This study consisted of laboratory incubation and pot experimentation. Laboratory incubation was conducted at the Chemistry Laboratory, College of Agriculture, Lafia. The pot experimentation was done in the screen house of faculty of Agriculture, Nasarawa State University Lafia c...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2016/30926
Agricultural development needs to pay more attention in the future in order to meet the rising demand of food due to the growing population rapidly in the world. On the other hand, increasing production is needed and land expansion will be considered if farm gate want to produce...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2016/29623
With the inevitable risk posed by global climate change to crop yield and ever increasing demands of agricultural production, crop improvement techniques have to be more precise in developing smart crop varieties. This review reviews the past, current progress and assesses the fu...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2016/29334
Aims: study the effect of foliar application of potassium and boron on yield and fruit quality of "Florida Prince" peach trees. Study Design: The treatments were applied and arranged in a randomized complete block design. Each treatment included seven replicates with one tree for...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2016/29539
Aims: Green pepper (Capsicum annuum) also named the bell pepper or sweet pepper is one of the most important and remunerative vegetable crops in the world. Due to the increased pressure on land, climate change and increased demand for the crop, there is need for better agronomica...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2016/29909
Jatropha curcas L (J. curcas) sectors are increasingly promoted in the Sahel for biofuel production. Though, our understandings on the species responses to water deficit particularly of mature trees are still sketchy. So, this study aims at investigating the effects of water defi...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2016/29836
The N recovery by crops from the soluble N fertilizers such as urea is often as low as 30–40%, with a potentially high environmental cost associated with N losses via NH3 volatilization, NO3- leaching and N2O emission to the atmosphere. This study was initiated to evaluate the ef...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2016/29654
There have been concerns about the part of the catch that is not the primary target of the fishing effort of artisanal fishers along their household food security status. This aimed the study to examine bycatch occurrence and usage, estimate the food security status of fishing ho...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2016/29868
Syed Tarik Mahabub, Md. Shahjalal Hossain Khan, H. E. M. Khairul Mazed, Srabantika Sarker & Md. Hassan Tareque·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2016
The experiment was conducted at the farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period from March to June 2014 to study the effect of cowdung on the growth, yield and nutrient content of mungbean (Vigna radiata L.). The variety...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2016/29297
Aims: To evaluate the growth performance of sweet gourd (Cucurbita moschata) under 3.5 years old Mango (Mangifera indicia L.) tree at planting different distances. Study Design: The experiment was laid out following the Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) arrangement with thr...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2016/28907
Soil infertility is one of the main factors leading to low finger millet production in the semi-arid tropics of Kenya. About 50-80% of P applied as fertilizer is adsorbed by soil and the amount of P needed to achieve maintenance of its adequate status and influence on other soil...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2016/29606
Experiments were conducted from June to August, 2016 in fields at Attampitiya and Walimada in Sri Lanka. The aim was to obtain growth and yield parameters of three tomato varieties under three levels of NPK fertilizers. Treatment consisted of two tomato varieties (Roma, Thilina,...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2016/29444
This study appraised the efficiency of fadama maize farmers in Osun State, Nigeria. Data were collected from 180 respondents selected through multistage sampling technique with the aid of structured questionnaire supplemented with oral interview. The collected data were analyzed...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2016/28904
A twenty eight day feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the replacement value of sweet potato root meal (SPRM) as replacement for maize on feed intake, body weight changes, carcass and organ weight characteristics of broiler finisher birds. SPRM was processed and used to repla...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2016/28559
Aims: The antagonistic activities of Pseudomonas fluorescens and Trichoderma viride have been evaluated by a number of studies. This research work was aimed to compare the antagonistic activities of Pseudomonas fluorescens and Trichoderma viride against selected species of plant...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2016/28049