For last few years, honey bee disappearance by the destruction of the entire colony attracted the attention of many researchers where they used the term colony collapse disorder (CCD), but, they failed to explain the exact reason of this phenomenon. Many schools of thoughts are t...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/38218
Shoreline Intertidal and Midchannel–subtidal polychaete assemblages of the Bonny River in Nigeria were studied during the months of July, August, September and October 2013 to represent the wet season and December 2013, January 2014, February to March 2014 to represent the dry se...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/39419
This study was conducted to investigate the influence of strain on production traits, egg fertility, hatchability, dressing percentage, survival and docility of indigenous Guinea fowls in Ghana. A total of 700 keets (F1 generation) hatched from four strains of indigenous Guinea f...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/44123
Forecast models play a fundamental role in anticipating the effects of the energy demand in buildings to addressing the energy crisis. A forecast model for anticipating from one to three days every 30 min of the building energy demand is presented. In this model, a feed-forward a...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/44836
Aims: To Study on the Effect of nitrogen levels on growth and yield of mustard (Brassica juncea Curzen and Cross.) varieties under late sown condition Study Design: The Field experiment was laid out in a Factorial randomized block design used in this study. Place and Duration of...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/43605
The objective of this paper is to develop the best fitted model for estimating yield in Gala Red Lum after bloom. The data used for this research were primary data collected from high density apple block of SKUAST-Kashmir (HDP, Plate-1). The study was undertaken at experimental f...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/43430
Tropical depressions/cyclones are natural phenomena which might impact negatively on human beings and the environment. Like other natural hazards, they sometimes can cause severe damage to the economy, infrastructure and community so that the benefits that come along with such ha...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/44857
The study aimed to investigate the behaviour of Lateritic soil at a critical state. Four undisturbed samples were taken at 1.5 m and 3.0 m respectively. Laterite materials were sourced from Janguza Burrow Pit. The samples were collected by manual digging to a depth of 1.5m and 3....
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/43920
This study determined the effects of honey on total phenolic content and antioxidant activities of pineapple (Ananas comosus) drink before and during storage. Packaged honey was added to pineapple drink at ratios, 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20%. Pineapple without honey was used as a contro...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/44040
The common understanding by the research community is that farmers like to adopt improved varieties. While this is true in general, we often see that some improved varieties are not accepted by farmers. The reasons for such can be many. In this study, an attempt was made to verif...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/44432
This study examined child labour and academic performance among students in Nigerian secondary schools with reference to Emmanuel College secondary School, Orita U.I. Systematic random sampling method was employed to collect primary data from 60 respondents through a well-structu...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/10146
Aims: To understand the effect of the combination of the two traditional Sudanese processing methods, germination and fermentation, on the functional properties of sorghum flour. Study Design: Factorial Experimental design. Place and Duration of Study: Lehrstuhl für Biochemie, Un...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/44491
This study was conducted to define the phenology of flowering of four apple cultivars grafted on M9T337 rootstock and cultivated in the Experimental Orchard of Division of Fruit Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srin...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/43317
This research was based on efficiency of plot size millet thresher over traditional method of threshing Kutki millet. Kutki millet (little millet) is one of the most important small millet crop grown in rainfed area of Madhya Pradesh India. Traditionally in tribal and hilly area,...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/44393
In the present study impact of developed nutrition education package was studied on awareness regarding lifestyle modification of hypertensive subjects. One hundred and twenty (120) hypertensive patients were selected from Punjab Agricultural University Hospital, Ludhiana of age...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/43240