Water is the very basis for the existence of life in earth to the extent that the word life has almost become synonymous to it. But potable water is becoming a scarce resource despite the fact that the overall composition of water is about 70 % of the earth surface as the effor...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1630254
Fermentation is a promising food processing method that can be used to diversify the food and improve nutritional property. Pasta a convenient and ready to cook food was developed using durum wheat and fermented little millet flour. Different formulations were prepared by mixing...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1630255
The Nigerian economy depended mainly on crude oil during the era of oil boom of 1973 which lasted up till1983. Agriculture was grossly neglected by successive governments. Following the economic recession that occurred years after and due to fall in crude oil price, the Nigerian...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1530252
Crop residue management becomes the challenging issue to farmers for balancing between the economic and sustainable environment. Though burning is the easiest way of destroying the crop waste it not only causes drastic changes in green house gas but also large amount of nutrients...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1530253
The papaya (Carica papaya), of the family Caricaceae, is a tree-like tropical plant, native to Central and South America. Papaya cultivation extends to all warm and humid countries. The present study consists in using the solution of raw Carica papaya latex (SLCP) cultivated in B...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1530251
Late blight of potato is one of the most devastating diseases with great economic importance. Among several disease management strategies, ISR (Induced systemic resistance) plays an important role in checking the disease spread. So, in the present study, nine different SAR chemic...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1530250
Nutrient management plays a crucial role in achieving self-sufficiency in food grain production. High price index of chemical fertilizers coupled with mount pollution problem gave rise to interest in precision nutrient management tools. Site specific nutrient management (SSNM) in...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1530249
Five coumarins namely, 5, 7-dimethoxy-6-(3'-hydroxy-3'-methylbutan-2-oxo) coumarin coumarin (1), Toddalolactone (2), Coumurrenol (3), gleinadiene (4) and Toddaculin (5) were isolated from either the stem and/or root bark of Toddalia asiatica , with compound 1 being reported for t...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1530248
Physico-chemical characteristics of ten tropical wood species in Benin were determined to identify the species with high bio-thermal conversion for carbonization (charcoal production). The wood species were obtained from Dassa-Zoume, Dan, and Djidja localities in Central region,...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1430247
Ingudam Bhupenchandra, Soibam Helena Devi, Anjali Basumatary, Samiron Dutta, Laishram Kanta Singh, Prakash Kalita, S. S. Bora, S. Roma Devi, Amarjit Saikia, Priyanka Sharma, Seema Bhagowati, Babita Tamuli, Namita Dutta & Kripal Borah·International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry·2020
In the last thirty years, numerous scientific revolutions have been planned to improve the ecological balance of agricultural production methods, via a considerable decrease of inorganic compounds like pesticides, synthetic plant growth hormones and fertilizers. A favorable and e...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1430244
The levels of six selected heavy metals namely: lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) have been investigated in cocoa beans sampled from Bekwai, Juaso, Kaspen, Asampaneye and Asamakese, five major cocoa-growing communities in Ghana. Aqua re...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1430245
Prunus africana (P. africana) is a geographically wide spread tree to forest habitats of the African continent. P. africana is one of the most popular plant in traditional medicine for threatening various ailments. It is mainly is used to treat benign prostate hyperplasia (BHP)....
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1430246
A soil survey was carried out in different groundnut growing calcareous Vertisols of Dharwad district, Karnataka, India. One hundred surface composite soil samples were collected from five talukas (mandal) of Dharwad district and analyzed for soil chemical properties and nutrient...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1430243
Due to the high demand for vegetable oil by soap industries, the quest for alternative raw material is on the increase. In this study, vegetable oil was extracted from the underutilise seeds of Lagenaria siceraria using n-hexane; The Physico-chemical properties of the oil were an...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1430242
Sustaining the productivity at higher level to meet the increasing demand of food, fuel and fiber for the growing population is the key issue in Indian agriculture. Among the factors, continuous use of imbalanced fertilizers and decline in soil physical productivity and organic m...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1330241