Some mango fruits marketed in Yola and environs show some anthracnose diseases symptoms. Aims: Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify fungal organisms associated with Anthracnose disease of mango in Yola, Adamawa state, Northeastern Nigeria and to test their pathogenici...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2020/v4i130079
Mian Fazli Basit, J. N. Azorji, M. O. Nwachukwu, Wisal ., Tabassum Yaseen, Fayaz Asad, Fazli Rahim, Farkhanda Bibi & C. M. Igbokwe·Asian Plant Research Journal·2020
Abiotic stress is an important ecological problem limiting crop growth and productivity of other important substances like Carbohydrates, protein, and Chlorophyll ‘a’ and ‘b’ contents in plants. The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of various concentr...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2020/v4i130078
The methanol, chloroform and aqueous leaf extracts of Newbouldia laevis Were obtained using cold extraction method. Phytochemical screening {qualitative} of the extracts was investigated and the inhibitory activity of extracts against the isolates were assayed by agar well diffus...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2020/v4i130077
Introduction: There is complete dependence on wheat flour for baked products, which are imported from other parts as wheat can’t grow in Nigeria. Therefore, to reduce the cost of importation, composite flour can be an alternative. Composite flour has some advantages for developin...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2020/v4i130075
The experiment was conducted during 2017 and 2018 cropping seasons at the Teaching and Research Farm of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Southern Guinea Savanna, Nigeria to determine the performance of maize as influenced by tillage and fertilizer treatments. The e...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2020/v4i130076
The experiments was conducted at a farmers’ field adjacent to the HSTU Research Farm, Dinajpur during 28th April to 13th December 2018 to evaluate growth and quality of two ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) varieties under different tree such as ghoraneem, litchi and mango base...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2019/v3i3-430074
This study was aimede effect of seed location in the pod on the germination and development of Telfairia occidentalis and to identify the portion of the seed pod that contain more female plants. This study was conducted at the Department of Botany experimental garden, Nnamdi Azik...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2019/v3i3-430071
Wisal ., J. N. Azorji, M. O. Nwachukwu, M. F. Basit, M. F. Jaleel, C. M. Igbokwe & Iftikhar Ullah·Asian Plant Research Journal·2020
Different seeds are dispersed from infested to uninfested areas possibly due to several biotic and abiotic mechanisms, and this spread of seed aids the invasion process across the landscape. Currently, in District Charsadda KP, Pakistan, there are about thousands of motorized veh...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2019/v3i3-430070
The experiment was conducted in the Horticultural Farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh with aim to assess the influence of two concentrations and three applications of nitrobenzene in relation to control (C0) without nitrobenzene on the growth and yiel...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2019/v3i3-430069
Lemna minor is a small water plant that floats on water and has the potential to be fresh feed for fish. Bioslurry is a by-product of the management of biogas from livestock manure which is often used as fertilizer for plants because it contains nutrients in a readily available f...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2019/v3i3-430068
In Ethiopia, medicinal plants had been used since ancient time and became an important source of health care. Though majority of the people in the study area depend on ethnomedicine to manage different ailments, the indigenous knowledge largely is not documented. As a result, an...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2019/v3i3-430067
Maize is staple food and the most cultivated crop in Eswatini. However, its yield is very low partly due to use of non-optimum plant density for different maturity group maize varieties. Thus, an experiment was conducted at Luyengo, Middleveld of Eswatini during the 2018/2019 cro...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2019/v3i3-430066
The most appropriate plant density and planting pattern to use for optimum growth and yield of groundnuts (Arachis hypogaea L.) in Eswatini among those currently used is not known, as the patterns are highly influenced by environmental conditions in specific regions. A field tria...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2019/v3i230065
Aims: The present study aims to evaluate the effect of some abiotic factors on the quality of seed germination of shea tree, a plant of great economic interest for the rural populations in Northern Côte d'Ivoire. Study Design: The trials were conducted in a nursery where two fact...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2019/v3i230064
Weeds are plants that are unwanted in a given situation and may be harmful, dangerous or economically detrimental. They are responsible for substantial losses of farm production and extensive damage to the environment. Weeds, through competition with other plants, would almost al...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2019/v3i230063