Agrobacterium tumefaciens is responsible for causing crown gall disease which causes major economic losses and increases the host’s susceptibility to opportunistic pathogens. Although there has been much research on the effectiveness of Allium sativum (garlic) against human patho...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/44151
Tabasum Mushtaq, S. A. Mir, Nageena Nazir, T. A. Raja, A. H. Pandith, Khalid Rasool & Mushtaq A. Lone·Advances in Research·2018
In order to solve the problems of damage in crops due to natural disasters like frosts and hail storm, it is common to insure crops against the damage. After damage, crop loss must be evaluated by comparing what amount of crop is left with the amount that would have been obtained...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43391
John Kofi Odoom, Ishmael Adziati, Elijah Quansah, Keren Attiku, Nana Afia Asante Ntim, Jacob Arthur-Quarm, Miriam Eshun, Evangeline Obodai & Jacob Samson Barnor·Advances in Research·2018
Aim: Sabin-like polioviruses and non-polio enteroviruses (NPEVs) isolated from acute flaccid paralysis cases have continued to circulate in the country. However, no wild poliovirus has been detected in Ghana since the last case of poliomyelitis in 2008. This decline has been attr...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/44423
The research on “Impact of personal, parental and familial characteristics on sibling relationship of twins” was conducted during 2016. The study consists 39 pairs of twins. The respondents selected for the study were belonging to 10-24 years age range from Hubli and Dharwad citi...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/44989
The experiment was conducted at Hamelmalo Agricultural College farm station from September 2014 to January 2015. The design of the experiment was randomized complete block in triplicate. The growth parameters (plant height, stem number, leaf number at 30 and 60 days after planti...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/44315
Rosine Mihia Brou, Gbocho Serge Elvis Ekissi, Betty Meuwiah Faulet, Bedel Jean Fagbohoun & Patrice Lucien Kouamé·Advances in Research·2018
Heart of oil palm tree (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.), little known, is a vegetable consumed after boiling. This study is an evaluation of the impact of boiling times (15, 30, 45 min) on physicochemical and nutritive composition of this vegetable. Moisture, fiber and carbohydrate cont...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/44299
The study is very necessary not only for understanding the growth trends and magnitude of fluctuations in crop production but are also useful for scientific planning and effective implementation of agricultural developmental at different levels. The necessary secondary data were...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/44365
Land resource inventorisation is a method to assess the available natural resources for effective utilisation. To characterise and classify the soils at large scale (1:7920 scale), this study was carried out in Gollarahatti-2 micro-watershed located in Jagalur taluk of Davanagere...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43366
Climate change is being considered as a serious threat to the livelihood of Indian farmers. Depleting groundwater table is one of the consequences of climate change. Practicing water saving technologies at the farm and household level can mitigate the effects of climate change. T...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43316
Oura Otchou Jean-Didier Thierry, Kouamé Konan Didier, Ouattara Yah, Boua Bomo Mélanie & Péné Bi Crépin·Advances in Research·2018
Aims: The study was to estimate and characterise the existing genetic variability of new candidate imported sugarcane varieties under Northern agro-climatic conditions of Côte d'Ivoire. Study Design: A randomised complete block design with nine genotypes (clones) and four replica...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/44264