Thirty-seven Onion (Allium cepa L.) genotypes comprising of twelve parents (12) and twenty-five hybrids were evaluated at the Fadama Teaching and Research farm of the Department of Crop Science, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto during the 2015/2016 dry season. The objective of...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/33862
Thirty-seven Onion (Allium cepa L.) genotypes comprising of twelve parents (12) and twenty-five hybrids were evaluated for enhanced storage shelf life and early maturity at the Fadama Teaching and Research farm of the Department of Crop Science, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/33865
Solenostemon rotundifolius (frafra potato) is an important food security crop in areas where it is cultivated in Ghana. However, the crop suffers research neglect in Ghana. More research on the crop is therefore needed for the crop to experience any form of meaningful improvement...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/44052
Aims: The objectives of this study are to assess the effect of pollination methods on the seed quality and yield of progenies from an early-maturing maize population and to determine the relationship between seed quality and grain yield of the different progenies. Study Design:...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/43262
The nutrients digestibility, nitrogen utilization and blood profile of West African Dwarf (WAD) goat fed cassava peels with urea-molasses multi-nutrients block (UMMB) supplements was investigated in a twelve weeks experiment. Twenty WAD goats that weighed 8.33±0.35 kg on average...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/33770
Aims: In this study, it was aimed to determine parcel value numbers used in land consolidation studies in more detailed. Study Design: 14 different questions were created considering properties of the study area. Parcel value numbers of the study area were determined according to...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/43371
The study focused on establishing Growth Response of Spider Plant (Cleome gynandra L.) on Plant Population and Phosphorous levels due to various recommendations are given on spacing for the same crop by various extension service providers that have made farmers plant the crop usi...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/43396
This study assessed the extent to which values are added to rice and how profitable rice becomes when value is added to it through processing in Anambra-East Agricultural zone of Anambra State Nigeria. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to sample 90 respondents. Res...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/41883
An experiment was conducted at the Horticulture Farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka from November 2015 to February 2016 to evaluate the growth and yield responses of cabbage cultivars as influenced by organic and inorganic fertilizers. The experiment comprised of...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/43265
Justine Sossou Dangou, Sêdami B. Adjahossou, Serge S. Houédjissin, Arsène M. Doussoh, Armel K. Assogba & Corneille Ahanhanzo·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2018
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L. Lam.) presents a great nutritional and economic importance in the tropical regions. It is a source of income for producers and an important food especially in period of welding. In spite of these importances, sweet potato belongs of the underused...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/36928
MD. Sakib Mahdi Aziz, Tahmina Akter, Mohammed Ali, Saifullah Omar Nasif, Saleh Ahmed Shahriar & Farzana Nowrin·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2018
The study was conducted in the experimental area of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh, during the period from July to October 2016 to find out the effect of different levels of NPK on insect pests in transplant aman rice. BRR...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/42953
Aims: The environmental advantages of organic over conventional agriculture have gained increasing importance in the last decades. The organic agriculture discourse has been mainly propelled by food-sufficient countries in the West and the emerging economies in Asia. Strangely, i...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/42498
Maize (Zea mays L.) is the most important cereal crop for most countries in the sub-Saharan Africa. Nitrogen (N) deficiency and aluminium (Al) toxicity are among the abiotic stresses leading to low maize productivity. Lack of N and Al toxicity in soil entails, in most cases, appl...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/42979
This study was conducted in the field to evaluate the effect of onion yellow dwarf virus (OYDV) on growth and yield of onion seed crop of two local onion genotypes (var. "Saggai" and Shendi"). It evaluated the possibility of alleviating the disease expression through the use of p...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/42182
The study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of aqueous 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) on postharvest quality of carrots and to compare with/to gaseous 1-MCP and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) treatments. Carrots initially washed with tap water were distributed into 4 batches the...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/42595