The salinity is an environmental stress that can affect germination of seeds. The lettuce has carotenoids, vitamin C, high level of phenolic compounds and high antioxidant activity, which can help reduce the stress caused by salt. The purple varieties still have a lots of anthocy...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/42486
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of increasing concentrations of residues from the drying of coffee beans (moinha) in substrates composed of varied proportions (0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 100%) of commercial substrates (CS), fixed proportions (20%) of coconut fiber (CF) and...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/42718
Adônis Queiroz Mendes, Dimas Menezes, Islan Diego Espíndula de Carvalho, Adriano Márcio Freire Silva, Aldenir de Oliveira Alves, Ezildo Francisco Felinto Filho, Lilian Bonfim de Lima & Gérsia Gonçalves de Melo·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
To estimate the combining ability, two groups of tomato genotypes for the production of resistant hybrids to bacterial wilt were evaluated. The experiments were carried out in phyto bacteriology laboratory and in greenhouse facility of the department of agronomy at Federal Rural...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/42322
Adônis Queiroz Mendes, Dimas Menezes, Islan Diego Espíndula de Carvalho, Adriano Márcio Freire Silva, Aldenir de Oliveira Alves, Ezildo Francisco Felinto Filho, Lilian Bonfim de Lima & Gérsia Gonçalves de Melo·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
The objective of this study was identifying lines of tomato plants resistant to the bacterial wilt. The work was accomplished was developed in the Laboratory of Bacteriology and in the greenhouse at Department of Agronomy of Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, during the mont...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/42549
Aims: The present study aimed to evaluate the use of treated domestic effluent as complementary nutritional source for the production of ornamental sunflower (Helianthus annuus L. cv. ‘Anão de Jardim’) in a DFT hydroponic system with pyramid-type structure. Study Design: Was used...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/42785
After 1971 seasons, Cocoa and other tree crops production have declined substantially in recent times owing to several agricultural complex constraints which have affected the production of the farmers and the sustainability of agricultural production. Productivity is the main de...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/31321
Background: Sugarcane is a major commercial crop grown in tropical and subtropical areas of the world, including West and Central Africa. Across this region, smut, leaf scald and pokkah boeng are considered as endemic diseases, the first two being economically important. Aims: Th...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/42266
Aims: An experiment was conducted to study the influence of commercially available liquid fertilizers on local chilli germplasm. Study Design: The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with four replications. Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was c...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/42318
Sheila Bigolin Teixeira, Stefânia Nunes Pires, Gabriele Espinel Ávila, Diogo da Silva Moura, Rejane Peter, Vera Lucia Bobrowski & Sidnei Deuner·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
Aims: This study was conducted to evaluate the role of Daucus carota L. root extract in cytogenetic parameters of Oryza sativa L. seeds exposed to salinity. Study Design: The experiment installed was in a completely randomized design, in a 2x4 factorial scheme, with four replica...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/42487
The experiment was conducted at the farmers’ field, Bahadurpur village, Sunamganj Sadar upazila, Sunamganj district, during November 2014 to May 2015 to study the effect of fertilizers and irrigation practices on the growth and yield contributing characters of boro rice (cv. BRRI...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/40182