The effect of traditional shade-drying method on the seed germination and vigour of two varieties of tomato was investigated. The experiment was conducted at the seed testing laboratory of The National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB), Ibadan, Nigeria in J...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/39727
Lucie Aba-Toumnou, Solange P. Wango, Emmanuel Kamba-Mebourou, Crépin Gbety, Serge F. Bolevane-Ouatinam & Mbacke Sembene·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2018
Maize seeds are an important source of nutrients for human and animal. However, an important part of the seed production is lost due to the insect attacks, mainly by the weevil S. zeamais, a major pest of stored maize. The objective of this work was to study the impact of traditi...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/43549
Thirty-seven Onion (Allium cepa L.) genotypes comprising of twelve parents (12) and twenty-five hybrids were evaluated at the Fadama Teaching and Research farm of the Department of Crop Science, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto during the 2015/2016 dry season. The objective of...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/33862
Thirty-seven Onion (Allium cepa L.) genotypes comprising of twelve parents (12) and twenty-five hybrids were evaluated for enhanced storage shelf life and early maturity at the Fadama Teaching and Research farm of the Department of Crop Science, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/33865
Solenostemon rotundifolius (frafra potato) is an important food security crop in areas where it is cultivated in Ghana. However, the crop suffers research neglect in Ghana. More research on the crop is therefore needed for the crop to experience any form of meaningful improvement...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/44052
Aims: The objectives of this study are to assess the effect of pollination methods on the seed quality and yield of progenies from an early-maturing maize population and to determine the relationship between seed quality and grain yield of the different progenies. Study Design:...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/43262
The nutrients digestibility, nitrogen utilization and blood profile of West African Dwarf (WAD) goat fed cassava peels with urea-molasses multi-nutrients block (UMMB) supplements was investigated in a twelve weeks experiment. Twenty WAD goats that weighed 8.33±0.35 kg on average...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/33770
Aims: In this study, it was aimed to determine parcel value numbers used in land consolidation studies in more detailed. Study Design: 14 different questions were created considering properties of the study area. Parcel value numbers of the study area were determined according to...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/43371
The study focused on establishing Growth Response of Spider Plant (Cleome gynandra L.) on Plant Population and Phosphorous levels due to various recommendations are given on spacing for the same crop by various extension service providers that have made farmers plant the crop usi...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/43396
This study assessed the extent to which values are added to rice and how profitable rice becomes when value is added to it through processing in Anambra-East Agricultural zone of Anambra State Nigeria. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to sample 90 respondents. Res...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/41883