Cacti are ornamental, perennial, succulent and slow growing plants, especially known for their drought tolerant characters (xerophyte). The wide range of forms, shapes, and sizes of their stems and flowers and certain specific characters viz., areoles, spines, glochids etc. make...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/43781
The aim of this study was to determine the best pre-treatment for the optimum germination of Garcinia kola Heckel and also to investigate its early growth characteristics. The study was conducted using 5 pre-treatments, these involved soaking 20 seeds of each treatment in cold w...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/46434
Diego Gonçalves dos Santos, Oscar Mitsuo Yamashita, Marco Antonio Camillo de Carvalho, Lara Caroline Alves de Oliveira, Hudson de Oliveira Rabelo, Lucas de Paula Mera & Adriano Maltezo da Rocha·Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International·2019
The corn crop has been cultivated throughout the country, with increasing productivity with the help of technology products. There are greater demand and greater use of improved seeds, associated with treatments of fungicides, insecticides, and bioregulators. It is believed that...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/46526
Cocoa is an important economic crop and has many uses industrially and locally. For its chocolate flavour to be obrained proper fermentation, drying and other postharvest practices needs to be done. A study was conducted to examine the effect of placenta and varied fermentation p...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/45924
Background: There are increasing needs for natural ways to control the population of larger grain borer (LGB), since the use of synthetic pesticides has resulted to disastrous effects on both the environment and non-target organisms. This has been a major concern to chemical ecol...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/21693
The study is on the analysis of the input use efficiency of cocoa production among small scale farmers in Ondo State, Nigeria. The primary objective was to analyze the input use efficiency of cocoa production among small scale farmers in four Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Ondo...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/26814
Anthropogenic activities are progressively releasing pollutants to the soil, including heavy metals and other pollutants emanating from industries and overpopulated human settlements. Pollution by heavy metals and other physicochemical materials is gradually becoming an area of c...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/44994
A field fertilizer trial on groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) was conducted in 2014/2015 cropping season at the Crop Research Farm of the Department of Crop Science, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria (04º 5’E and 07º 25’E., 37 meters above sea level) located in the coastal...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/36651
Aim: To evaluate the potentials of some legumes as in situ green manures or components of relay intercropping with direct-seeded upland rice, and to assess the effect of incorporating their biomass into the soil on residual soil properties. Study Design: The treatments were laid...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/45227
This study was conducted in wanzaye natural forest, South Gondar, Ethiopia. The main objective of the study was to determine the species composition, diversity and vegetation structure analysis of wanzaye natural forest. A total of 75 quadrants or plots were used. Each sample plo...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/44922