Plants are an important feature of urban ecosystems which provide numerous environmental and ecosystem benefits such as defenses against noise and air pollution and conservation of biodiversity. The aim of this study was to investigate the structure and composition of urban veget...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/38562
Ten cocoa farms with declining productivity in five Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Cross River State, Nigeria were selected for rehabilitation purpose through appropriate fertilizer recommendation based on soil test values. The LGAs were Akpamkpa, Ikom, Efung, Boki and Obudu of...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/36000
Livelihood activities among rural wetlands dwellers in Rivers State, Nigeria were assessed to determine their constraints and impact on the wetlands ecosystem services of Nigeria. The state is one of the 36 states located in the south-south region of Nigeria, and on Latitude 4°45...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/36157
The field work was carried out at the Screenhouse of Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria to determine the effectiveness of water and methanolic sunflower leaf extract as a fertilizer sources to improve growth and yield of tomato. The experiment co...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/36934
Crop residues are overlooked when making fertilizer recommendations, yet have potential to contribute to soil nitrogen in addition to mineral fertilizer use. A study was carried out in western Kenya to establish the contribution of soybean residues under varied management options...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/36777
The goal of this paper was to evaluate the influence of the shading levels in a silvopastoral system on the association of anatomical structures with nutritional parameters and gas production of Poaceae species. Plants of two forage species (Panicum maximum cv. Mombasa and Brachi...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/31624
This study determined the growth and yield of Solanum lycopersicum in heavy metal contaminated soil and the heavy metal uptake of the harvested S. lycopersicum fruit. Experimental pots containing 3000 g of sterilized soil was used for this experiment whereby 60 sample pots were u...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/36758
Manure is a rich nutrient source in crop production. It contains essential nutrients needed by crop for growth and development. One of the challenges of manure nutrient contents determination is obtaining representative samples of manure for nutrient analysis. This is attributed...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/31630
Domestication of Grewia coriacea Mast. (Malvaceae) threatened to disappear in Lefini Basin requires looking for vegetable growth conditions of their seeds. The study is initiated to evaluate the effect of the substrate on vegetative growth of the seedlings from germination of the...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/32394
Aim: To investigate the effect of different priming pretreatments and durations on germination of parsley (Petroselinum crispum) seeds. Study Design: Completely randomized design with 3 treatments replicated four times at different priming durations. Place and Duration: Seed Sc...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/36578