Antibiotic growth promoters such as virginiamycin have been widely used in poultry nutrition to enhance growth performance and feed efficiency. However, concerns regarding antimicrobial resistance have increased interest in herbal alternatives. Phytogenic feed additives such as a...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i84224
Oilseed crops underpin edible-oil supply, livestock feeding, industrial feedstocks and rural incomes, yet recent production growth has depended heavily on harvested-area expansion and remains concentrated in a small number of crops and regions. This critical narrative review exam...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i84225
Underutilised legumes, a heterogeneous group encompassing Bambara groundnut, winged bean, moth bean, horse gram, grass pea, lablab, tepary bean, adzuki bean and rice bean, combine considerable environmental resilience and nutritional density with a long-standing shortage of genet...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i84226
A field experiment was conducted during the rabi season of 2020–21 at the Research Farm of Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India, to evaluate the effects of integrated nutrient management practices on the growth, yield attributes, producti...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i84227
Introduction: In Vietnam, the Acacia hybrid is one of the most important forestry species. It is planted for forest regeneration and the development of special-use forests and provides raw material for the pulp industry. Aim: Application of somatic embryogenesis techniques to the...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i84228
A three-year field experiment was conducted during the kharif seasons of 2018–2020 in farmers’ fields within agro-climatic zone IIIA of Rajasthan, India, to evaluate post-emergence herbicides for managing Sorghum halepense in sorghum. Five treatments were arranged in a randomised...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i84229
Northern corn leaf blight is a recurrent constraint on maize production across temperate, subtropical and tropical environments. Resistance breeding has progressed from phenotypic selection and race-specific Ht genes to high-density mapping, genomic prediction, functional genomic...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i84230
This study evaluated the fabric hand value and selected performance characteristics of green-hybrid nanocoated organic cotton fabric using the Kawabata Evaluation System. Organic cotton fabric was treated with zinc oxide nanoparticles green-synthesised from Azadirachta indica and...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i84231
Background: Sarcocephalus latifolius, formerly known as Nauclea latifolia, is a shrub found on moist savanna soils. It typically reaches a height of 3-4 metres and has flexible, drooping branches. The species is also valued by beekeepers and is widely used in traditional medicine...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i84232
Background: Brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens) is a major insect pest of rice that causes severe yield losses through direct feeding and hopperburn. The emergence of virulent populations and increasing concerns over insecticide resistance necessitate the identification of ric...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i84233