The study appraised the economic performance of battery cage and deep litter systems of poultry production. The study was carried out in Osun State, Nigeria. Six areas (Iwo, Ejigbo, Awo, Ede, Sekona and Osogbo) were purposively selected due to their high concentration of poultry...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/17888
Genotypic and phenotypic variances, genotypic coefficient of variation and phenotypic coefficient of variation, heritability and genetic advance were estimated for twelve agronomic characters in ten West African okra, Abelmoschus caillei. The genotypic coefficient of variation ra...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/19497
Water scarcity is a venomous upshot of climate change and is one of the sternest factors restraining global crop productivity. In order to study association and cause-effect of shortage in irrigation on some morphological and quality traits on yield, an experiment accommodating 2...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/45740
Objective: Maize is a crop whose grains are involved in the diet of West African populations, and also in the food of the populations of the Korhogo region. However, the yield of this crop is still low in the region. The study was initiated to help increase maize production by as...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/44727
Aims: The objective of this work was to evaluate the distribution of nutrients in the layers of a Cerrado oxisol, fertilised with liquid swine manure compared to the values of these nutrients established by the Conama (National Council of the Environment) for the conservation of...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/45287
Carla Caroline Alves Pereira, Marcelo Gurgel Medeiros, José Sisenando de Senna e Silva Neto, Manoel Abilio de Queiróz, Aurélio Paes Barros Júnior & Lindomar Maria da Silveira·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
This work aimed at estimating the genetic divergence between luffa accessions (Luffa cylindrica (L.) M. J. Roem) by means of multivariate analysis techniques and at verifying the importance of the assessed traits for the study of genetic divergence. Two trials were carried out in...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/44544
Introduction: The diffusion of irrigation in olive orchards requires accurate scheduling of the application of water. Objectives: To evaluate the efficiency of different modes of irrigation scheduling for mature olive trees grown at different plant densities and in different soil...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/44582
Elny Alves Onias, Railene Hérica Carlos Rocha, Tádria Cristiane de Sousa Furtunato, Eliane Alves Onias, Osvaldo Soares da Silva, Albert Einstein Mathias de Medeiros Teod, Marinês Pereira Bomfim, Ágda Malany Forte de Oliveira & José Franciraldo de Lima·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
The knowledge of the biochemical and physical-chemical transformations that happen in each stage of the development of the fruit is important to point the maturation rates and to define the point of harvest. Thus, this work intended to characterize the ‘Molar’ pomegranate regardi...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/44789
Hugo César Tadeu, Marco Aurélio Carbone Carneiro, Marcio Rodrigues Miranda, Leandro Coutinho Alho, Pedro Italiano de Araújo Neto & Álefe Lopes Viana·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
Aims: Little is known about the Arbuscular mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) inoculation effects on the initial development of Parkia sp. and phosphorus nutritional needs. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of the AMF inoculation in different phosphorus doses on initial Parkia nitida ...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/44675
Hipolyana Simone de Oliveira, João Luciano de Andrade Melo Junior, Vinicius Santos Gomes da Silva, Maria Inajal Rodrigues da Silva das Neves, Priscila Cordeiro Souto, Karolyne Priscila Oliveira dos Santos, José Alex do NascimentoSilva & José Jailson Lima Bezerra·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
Use of seaweed as a source of nutrition to evaluate the performance of maize hybrids (Zea mays), compared to a control. The experiment was conducted at the Agricultural Microbiology Laboratory, at the Agricultural Sciences Center, Federal University of Alagoas - UFAL. The design...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/38180
Paula Alberti Bonadiman, João Luis Frizzera Junior, Fernando Zanotti Madalon, José Romário Carvalho, Andre Dalla Bernardina Garcia, Dirceu Pratissoli & Lusinério Prezotti·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of abiotic factors on the incidence of the damage caused by Meroncidius intermedius on Prata cv. Pacovan banana fruits and whether such damage interferes in the development and commercialisation of the fruits. The experime...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/45167
Aims: This study determined a nutritive solution and evaluated the performance in the development, production and quality of strawberry cultivated in the substrate. Study Design: The treatments were commercial and recommended nutritional solutions for strawberry using the methods...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/44763
The establishment of sunflower crop in the Brazilian savannah region depends, among other factors, on the use of cultivars with adaptation to the growing regions and adequate characteristics, such as drought tolerance and resistance to main diseases and early cycle. The objective...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/44619
Aims: The present experiment aimed to study the germinability of Malpighia emarginata D.C. seeds and initial growth under different levels of salinity stress. Study Design: Completely randomised design. Place and Duration of Study: Federal Institute of Education, Science and Tec...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/44814
Juscelino Gonçalves Palheta, Luma Castro de Souza, Roberto Lisboa Cunha, Rafael Moysés Alves, Antônio Vinícius Corrêa Barbosa, Diana Jhulia Palheta de Sousa, Jessica Suellen Silva Teixeira, Susana Silva Conceição, Ricardo Shigueru Okumura & Cândido Ferreira de Oliveira Neto·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
Aims: The study aimed to investigate the physiological behaviour of cupuaçu tree progenies subjected to water deficiency. Study Design: The experimental design was completely randomised, in a 2x7 factorial scheme (2 water regimes: with and without water deficiency and 7 cupuaçu t...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/44282