-year-old cocoa hybrids disseminated in the 5th agroecological zone of Cameroon. Study Design: The experiment was a 6 x 2 x 3 randomised complete block design with three replications. Place and Durati...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAHR/2018/40168
A study was conducted at the Department of Horticulture, KNUST, to determine the effect of biochar-soil mixes on the soil physico-chemical properties for rooting and growth performance using air-layering. A 2X5 Factorial Randomized Complete Block Design which consisted of five so...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAHR/2018/40318
Aims: The objective of this work was to evaluate the physical and biological characteristics of the substrates formulated from organic compost (OC), carbonized rice husk (CRH), sewage sludge (SS) and commercial substrate, as well as the vegetative development of lettuce seedlings...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAHR/2018/40262
The pot experiments were conducted in 2 subsequent years in the net house of the Dept. of Soil, Water and Environment, Dhaka University to evaluate the effect of water stress on the growth, plant water relations, fruit quality and osmotic adjustment of seven tomato cultivars. The...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAHR/2018/39824
Organic farming is not a recent origin in India. In ancient literature such as Rig-Veda, the use of animal dung as manure was highly emphasized. Approximately two-thirds of a million of the farmer populations in India are cultivating organically, but this a tiny portion of the fa...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAHR/2018/39822
This study assessed enterprise characteristics and gender involvement in rice enterprises in south-western Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedures were employed for the study. The respondents were stratified by age and gender into adult male, adult female, young male and young f...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAHR/2018/39610
Aims: The experiments were carried out o determine the effects of different rates of nitrogen fertiliser and soil types on the yield and yield component of maize plant in Yola. Duration and Place of Study: Field experiments were conducted during 2010, 2011 and 2012 cropping seaso...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAHR/2018/39488
A field study was conducted to investigate the effects of corm size and planting date on flower, corm and cormel production of gladiolus (Gladiolus grandiflorus. A.) in sylhet. In this investigation three corm sizes viz., large (25+2 g), medium (15+2 g) and small (10+2 g) and two...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAHR/2018/39465
Vitamin A deficiency is prevalent especially in sub-Saharan Africa because most available food contains negligible amounts of beta-carotene which fail to meet the physiological requirements resulting in the impairment by high rates of infection. However, introducing orange-fleshe...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAHR/2018/39429