Aim: To investigate the response of broiler chickens to diets containing levels of composite cassava root meal, palm oil and Cray fish dust (CCPCM) as replacement for maize. Study Design: The experiment involved five treatments with three replicates per treatment in each of start...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/22340
The effect of stocking density and partitioning of raising period on growth and economic feasibility for common carp Cyprinus carpio was investigated using four wooden floating cages (16 m3 per cage) at Tigris river, Southern Bagdad, Iraq during April to November 2013. Initial we...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/23361
DNA-based molecular markers such as Inter Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR), Sequence-Related Amplified polymorphism (SRAP) and Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) were used in this study to examine the genetic differences among sixteen Iraqi wheat varieties. Seventy three primer...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/20371
Weather condition prevailing during pollination could have some effect on seed set and yield in maize. A controlled pollination experiment was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria during the early seasons of 2007 and 2008 to inve...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/21748
An experiment was conducted at Agronomy Research Station, Barkacha, Mirjapur 2013-14 in order to control greengram associated weed under Custard apple plantation during Kharif season. The basic objective of the study was to assess the effect of mulching and weed management practi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/17278
Aims: To evaluate the spray droplet size spectra of several different agricultural spray nozzles using laser diffraction technology. Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the United States Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service Aerial Applica...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/23785
A field experiment was conducted at the Agronomy Field Laboratory, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, during the period from February 2012 to May 2012 to investigate the effect of levels of phosphorus (0, 20, 40 and 60 kg ha-1) and boron (0, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 kg ha-1)...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/23532
The aim of this study was to compare the level of resistance of two new hybrids (F1 Nadira and F1 Jaguar) with the popularly known variety Rio Grande against Pseudomonas solanacearum (causal agent of bacterial wilt) and Erwinia carotovora (responsible of stem rot) under natural c...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/22138
A six month screen house experiment was conducted at the Department of Crop Science, University of Benin, Benin City to assess seven forage legumes for N2 fixation and their effects on Amaranthus cruentusin a fluvisol (river sand). Cajanus cajan, Centrosema pascuorum, Leucanea le...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/23833
Abdul Majeed, Muhammad Anwar-ul-Haq, Abid Niaz, Javaid Akhtar, Zahid Ashfaq Ahmad, Atif Muhmood, Muhammad Ashfaq Anjum & Syed Shahid Hussain Shah·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2016
Water induced salt stress among other abiotic stress is a main problem and decreases crop productions in arid and semiarid areas of the world. However, selection of salt tolerant cultivars by screening method in solution culture at vegetative stage is an easy and economical way t...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/23267
A field experiment was conducted to see the effect of cowdung, NPK and Rhizobium inocula on nodules number, yield contributing attributes and yield of summer mungbean (var. Binamoog-8), in acid soil at the farm of Agricultural Training Institute, Khadim Nagar, Sylhet from April t...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/23178
Like many other developing countries, Pakistan has lower agricultural productivity. It is due to the reason that the farming community is almost illiterate and, has traditional and conservative farming practices. Adoption and diffusion of new technology at farm level is hindered...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/19661
Devon L. Ragen, Erin E. Nix, Lance B. McNew, William A. Whitehurst, Tess M. Liles, Robert B. Sager, Elizabeth S. Read, Blake S. Hauptman, Christopher G. Hooley & Patrick G. Hatfield·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2016
Flushing is the practice of increasing nutrient intake before and during breeding in order to increase ovulation and ultimately the number of lambs born (NLB). Although extensive research has investigated the impact of different feeds and feeding strategies on the flushing respon...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/23735
The study examined allocative efficiency and its determinants among fadama food crop farmers in Adamawa State, Nigeria using the stochastic cost frontier approach. A single-stage estimation procedure was used where socio-economic variables were incorporated directly into the esti...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/22315
Field experiments were conducted during two consecutive years (2014 and 2015) on Sunflower (variety: BARI Surjomukhi-2) crop at Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur and Agricultural research station, Banerpota, Satkhira, to estimate yield response factor (ky) and d...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/23339