B. W. Barau

Pesticide Residue Contamination of Some Cereals and their Consequential Health Implication in the Food Chain of Taraba Northern Geo-political Region, Taraba State

B. W. Barau, W. N. Yusufu, A. Abubakar & A. S. Fadilah · Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology · 2023

Aim: To investigate the Pesticide Residues (PRs) contamination of some cereals and determine their health risks in the food chain of Taraba North Geo-political region. Study Design: Maize, Millet, Rice and Sorghum, and their soils were randomly collected from farmers’ field in th...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajee/2023/v22i1470

Incidence of Root-knot Nematodes in Some Selected Vegetable Crops in Nukkai Irrigation Field Jalingo, Taraba State, Nigeria

D. L. David, B. W. Barau, J. A. Wahedi & Y. N. Ahmed · Asian Journal of Biology · 2017

A study to determine the incidence of root-knot nematode (Melodogyne spp) in some selected vegetables was conducted in Nukkai Irrigation Field of Jalingo, Nigeria. Samples of Okra (Hibiscus esculentus), Spinach (Amaranthus spp) and Sorrel (Hisbiscus sabdariffa) were collected at...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJOB/2017/33900

A Study of Fish Diversity of Two Lacustrine Wetlands in the Upper Benue Basin, Nigeria

D. L. David, J. A. Wahedi, U. N. Buba, B. D. Ali & B. W. Barau · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2015

The studies were conducted to evaluate the fish species diversity of two lakes viz: Kiri and Gyawana, at monthly intervals for the period of two years. Fish records were based entirely on the landings of fishermen. Fish were sorted into taxonomic groups, identified to family or s...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2015/16584