In Kano State Nigeria, especially at the famous Dawanau grains market, dichlorvos (DDVP: 2, 2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate), which is a synthetic organophosphate insecticide is being widely used against stored insect pests of cowpea grains by traders and merchants alike. High...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/37992
In this study, current conditions of cattle manure, manure storage units, problems of manure storage and interaction with the water resources around Siirt Province were examined. For this purpose, 133 livestock enterprises were chosen. 92 percent of these enterprises did not have...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/37754
Samra Aftab, F. S. Hamid, Samavia Farrukh, Abdul Waheed, Naveed Ahmed, Nadia Khan, Seemab Ali, Madiha Bashir, Saqib Mumtaz, Hina Gul & Muhammad Adil Younis·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2017
The field experiment was conducted to study the effect of different levels of potassium on growth and yield of onion at Agricultural Research Station Baffa, Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, during the year 2016- 2017. Four levels of potassium i.e. 0, 60, 120 and 180 kg ha-1 were use...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/38322
The risk level of several insecticides of various chemical classes was estimated for honeybee workers, Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Lethal time calculation was used to risk assessment for honeybees. Bioassay tests were conducted with six insecticides [dinotefuran (neo...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/38290
Aims: This study was carried out to investigate the variation of some yield contributing traits namely; grain weight ear-1, grain weight plant-1and 1000–grain weight in three winter varieties under the influence of the following factors including;, growth regulator, Furolan and m...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/36347
Aims: Twenty accessions of sesame (Sesamum indicum) were screened for resistance to Cercospora leaf spot disease. Sample: Twenty accessions of Sesamum indicum were used for the study. The sesame accessions were obtained from various localities and raised in a green house. Study D...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/36286
Serum biochemistry and haematology of broilers fed baobab and moringa leaf meal as premix were studied using 36 broiler birds. The birds were grouped into six dietary treatments labeled T1, T2, T3, T4, T5 and T6 respectively. T1 was maintained on commercial premix (CP), T2 on CP...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/38179
Towfia Junnat, Md. Moinul Haque, Md. Elias Hossain, Md. Tofail Hosain, Rezowana Nizam & Md. Meftaul Islam·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2017
The experiment was conducted during the period of March to August (Aus season), 2013 at the experimental farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, and Dhaka to evaluate the growth performance of some rice varieties in relation to their economic yield. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/37394
The research was conducted using twenty five (25) mixed breed weaner rabbits to investigate the effect of replacing bone ash with fresh water snail (Pila ampullacea) shell ash on carcass parameters of weaner rabbits. Five experimental diets tagged T1 to T5 were formulated such th...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/33115
This research was carried out using twenty five (25) mixed breed weaner rabbits to investigate the effect of replacing bone ash with fresh water snail (Pila ampullaceal) shell ash on the diet of weaner rabbits on the economics of production. Five experimental diets tagged T1 to T...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/33116
Seven hundred and twenty squabs raised from 180 couples of domestic pigeon were used to study the heritability, phenotypic and genetic correlations of body and egg traits. Body weight at hatch, 1- week, 2- weeks, 3- weeks, 4- weeks and at maturity were measured. A...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/38071
Twelve rice hybrids of different companies were evaluated for yield, yield components and quality attributes in at Rice Research Institute Kala shah kaku along with KSK-133 and KSK-434 as check varieties in RCBD. All the hybrids were found significantly different from each other...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/32151
A pot experiment was conducted at the experimental net house of the Department of Soil Science, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh to observe the effect of fertilizers on growth of local aromatic rice varieties during the aman (summer) season of 2015. The experime...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/37106
Effective precipitation is important in irrigation scheduling decisions, is used to design new irrigation systems, and is a guiding factor for planning crop production practices. The methods for calculating effective rainfall for dry-land and wet-land crops were overviewed, analy...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/36812
The major production constraint in arid and semi-arid areas is scarcity of irrigation water. Thus, improving the management of irrigation water is very crucial to reduce water losses and thereby enhance water use efficiency. Hence, this research was conducted to evaluate the effe...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/35328