Effective use of water is critically significant in the agriculture where water is most used. Many researchers indicate that at present and in the future, irrigated agriculture will have to take place under limited irrigation water available. Deficit irrigation, which aims effici...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/43845
Using a new paradigm of soil characterization and modeling in agro environmental sciences, named hydrostructural pedology, we were able to show that the “green water” concept of agronomists corresponds exactly to the pedostructural water concept which was physically defined in th...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/43822
The objective of this study was the identification of the mixtures with elite traits to provide some high-quality fodders, in adequate quantity in the tilled areas sowed in large pastures. Previously, most farms in this area used to cultivate only alfalfa, which is the most impo...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/42907
Aim: To investigate the influence of seasonal variations and photoperiodism on the growth phases and cropping cycles of selected rice genotypes in Nigeria Study Design: The study was a 2 factor factorial experiment laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/25953
Aim: To explore the nutrients, minerals, beta-carotene and total carotenoid contents of five sweet potato varieties viz., Agric orange flesh, Agric white, Red skin, Orange flesh and T.U. purple. Study Design: The sweet potato vines at six week stage were cut into 1.2 m each and t...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/42623
This experiment was conducted at the Agricultural Botany experimental field of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka during the period from January to April 2014 to study the effect of sowing times on the morpho-physiological attributes of an exo...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/43008
A study was carried out to evaluate 40 green gram accessions at Machakos Agricultural Training Centre in Machakos County. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. Data was recorded on eight quantitative agronomic parameters includ...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/43169
The experiment was carried out to evaluate the level of resistance of different genotypes, to study the incidence and severity of bacterial blight, fusarium wilt and phyllody and to select bacterial blight, fusarium wilt and phyllody resistant genotypes across six locations and t...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/41414
José Nailson Barros Santos, Gabriela Salami, Nélio Domingos da Silva, João Antonio Tanajura Silva, Paulo Fernando Rodrigues Cândido, Luiz Carlos Marangon & Ana Lícia Patriota Feliciano·Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International·2018
The objective of this research was to study the diversity and forest structure in fragments with different topographic conditions, relating these components to the tree biomass compartment. Two small fragments of post-disturbance Atlantic Forest, on ravine and flat land areas, we...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/42803
Sweet potato production is on the increase worldwide, especially in the countries within the tropics. However, yields from many varieties are limited. The experiment was carried out to evaluate growth and yield of different sweet potato varieties. The field experiment was laid ou...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/40744
The experiment was conducted at the farmers’ fields of Bahadurpur village in Dekar haor area under the Lakshmanshri union of Sadar upazila of Sunamganj district during November 2015 to May 2016 to observe the effect of fertilizer and agronomic management on growth, yield and yiel...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/42031
The compositional analysis of some common bean and cowpea landraces of Jos plateau were carried out to determine their proximate and mineral constituents. The results revealed a wide variability and significant differences (P< 0.05) in proximate compositions with the exception...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/42138
Aims: The objective of the study was to determine the suitability of five newly developed CMS-based interspecific eggplant hybrids as eggplant rootstocks. Place of Study: This study was conducted in an experimental field of the Hellenic Agricultural Organization “Demeter” (HAO “D...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/42320
Aims: An experiment was conducted to observe the effect of complete submergence at vegetative stage of plants for different duration on the growth and yield of some rice varieties. Study Design: The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design having split plot arr...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/41754
Introduction: The investigation was done to observe the effectiveness of botanical extracts against Bipolaris sorokiniana, Fusarium oxysporum and Sclerotium rolfsii. Biologically based and environmentally safe alternatives are needed for the management of pathogenic micro-organis...
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