The socio-demographic characteristics, pesticides use and health status of 300 rice farmers from Region 12 in the Philippines in 2015 were assessed. Likewise, the influence of the socio-demographic characteristics on the farmers’ pesticides use and health status was determined. T...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i430109
Kporou Kouassi Elisée, Adela Pintea, OKOU Obou Constantin, Antonia Odagiu, N’guessan Jean David & Djaman Allico Joseph·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2020
Aims: Phenolic compounds are secondary metabolites that are important in the plant due to their role in plant defense and their antioxidant activity with other biological properties such as antipyretic, analgesic and antimicrobial activities. This study focused on the biological...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i430108
Nadia Chaieb, Sonia Labidi, Sourour Ayed, Lassaad Mdellel, Abdelkarim Chiab, Faysal Ben Jeddi & Moncef Ben- Hammouda·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2020
One of the proposed solutions to face climate change impact and to maintain food production sustainability is conservation agriculture. This study tries to determinate the effect of conventional tillage (CT) and no tillage (NT) on secondary metabolites such as total phenolics con...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i330107
Nadia Chaieb, Sonia Labidi, Sourour Ayed, Lassaad Mdellel, Abdelkarim Chiab, Faysal Ben Jeddi & Moncef Ben- Hammouda·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2020
Conservation agriculture has been proposed as an alternative to conventional agriculture to mitigate the climate change impact and ensure food security. This study examined the effect of conventional tillage (CT) and no tillage (NT) on mycorrhization and mineral elements uptake o...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i330106
Data on tomato fitness improvement by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) remain patchy. The present study was initiated to evaluate the effect of the period of AMF inoculation as well as the level of mineral manure on tomato growth. The experiment took place from June to October...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i330104
Upland rice production at South Sumatra is still low compared to national average production level due to low soil fertility. Therefore, effort to increase soil fertility level is needed such as through application of Trichocompost and NPK fertilizers at dry land area. This resea...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i330103
Globally the taro leaf blight (Phytophthora colocasiae) disease causes between 50 to 70% yield loss. Four taro landraces were planted in three agroecological zones of Cameroon; the Western Highlands (Bambui), Mono-Modal Humid Forest (Ekona), and the Bimodal Humid Forest (Nkolbiss...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i330102
The study was carried out the influence of long term manuring and fertilization on soil properties. Soil samples were collected in 2016 from a highly weathered terrace soil with rice-wheat cropping pattern at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) expe...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i230101
Field trials were conducted during the 2005, 2006 and 2007 rainy season at Irrigation Research Station, Kadawa situated in Sudan savannah agro – ecological zone, Kano state, Nigeria to compare the gross margin values obtained from rice production using three different varieties o...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i230100
Bulbul Ahmed, Ahmed Khairul Hasan, Biswajit Karmakar, Md. Sahed Hasan, Fahamida Akter, Parth Sarothi Saha & Md. Ehsanul Haq·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2020
An experiment was carried out at the Agronomy Field Laboratory, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during October 2014 to March 2015 to study the growth and yield performance of field pea varieties as influenced by date of sowing. The experiment comprised of two facto...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i230099
In Côte d’Ivoire, maize is second cereal most cultivated and consumed after rice. In bad storage conditions, corn may be contaminated by mycotoxins (aflatoxin B1, total aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, fuminosin B1, zearalenone). The aim of this study was to assess the exposure risk of...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i230098
Kanga N'guessan Martial, CHÉRIF Mamadou, Koné Tchoa, Sanogo Souleymane, Kanga Ahou Nadia, Tuo Seydou, Affery Arthur Martin, Kassi Koffi Jean Fernand Martial, Bomisso Edson Lezin, Camara Brahima, Sorho Fatogoma, Dick Acka Emmanuel & Kone Daouda·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2020
Pineapple has several types of organs that can be used for its multiplication. Its natural multiplication is particularly slow, as it is necessarily vegetative because the species is self-sterile (on average 2 suckers per strain in six months). The supply of pineapple rejects is...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i230097
The present study was carried out to evaluate the genetic variability and performance evaluation of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) accessions with the objective of selecting accessions with the best adaptability and potentiality for upgrading grain yield and other related t...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i130096
The experiment was conducted at Cotton Research Centre, Chowgacha, Jessore during 2015-2016 with twenty genetically diverged genotypes, with a view to select desirable genotypes and important characters enhancing seed cotton yield in upland cotton. The experiment was laid out in...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i130095
This paper analyzes rice farmers’ intention to adopt modern rice technologies using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Quantitative data were gathered through a survey among 404 rice farmers selected using three-stage sampling design. The empirical analysis was done using Par...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i130094