The aim of this work to identify chemical components of Garcinia mangostana leaves and test the antibacterial effect on Pseudomonas syringe pv. tomato and Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae using bioautographic procedure. Phytochemical screening of methanolic extract showed that the l...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/31398
Ten farmers were randomly selected in the humid forest zone of Cameroon to form the main focus group of 50 people. A total of 178 farmers were individually interviewed. A Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) was conducted in fives villages in the Bimodal Humid forest zone (BHFZ) o...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/31206
Aim: To assess the effect of different levels of compost on plant growth and yield of radish. Study Design: The pot experiment was carried out using a randomised complete block design with four treatments and five replicates. Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was conduc...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/30993
Precise estimation of crop water requirement is essential for efficient water management of crops. Reference evapotranspiration plays a vital role in determining the water requirements of crops as well as planning of irrigation. The present study has been undertaken to determine...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/30940
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
Annual forages are an increasingly important feed source for ruminants in the western region of the U.S. However, little information is available on the grazing value and forage quality of many cultivars. The objectives of this project were to evaluate sheep grazing preference an...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/31318
Despite many publications on cyanide elimination in cassava by soaking in water, it still remains our preoccupation because the techniques elaborations of cyanide removal depend on a good uptake of phenomena. The traditional methods of cassava processing (steeping, peeling, dryin...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/30493
This paper sought to analyse tomato farmers’ perceptions of climate variability in the Offinso North District, Ghana. A cross-section of 378 tomato farmers were interviewed to examine what they perceive climate variability to be and the factors that influence their perception of...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/30689
The present research work was carried out to study the yield of chickpea as affected by boron application. Five varieties of chickpea namely BARI Chola-5, BARI Chola-6, BARI Chola-7, BARI Chola-8 and BARI Chola-9 and four levels of boron (0, 1, 2, 3 kg B ha-1) were used in this e...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/8944
The main objective of this study was to investigate the major determinate factors of improved highland forages types in the study area and data were collected through survey by developing structured questionnaires for the total sampled households including household heads, member...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/18966