Mango fruits Cv. Neelum treated with ethephon of different concentrations i.e. 250, 500, 750 and 1000 ppm for five minutes at different temperature conditions viz., 16, 20, 24 and 28ºC with 80% RH ripened in ripening chamber and untreated fruits kept at ambient temperature (30-34...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i630387
Soilless culture is a technique of crop production using no soil. The main reason towards need for soil to soilless culture for horticultural crops is the problem related to proliferation of soil borne pathogen in the soil cultivation. Recent research studies reported that commer...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i530386
Environment is a basic and fundamental factor determining the growth of plants. Amount and distribution of rainfall is the key variable influencing crop productivity in rainfed farming. Maximum heat units of 1386 growing degree days, rainfall (577 mm), rainy days (33), PET (456 m...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i530384
Droughts are regional phenomena, which are considered as one of the major natural environmental hazards and severely affect the water resources. Climate variability may result in harmful drought periods in semiarid regions. Meteorological drought indices are considered as importa...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i530385
The phenomenon of social cohesion has gained much traction in the extant literature. However, research that assesses how celebrity self-disclosure can be leveraged to engender social cohesion remains very scanty in the existing literature. The current study aims at empirically te...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i530383
Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the drying behavior of bottle gourd slices using tray dryer. Study Design: The bottle gourd slices were dried in a tray dryer at 50, 55, 60, 65 and 70 + 1°C. The moisture loss was determined by gravimetry. Readings were taken at 30 minu...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i530382
The investigation of species diversity and abundance of birds in Lake Hora Arsedi Bishoftu town was conducted from September 2018 to July 2019. The aim of the study was to assess the diversity and abundance of bird species in Lake Hora Arsedi at Bishoftu town. Point count method...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i530381
Over the years, water transportation has been a major way of carrying over 90 percent of the physical carriage of Nigeria’s external trade . “The reason behind this overwhelming dominance of water transportation, compared with others can be seen in over congestion of most of our...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i530379
It is a need of the time to try out different sources of natural dyes to colour the textiles as the synthetic dyes used on textiles are carcinogenic and can create havoc in the human life system. The research was carried out for optimizing different conditions for dyeing wool wit...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i530380
Aims: Higher Education Institutions are challenged to manage research and capstone projects output available through open access is something that is increasingly mandated by funders and universities in many countries. Study Design: This is to widen the dissemination of results t...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i430378
Sago processing wastewater was assessed for their suitability as growth substrates using oleaginous yeasts, for the production of a useful enzyme (amylase) under submerged fermentation (SmF). Sago wastewater (pH was adjusted to 6) containing starch concentration (10% w/v) were in...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i430374
This study aims to empirically test the effect of brand trust on brand commitment and brand loyalty while examining the mediating and moderating roles of brand commitment and brand reputation respectively. To achieve this aim, data is collected from 412 smartphone users in South...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i430376
Livestock production is the backbone of Indian agriculture and source of employment in rural areas since centuries, in which the entire system of rural economy has revolved around it. Livestock was revealed with multi-faceted contribution to socio-economic development of rural ma...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i430377
The changing climate is hitting smallholder farmers hard. It is doing so especial in the African continent which is regularly pronounced as most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Climate change brings droughts and floods, pests and diseases; it means poorer crops, les...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i430371
Algal biomass production using relatively and locally available NPK formulated media has been identified as a key factor in commercial algal biomass production. The suitability of agricultural fertilizer as a growth medium for commercial algae cultivation was assessed using NPK 1...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i430372