Aims: This paper seeks to assess smallholder farmers’ level of understanding of the environment effects of modern agriculture. Study Design: Every second household or homestead was selected from the west to east direction using GPS. Thus, a systematic random sampling technique wa...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2019/45199
Intercropping has been shown as a non-chemical alternative to chemical control of insect pests. Field experiments were conducted during the 2016 and 2017 cropping seasons in the Guinean Savannah (Dang-Ngaoundéré) and Sudano Sahelian agro-ecological zones (Gouna-Garoua), Cameroon....
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2019/45677
The experiment was carried out in three different locations (a total of 7 environments) of Western Tiray, Ethiopia from 2011-2013 cropping seasons and thirteen sesame genotypes were evaluated. The objective of this study was to estimate the stability of sesame genotypes and to de...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2019/45744
A study was carried out at seed testing laboratory of Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ibadan to examine the response of rice to treatment with Plant Growth Regulator (VimpelTM) developed in Nigeria, with a view to determining the effec...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2019/46194
Sérvio Túlio Pereira Justino, Roberta Patrícia de Sousa Silva, Amanda de Lira Freitas, Francisco das Chagas Vieira Sales, Angélica de Araújo Lima, José Lenildo Barbosa Leite da Silva, Leonildo Victor Santos de Lima, Albergma Estevão de Queiroz Magalhães Cavalcante & Felipe Silva de Medeiros·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2019
Introduction: The caatinga is a typical Brazilian semi-arid vegetation, where dominant shrub species and some dispersed arboreal individuals are found, in addition to the marked presence of cacti Aims: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the arboreal-shrub component, ana...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2019/46658
Letícia do Socorro Cunha, Luane Laíse Oliveira Ribeiro, Mayra Taniely Ribeiro Abade, Noélle Khristinne Cordeiro, Lucila Elizabeth Fragoso Monfort & Wanderson Cunha Pereira·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2019
The objective of this research was to make a survey on the marketing of rootstock and citrus seedlings due in no 48 of 2013 the map, in the community of Santa Luzia of Induá, municipality of Capitão Poço/Pará. The study was developed based on the application of structured questio...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2019/46244
Robson Prucoli Posse, Ramon Tavares de Oliveira Andrade, Francielly Valani, Vinicius de Souza Oliveira, Élio José dos Santos, Luiz Henrique Lopes Pego, Juana Virginia Guasti Santos & Geilson Silva Costa·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2019
Watermelon is one of the main vegetable crops in Brazil and allows the management of its irrigation, an indispensable factor for its productive success. This paper aimed to evaluate the quality of watermelon 'Top Gun' fruit (Citrullus lanatus), submitted to different irrigation d...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2019/46489
A field trial was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike to evaluate the insecticidal potentials and rates of application of seed extract of Carica papaya and leaf extracts of Cymbopogon citratus and Furadan for the co...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2019/45920
Ana Maria Maciel dos Santos, Kleyton Danilo da Silva Costa, Simone Santos Lira Silva, Michelangelo de Oliveira Silva, Rejane Rodrigues da Costa and Carvalho & José Luiz Sandes de Carvalho Filho·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2019
Coriander is among the most consumed leafy vegetables in Brazil, employing a large number of people in its production chain. Among the limiting factors to the production of this Horticultural crop, there is nematode of the genus Meloidogyne causing root galls. The present work wa...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2019/45715
The economic feasibility of soybean and sunflower crop system on a farm in Diamantino MT Brazil is analyzed. Data were retrieved from the 2017-2018 harvest, even though they were repeated for a six-year span. Project-inherent items were grouped in fixed and variable costs. Main f...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2019/45695
The environmental impacts of human acts have been a global concern of the contemporary era. The conflict between economic development and environmental protection is a very important topic to be considered before beginning any human activity that may cause negative effects to the...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2019/45803
Roberto Pequeno de Sousa, Janilson Pinheiro de Assis, Paulo César Ferreira Linhares, Eudes de Almeida Cardoso, José Aluisio de Araújo Paula, Maria Francisca Soares Pereira, Neurivan Vicente da Silva, Francisco Laíres Cavalcante & Ariana da Mota Oliveira·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2019
Urucum (Bixa orellana L.) is a shrub plant occurring in the caatinga biome. This study evaluated the biometrical assessment of quantitative features of Urucum in northeastern Brazil. Fruit samples were taken from an area of native vegetation of the Federal Rural Semi-Arid Univers...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2019/46119
Robson Prucoli Posse, Francielly Valani, Vinicius de Souza Oliveira, Leandro Moreira da Silva, Stefany Sampaio Silveira, Sophia Machado Ferreira da Silva & Geilson Silva Costa·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2019
The obtainment of seedlings is one of the main stages of the papaya crop and good irrigation management provides proper water status, contributing to higher quality seedlings. Thus, this work had as objective to evaluate the growth and quality of Papaya 'Golden THB' seedlings sub...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2019/46286
Lecithin is an important by-product of vegetable oil processing that has foremost functions in health, food manufacturing and processing, industrial product development and pharmaceutical formulation. The importation of lecithin to Nigeria for Industrial use can be reduced throug...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2019/45451
Titilope Abosede Fashanu, Samuel Adesayo Akande, Israel Oluwasanmi Lawal, Ifedapo Solomon Ayanda, Odunayo Benedicta Adebayo, Adeola Saheed Ibrahim, Kennedy Chika Achime & Tobi Deborah Olasope·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2019
Post-Harvest challenge accounts for 40-50% of losses in tomato value-chain in Nigeria and other parts of the world. This study evaluated the effects of wood ash treatment on the sensory, physicochemical, nutritional and mineral compositions of green tomato stored under ambient co...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2019/46042