Aims: This study was conducted to identify cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) cultivars with high yield potential and resistance to scab disease caused by Sphaceloma sp. in Uganda. 100 cowpea genotypes were evaluated at two locations (Kabanyolo and Serere) in Uganda between April and Jul...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/25138
The impact of climate change and global warming on food and feed crops production is reported in Jordan; a country where dry areas constitute about 90% of its land. The remaining arable areas (under rain fed or irrigated farming system) are decreasing due to urbanization, land fr...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/24292
Soil fertility depletion is a widespread degradation problem in achieving global food security, but different attempts are available for maize production systems to alleviate the problems. Nitrogen use efficiency is required to meet increasing demands to produce sufficient food f...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/23136
Aims: To examine the genetic diversity and relatedness among pepper accessions using agro-morphological markers. Study Design: Augmented design with single rows of each genotype. Place and Duration of Study: Research field, CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Nyankpala-...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/25186
The paper investigated the level of technical efficiency and its determinants in sweetpotato production in South-East agro-ecological zone of Nigeria. A multistage random sampling technique was used in the selection of states and respondents. Two states, Abia and Enugu were rando...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/22057
Sarvjeet Singh, Pooja Grover, Jagmeet Kaur, Jasdeep Kaur, Inderjit Singh, Pritpal Singh, O. P. Choudhary, Anupama Hingane, C. V. Sameer Kumar & K. B. Saxena·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2016
Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) genotypes acquired from diverse sources, were screened for water logging and salinity tolerance under laboratory and field conditions. Analysis of variance revealed significant differences among the genotypes for various traits. Based on se...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/24071
An experiment on maize crop with preceding legumes and nitrogen levels were carried out at the Research Farm of Agronomy, the University of Agriculture, Peshawar during 2011-2012 using summer legumes-maize cropping pattern. The summer legumes were sown in the summer gap (60-65day...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/22538
A field experiment was established at the Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources to evaluate the effects of organic fertilizer on yield and yield attributes of tomato from October 2014 to March 2015. The experiment was laid out in a randomised complete block des...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/24630
Gluten-free food was among the top five most-searched words on Google in 2013. During past five years, “gluten” has steadily advanced in consumer online-search interest. Globally gluten free products were estimated to have a market potential of 4639.13 Million USD in 2015 and 759...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/24737
Aims: The use of residual synthetic chemicals, although effective against stored product pests, has led to environmental degradation. However, the risk of target pests developing resistance to insecticides in addition to the high costs of synthetic insecticides has pushed researc...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/25306
Aims: The study aimed at determining the periods of high pest population of the mango tree mealybug Rastrococcus invadens Williams with respect to biotic and abiotic factors. Study Design: Semiweekly observations were performed on the mango trees with a view of assessing the dens...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/24819
A total of 235 chainsaw milling (CSM) operations have been visited from 1st June to 31st July 2011 in order to interview 85 sawyers from 15 villages in the forestry zone surrounding Kumba, Cameroon. In the field, four categories of sawyers (Type I, II, III, and IV) were different...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/24991
This investigation compared the suitability of different diets for larviculture of meagre (Argyrosomus regius). For this purpose, wild fish were caught with longline and subsequently fed either a commercial diet or a mollusc diet. After two years, there was a significant differen...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/23259
The rapid increase of the population in Egypt together with a limited cultivated area results in an acute need for additional production of various crops. A two – year field trial was conducted in El-Boustan region, South El-Tahrir Province, El-Behira Governorate, Egypt to decrea...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/23895
A field study was conducted in Mallawi Agricultural Experiments and Research Station, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), El-Minia governorate, Egypt to decrease mineral nitrogen (N) inputs of maize with good yield quality and increase farmers' benefit. Local maize cultivar T.W.C...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/24385