Aim: To determine the nutritional and anti-nutritional compositions of Brillantaisia patula leaves using standard analytical methods. Place and Duration of Study: The proximate, mineral and anti-nutritional compositions were determined in the chemistry laboratory of Ekiti State U...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2021/v8i430186
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) is an economically important food crop in Eswatini. Since its introduction, numerous agronomic research activities were carried out in agricultural research centers, non-governmental organizations, and universities. However, information on the co...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2021/v8i430187
Mining activities are an important source of revenue for the development of the nation. However, it creates lots of social and ecological imbalance. The major remarked problem is that the local communities of mining areas losses their Indigenous Traditional Practices. Keeping thi...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2021/v8i430188
Aims: Conservation agriculture has been recommended as an option to mitigate climate change impact when practicing conventional, to ensure sustainability and food security This study examined the effect of conventional tillage (CT) and no tillage (NT) on mineral elements uptake,...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2021/v8i430190
Nadia Chaieb, Sonia Labidi, Abdel Karim Chiab, Zied Ben Ali Idoudi, Faysal Ben Jeddi & Moncef Ben-Hammouda·Asian Plant Research Journal·2021
Aims: As conservation agriculture have been proposed as an option to limit conventional agriculture impact and to ensure sustainability and food security. This study examined the effect of conventional tillage (CT) and no tillage (NT) on mycorrhization rate, mineral elements upta...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2021/v8i430191
S. P. N. N. Senadeera, K. S. K. Fernando, W. L. L. N. Wickramasekara, M. Y. S. Fernando, C. B. Ranaweera, Weranga Rajapaksha & A. R. N. Silva·Asian Plant Research Journal·2021
Aims: To investigate in vitro anti-inflammatory activity of aqueous, methanol, dichloromethane, and hexane extracts of Artocarpus nobilis Thw. leaves and stem bark using heat-induced protein denaturation test (egg albumin denaturation). Methodology: About 500 g of each matured, f...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2021/v8i430192
Aims: Development of probiotic beverages using previously isolated probiotic strains; Lactobacillus plantarum MF405176.1 and Lactobacillus curieae MF405178.1 in finger millet and banana flour substrates, respectively and monitor the microbiological, physicochemical and sensory pr...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2021/v8i430193
Md. Omar Faruk, A. S. M. Iqbal Hussain, Md. Abu Yusuf & Md. Nazmul Hasan Mehedi·Asian Plant Research Journal·2021
Management of applied nitrogen in rice field is one tool that could lead to increase in rice yield, but often ignored by most farmers. The experiment was carried out from April to July 2015 at the Agronomy Field Laboratory of Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, P...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2021/v8i430185
Aims: Pruning is the cutting of branches of a tea bush at predetermined height and at a specified interval in order to reinvigorate and bring tea bushes within reach of the pluckers, which directly related to the productivity and quality of tea. In Bangladesh, Three and four year...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2021/v8i430184
The Himalayan Birch (Betula utilis D. Don) an essential tree species due to its ecological and social importance in the himalayan region. The study assessed the effect of environmental factors on habitat, growth, and regeneration patterns of the Himalayan Birch at the Royal Bot...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2021/v8i430183