Aims: To evaluate the potential effects of simulated nitric and sulphuric acid rain on the proximate, minerals, vitamins and antinutrients contents of Amaranthus hybridus Linnaeus (A. hybridus). Study Design: The study was carried out in a complete randomized block design. Place...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/31862
Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) is a staple crop of many of the South Pacific nations with an ever increasing export demand. In recent years, yields of taro have increased dramatically through breeding and selection. However, selections of improved lines are often entirely...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/31649
Aim: In this study, the experiment was designed to investigate the effect of contamination of soil ecosystem with spent engine oil at various concentrations. Design: Soil samples were obtained from zoological garden University of Nigeria Nsukka while spent engine oil was obtained...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/27605
The aim of this study was to monitor the merchant quality of maize grains stored for 9 months in polypropylene bags containing leaves of Lippia multiflora and Hyptis suaveolens. It was carried out in villages of Timbé and Soko respectively in departments of Katiola (Hambol region...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/31561
Organic manures are known to be rich sources of both macro and micro nutrients of the crop. They also help in improving the physical status of the soil. Pot experiments were carried out to determine the effects of poultry manure on some soil chemical properties pH, organic C, ava...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/32419
Introduction: An experiment was conducted during the period from October 2012 to April 2013 at Horticulture farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh to evaluate the response of bell pepper with foliar feeding with micronutrients and shoot pruning. Methods:...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/31620
Sustainable food production has become a subject of interest to policy makers in rural China in the quest to consolidate food security in the midst of an escalating population. Adopting Cobb-Douglas production function and employing cross-sectional data from 1990 to 2013, this pa...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/32153
Aim: To assess the growth performance of Clarias gariepinus fed diets containing cotton leaf powder and the control diets. Study Design: Completely Randomized Design (CRD). Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Animal Production, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Kwara State Un...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/31639
Aims: This research aims at testing the efficacy of different botanical leaf extracts, (Lantana camara, Moringa oleifera and Tagetes minuta) on soft rot fungi, Rhizopus stolonifer in vitro. Study Design: The experiment was carried out in a 3*2 Factorial arrangement +2 controls in...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/28371
Plant assemblage organization along physical environmental gradients remains a central issue of community on local, regional or continental scales. Mount Oku, commonly known as Kilum-Ijim, situated at the North-west Cameroon has the most important remnant of Afro-montane forest i...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/31743
Field experiment was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm of the University of Port Harcourt in 2012 to evaluate the response of Golden Torch (Heliconia (psittacorum × spathocircinata) and weeds to Primextra-Gold ® (Atrazine 370 g/l + Metolachlor 290 g/LSC and Gardoprim A®...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/30527
The study ascertained productivity and gender/ intra-household roles in rice production in Awka North Local Government Area, Anambra State, Nigeria. Ninety farmers selected from three and nine town and village communities respectively constituted the respondents for the study. Da...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/30824
Inadequate information on the status of agricultural lands can lead to misuse, mismanagement and degradation. Hence, the need for proper assessment methods for effective land management and sustainable production. This study was set out to characterize, conduct suitability evalua...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/31943
Seeds of five cotton genotypes viz., CB-8, BC-0236, SR-08, BC-0125 and BC-0252 were assessed to observe the effect of packing materials on physiological quality of cotton seed stored under ambient condition. The packaging materials were hermetically sealed polythene bag (thicknes...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/31204
Aim: An experiment was conducted to analyze the canopy characters and light-use efficiency along with yield of five modern wheat varieties viz. BARI wheat-23, BARI wheat-24, BARI wheat-25, BARI wheat-26, and BARI wheat-27. Study Design: The experiment was laid-out following a Ran...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/31744