Rener Luciano de x de Souza Ferraz, Jane Lima Batista, Marcelo de Andrade Barbosa, Durvalina Maria Mathias dos Santos & Fernando Oliveira Franco·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2015
The tomato is one of the cultures of great interest to the global agribusiness, especially to meet the industrial demand, resulting in income and quality of life to the producer. Given the complexity of culture, new technologies and management strategies are necessary. Hence, thi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/22347
Pigeonpea is an important pulse crop that has gained importance in semi-arid tropics, although its yield potential has not been fully realized due to biotic and abiotic stresses that limit its production. Insect pest complex of pod borer (Helicoverpa armigera), sucking bug (Clavi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/22216
Three hundred and eighty-four unsexed Anak broiler chicks raised from day-old to 28 days of age were used to evaluate the effects of different dietary energy levels on their growth performance, hematology and carcass characteristics. The experiment was of a completely randomized...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/13931
A study was conducted to assess the irrigation water requirement of maize crop for different tillage practices. Irrigation water was applied at three-growth stages viz. treatment one (I1), 20-25 days after sowing (DAS), treatment two (I2), 45-50 DAS and treatment three (I3), 80-8...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/21654
Aims: The aim was to determine the impact of various storage conditions on the stability of rapeseed oil, which determines the content of free fatty acids, peroxides, aldehydes, conjugated compounds and fatty acid composition. Study Design: Storage experiment was performed in 6 m...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/22101
We obtained honey from the blooming flowers of tea plants (Camellia sinensis L.) pollinated by honeybees (Apis mellifera L.). Functional amino acids, theanine, which is a unique ingredient to tea, was determined using reversed-phase chromatography. We also determined the main ing...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/21811
Aims: This study is to evaluate the growth performance, flock uniformity, feather weight, carcass characteristics and economic indices of broilers fed low protein diets fortified with synthetic lysine. Study Design: All data generated were subjected to analysis of variance in a ...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/22243
Plant breeders have been challenged with genotype by environment (G x E) interaction to develop high yielder and stable varieties. They have been using different univariate stability models to simplify the challenge. The major ones are coefficient of variation (CVi), absolute ran...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/13918
Aim: To study the effect of copper ions on the sorption and desorption of chlorsulfuron in five, wheat growing soils from Mara River Basin, Kenya. Study Design: The experiments were laid down in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three replications. Control experiments wer...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/21528
Biological control agents are known to reduce the effect of plant pathogens and also reduce the environmental hazard caused by the persistent use of synthetic chemicals. In this study the effect of Trichoderma asperellum and the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices w...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/21348
This work was conducted to investigate whether Chlorophyll Fluorescence (CF) sorting method enhanced the seed germination and vigor (mean germination time) of stored (aged) commercial seed lots of four different pepper cultivars. Seeds were stored hermetically for 6 and 12 months...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/20467
A ten-week two stage experiment consisting of starter and finisher broiler feeding trials was conducted with one hundred and eighty Marshal broiler chicks to determine the replacement value of water soaked Sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) fruit peel meal as a substitute for maize...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/18876
Small scale agriculture is the dominant occupation of rural Nigerians. Federal government of Nigeria over the years introduced and implemented several policies and programmes aimed at improving agricultural production. In light of available agricultural potentials the First Natio...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/13718
Sewage sludge is a residue rich in organic matter and nutrients important for plant growth and soil fertility, but it may contain in its composition heavy metals that can result in toxicity to the plant, soil and humans when used as fertilizer. The objective was to assess microbi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/21730
Aims: To evaluate population densities and cultivars on the biomass and crop growth rate (CGR) of upland rice and their correlation with grain yield. Study Design: A Factorial on randomized complete block design. Place and Duration of Study: The Teaching and Research Farm of the...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/20597