Maize is a staple food and a source of carbohydrates to a large proportion of people in Kenya. The performance of crop plants such as maize depends on a number of factors such as climate, soil characteristics and plant species. The maturity parameters such time to tassel, milk st...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/34453
Masud Hassan, Abdullah Abu Syeed Ahmed, Md Arafat Hassan, Rubaya Nasrin, A. B. M. Sadique Rayhan, Sk. Musfiq-Us- Salehin & Md Khaliur Rahman·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2017
The study of several soil series of Tista Floodplain soils were carried out to find the changing trend of nutrients status from 1996 to 2016. The studied values of different soil quality variables were changed likewise pH 5.87 ± 0.47 to 5.95 ± 0.33, organic matter 1.37 ± 0.31% to...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/34365
The study was carried out to evaluate the effects of feeding raw kapok seed meal on growth performance, nutrient digestibility and carcass characteristics of weaner rabbits. Thirty (30) weaner rabbits were used for the study. Five diets were compounded using raw kapok seed meal (...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/33431
This study investigated the antifungal effects of three concentrations of the stem bark extract of neem (Azadiratcha indica A. Juss) and bitter leaf (Vernonia amygdalina Del.) on Aspergillus flavus causal agent of rot in tomato fruits. Five, ten and fifteen percent concentration...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/34640
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of different feeding systems on milk production and milk composition of dairy cows. Thirty-two dairy cows having similar lactation number, Days in Milk (DIM), live body weight and milk production was divided into four groups. F...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/33663
Aims: The present work was undertaken to determine the effects of the herbicide chlorsulfuron and intercropping sorghum (cv.Wad-Ahmed) with cowpea (T100K-901-6 cv.) on S. hermonthica incidence and sorghum growth. Study Design: Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with four rep...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/34562
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of choice feeding in the pre-weaning period on the growth performance of calves during the pre- and post-weaning period. It is possible that high Crude protein (CP) intake during the pre-weaning period may improve post-weaning...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/33664
In this minireview it is to analyze the physical attributes that determine the comfort of fabrics made of South American Camelid fibers (Lama and Alpaca), discuss the effect on their textile value and evaluate an possible approache on their possible mechanical solutions. Taking t...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/34692
Background: Giant African land snail (Archachatina marginata) is a micro livestock with potentials as a protein source especially among impoverished individuals. As such, it requires much research attention to fully unveil it genetic nature for possible improvements. Materials an...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/33778
This study was carried out to determine growth rate and instability in area, output and yield of selected cereals and its implications for food security in Benue State, Nigeria from 1986 to 2012. In addition, sources of growth in output were also examined. To achieve this, expone...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/33100
Aims: To analyze the impact of different farm-level strategic response to pesticide regulations on farm performance of small scale vegetable farmers. Study Design: A cross-section survey of 167 small scale farmers was carried out to estimate the impact of pesticide regulations on...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/33146
Lake Kitangiri in Singida, Tanzania is facing enormous pressure as a result of overfishing, illegal fishing, and environmental degradation. The increase in population and climate change have caused a shift from dependency on economic activities such as crop cultivation and livest...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/33801
Leaf area is important for estimating biomass productivity, adaptation to the environment, nutrition, and soil-water relations. It also plays an important role in determining the proper application rates of insecticides and fungicides. Image processing is considered one of the be...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/33626
Sandeep Kumar, Javeed Ahmad Wani, Bilal Ahmad Lone, Purshotam Singh, Zahoor Ahmad Dar, Sameera Qayoom & Asma Fayaz·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2017
A field experiment was conducted at KVK, Srinagar during two consecutive kharif seasons of 2010 and 2011 to study the “Effect of phosphorus and sulphur on yield and quality of soybean (Glycine max L. Merill) under Eutrochrepts”. The experiment was laid down under 16 treatment com...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/32741
The use of Olea europaea globulins as genetic markers for the identification of the cultivars was perfomed in the laboratory of Genetics of Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa. The major component of Olea europaea L. seed storage proteins is repres...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/33755