A lysimeter is an equipment used to collect and measure soil water that drains below the root zone from a pasture or agriculture field. According to methods of measuring water content, lysimeter devides into weighing lysimeter and non-weighing lysimeter. The weighing lysimeters p...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/32492
Aims: It was assumed that two- way approach i.e. nutrient-priming with potassium salt of the seeds and later on ammonium sulphate application may be binary beneficial for growth of rice besides evidencing genetic variability under salt stress Study Design: The experiment was laid...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/32183
An experiment was conducted to evaluate the growth performance of broilers fed dietary levels of rice milling residue (RMR) as a replacement of wheat offal (WO), as a fibre source in broiler diet. Three hundred (300) day old chicks were used for the experiment in a completely ra...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/31881
The research investigated wood-based enterprises found in Gboko Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State, Nigeria. 10 Council Wards were purposively sampled from 17 Council Wards. In each of the Council Ward, 5 wood-based enterprises were selected using Simple Random Sampling T...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/32055
Edible oil requirement of Pakistan is increasing every year due to growing population and per capita consumption. After cotton, rapeseed-mustard is the second most important source of edible oil in Pakistan, where it is cultivated under diverse agro-climatic regions. The present...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/31449
Aims: The main focus of this paper was to review the present status and performance of drip irrigation system. Place and Duration of Study: College of Water Conservancy, Shenyang Agricultural University, China. During March to July, 2016. Methodology: This study compared drip irr...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/31865
Aims: It was assumed that halo-priming process under salinity stress may rely on phosphorus nutrient source. Nutrient priming of seeds of sunflower seeds may be beneficial for growth of seedlings under salt stress. Study Design: Laid out the experiment in Complete Randomized Desi...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/32360
The increasing demand for organic cereals especially indigenous scented rice varieties in the recent years has peaked farmers’ interest towards its organic production. However, the threat of crop loss under organic cultivation has been holding back large scale initiatives. Inhana...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/31361
Aims: To determine the apparent digestibility of gross nutrients in a farm-made tilapia grower diet, ARDECFEED and those of two commercial ones, RAANAN and COPPENS in Oreochromis niloticus with a view of establishing whether all the diets would be well utilized by O. niloticus, t...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/31937
The effect of particle size on the quality of briquettes produced from sawdust of Daniella oliveiri and Gmelina arborea was determined using some properties such as Compressed and Relaxed Density, Shattered Index and Combustion properties of the briquettes produced. The sawdust s...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/32079
Aim: To quantify the increase in the metabolisable energy value of wheat offal supplemented with enzyme and enzyme cocktails and to investigate the complementary effect of enzymes used as cocktail. Study Design: Completely randomized design was used with twenty four adult cockere...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/31753
Saleh Jasim Mohammed, Man Norsida, Muktar Bashir Garba, Zidane Falah Hasan Al-Lahibi & Mohammed Sara Jasim·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2017
This purpose of the study is to identify the training needs of Iraqi agricultural extension workers in three (3) provinces. The study includes a conceptual framework, analytical framework, description of the study area, sources and procedures for data collection. The statistical...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/30708
The reason behind this research is to examine the effects of Ghana participation in free trade on the changes in consumer preference for imported cereals of maize, rice, wheat and sorghum. The research provided empirical estimates of the extent of sensitivity of cereals scale cha...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/32112
One of the ways of increasing soil nutrients and crop yield is by applying fertilizer which could be from inorganic or organic sources. Pot experiment was conducted at the screen house of the Teaching and Research Farm of Faculty of Agriculture, Akwa Ibom State University, Nigeri...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/31907
The udder conformation and milk yield characteristics of agropastoral goats were evaluated using records obtained from a total of 250 does at two locations (Jigawa and Katsina States) over a period of one year. The udder conformation characteristics measured were udder circumfer...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/31593