There is a spiral increase in maize consumption in Ghana due to high population growth and changing consumer preferences. However, maize yield in the country is declining partly due to poor soil fertility and fertilizer management, resulting in low nitrogen use efficiency. A fiel...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2019/v4i430077
Aims: To determine the effect of Kalli organic fertilizer on the growth and yield of radish. Study Design: The experimental design used for this study was a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) consisting of four (4) treatments (0, 400, 500 and 600 kgha-1) which were replicate...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2019/v4i430078
Emmy Chepkoech, Miriam G. Kinyua, Oliver Kiplagat, Julius Ochuodho, Souleymane Bado, Zachary Kinyua, Stephen Kimno & Michael Chelulei·Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science·2019
Aims: Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the most important staple food in the world and plays an important role in food and nutritional security. Induced mutation generates variation within potato germplasm to widen the genetic base for breeding purposes. Polyploidy modifies both...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2019/v4i330076
Keeping in view the importance of rice blast disease, an experiment was conducted in the Laboratory of the department of Plant Pathology & Seed Science, Sylhet Agricultural University, and at the field of regional BADC Seed Production farm, Khadimnagar, Sylhet, Bangladesh,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2019/v4i330075
Semirames do N. Silva, Suiane M. Moraes, Joana D’arc P. Matos, Roberta de S. O. Wanderley, Luís P. F. R. Silva, Antônio J. R. Barroso & Josivanda P. Gomes·Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science·2019
Aims: The use of natural, on-site, low-cost coagulants can reduce problems related to the consumption of non-potable water and untreated wastewater discharges into receiving bodies. A natural solution for acting as a coagulant is the Moringa oleifera seed. The objective of this s...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2019/v4i330074
Maize production falls short of demands in the world because of continuous cropping of a land area, which result into loss of natural soil fertility and decline in yield. This study was undertaken to investigate the performance of maize to organic and inorganic fertilizer and to...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2019/v4i330073
Bithi Rani Biswas, Khaleda Khatun, Md. Ehsanul Haq, Jinia Afsun, Md. Nahidul Islam, Md. Rafiqul Islam & Montasir Ahmed·Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science·2019
An experiment on effect of organic manure & mulching on the growth and yield of carrot was conducted at the farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka during the period from November 2017 to February 2018. The research consisted in Randomized Complete Block Design (...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2019/v4i330072
The experiment was conducted at Horticulture Farm at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh during the period December, 2014 to March 2015 to evaluate the effect of different levels of nitrogen and phosphorous on the growth and yield of bush bean. The two factor exper...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2019/v4i230071
Rice blast disease is the most destructive disease to rice plants and can cause a lost in a yield ranging from 50 to 100%. To develop resistant genotypes, it is necessary to determine the source of resistance, the nature of resistance and the mode of gene action that gives resist...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2019/v4i230066
The study was conducted to evaluate the effects of different wheat varieties against blast disease and to observe the status of seed health of collected wheat varieties. The study was carried out under experimental field and laboratory condition at the Plant Pathology and Seed Sc...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2019/v4i230069