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
This study was designed to evaluate the proximate composition and feeding value of rumen digesta filtrate (RDF) fermented earth ball meal on finisher broilers. The RDF was prepared by weighing 1kg of the fresh rumen digesta into a bucket containing one litre of water, stirred, fi...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/36778
The broad objective of this study was to determine the optimal resource allocation in integrated fish-based farming (IFF) system in Kaduna metropolis of Nigeria. Primary data were generated and used for the study. The data were collected through the use of structured questionnair...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/36844
This is the first report of natural infestation of fruit flies Anastrepha grandis Macquart (Tephritidae) and Neosilba zadolicha McAlpine & Steyskal on bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.] and mogango (Cucurbita pepo L.). Six cultivars of Cucurbitaceae were suscep...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/36929
Aims: A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of varying levels of Cassia tora on the performance of rabbits. Study Design: Mention the design of the study here. Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was conducted in Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, the experiment l...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/34316
The study of nutritional composition of African giant land snail (Archachatina marginata) fed on diet from different protein sources: soya bean meal, fish meal and blood meal with Pawpaw leaves and pumpkin leaves serving as the controls was carried out in the Wildlife domesticati...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/33927