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Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizae and Trichoderma harzianum as Biological Control Agents against Panama Disease of ‘Cavendish’ Banana Caused by Fusarium oxysporum F. Sp. Cubense Tropical Race 4

Leslie T. Ubaub & Jermely D. Requina · Asian Research Journal of Agriculture · 2016

The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizae (VAM) and Trichoderma harzianum against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubenseTR4 on ‘Cavendish’ banana plantlets and to determine the growth performance of ‘Cavendish’ banana plantlets applied with Ves...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARJA/2016/28386

Effects of Extraction Method and Geographical Location on the Physico-chemical Properties of Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa) Butter

E. A. Seweh, P. A. Asagadunga, S. Apuri & G. Owusu · Asian Research Journal of Agriculture · 2016

Aim: To determine the effects of extraction technology and geographical location on the quality of shea butter. Study Design: Data for physico-chemical characteristics were entered into Micro soft Excel spread sheet and summarized into mean and standard deviations. Analysis of Va...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARJA/2016/27513

Evaluation of Extension Service Programming Preconditions for Strategic Improvement of Women Involvement in Agro-preneurial Organizations

Dominic Paul Okon & Emem Bassey Inyang · Asian Research Journal of Agriculture · 2016

The study was an expo-facto research type that adopted cross sectional survey approach to explore the extension service programming needs as preconditions towards strategic improvement of women involvement in agro-preneurial organizations in Akwa Ibom State. Specifically, the soc...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARJA/2016/27256

Genotypic Differences in Grain Protein, Oil and Starch Content and Yield of Maize (Zea mays L.) under Elevated Plant Density

A. M. M. Al-Naggar, M. M. M. Atta, M. A. Ahmed & A. S. M. Younis · Asian Research Journal of Agriculture · 2016

The use of high plant density (PD) along with tolerant genotypes to high PD would overcome the negative impacts of competition stresses and lead to maximizing maize yield of grain (GYPH), protein (PYPH), oil (OYPH) and starch (SYPH) from the unit land area (ha). The main objectiv...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARJA/2016/26730

Grain Protectant Potential of Annona muricata and A. senegalensis against Cowpea Seed Bruchid Callosobruchus maculatus Fab. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)

M. N. Ishuwa, O. S. Elkanah & J. A. Wahedi · Asian Research Journal of Agriculture · 2016

Annona muricata and Annona senegalensis powders were evaluated for their insecticidal potency against adult Callosobruchus maculatus. Toxicity test was conducted by contact bioassay at different concentrations of the treatment plants viz: 0.0 g, 0.5 g, 1.0 g, 2.0 g and 3.0 g was...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARJA/2016/26505