Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the responses of sesame and false sesame to different colchicine concentrations in order to determine the concentration(s) that could be best utilized in the genetic improvement of the plants. Study Design: The treated seeds were sown in a...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/6480
Aim: To evaluate the growth, yield and storability response of two onion varieties to different levels of poultry manure and NPK fertilizer application. Study Design: The design used was a 2 x 5 factorial arranged in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with four replication...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/7526
Aims: To evaluate the effectiveness of different aqueous plant extracts on the management of flea beetles (Podagrica spp) and mosaic disease on okra Study Design: The treatments applied were 10% (w/v) crude extract each of neem leaf, garlic, mahogany bark, chili pepper fruit, paw...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/8109
Aims: We analyzed root architecture variation among heirloom and commercial cultivars of wheat and barley to improve our understanding of the quantitative variation present within small grain root architectures. We also compared lab-based root architecture measures with cultivar...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/9462
Artemia and Ceriodaphnia were used as “first food” for the larvae of Clarias gariepinus, Heterobranchus bidorsalis and their hybrid Heteroclarias in order to determine if Ceriodaphnia could effectively replace Artemia in Nigeria in the production of Catfish fingerlings. The 5-day...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/6129
Aims: To evaluate the efficiency of water extracts of neem [Azadirachta indica L] leaf, wood ash and their 1;1 mixtures on soil chemical composition, growth and yield parameters of plantain (Musa sapientum L.). Place and Duration: the experiment took place at Akure in the rainfor...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/4412
The study aimed to obtain the estimates of a production function for fish production in the Amansie-West District of Ghana, West Africa, using primary data collected from 45 registered farmers. Factor elasticities and returns to scale were estimated, as well as the coefficients f...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/8625
This study was carried out to develop transformation protocol for the possible improvement of local cultivars of tomatoes in Nigeria using complete randomized design (CRD). The research was conducted at the Plant Biotechnology Centre, International Institute of Tropical Agricultu...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/5927
A field study was set to highlight the relationships and contributions of yield and yield-related traits to the choice of a superior cowpea variety. Five cowpea varieties, Sampea-7 (IAR 48), Sampea-8 (IAR 452-1), Sampea-10 (IAR 499-35), Sampea-11 (IAR 288) and Sampea-12 (IAR 391)...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/9000
Aims: Inducer of CBF Expression 1 (ICE1), which is one of basic Helix-Loop-Helix type transcription factors, has important roles in regulation of cold stress-indiced genes of plants. Sample: To investigate functions of tomato ICE1 in cold and salt tolerance, c index (SI), immunoc...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/7285
J. R. Kiniry, J. Briggs, J. Englert, M. Weltz, K. Jensen, D. Tilley, M. Stannard, A. Young-Mathews, T. Blanke, M. Smither-Kopperl, S. Winslow & D. Goodson·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2014
Aims: To quantify western rangeland plant parameters for a wide range of representative species in the region. Study Design: Use field measurements to quantify leaf area index (LAI), light extinction coefficient (k), radiation use efficiency (RUE), and nutrient concentrations of...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/7969
The study was designed to exploit the advantages in solid state fermentation (SSF) and the use of fibrolytic enzymes for proper degradation of the high crude fibre content of palm kernel meal (PKM). Complete randomized design was used in these studies. The research studies were c...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/6893
Aim: For promoting an alternative source of nutrients to restore the fertility (pH, carbon (C), nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg)) of agricultural soils affected by long-term cultivation with inorganic fertilizer, the use of sugarcane fo...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/7082
Maize yield in Kericho County, Kenya is limited by infertile acidic soils. The effect of inorganic sources of nutrients and amendments; triple superphosphate (TSP), calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) and lime, were compared to a range of organic nutrient sources; Farmyard manure (FYM...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/6415
The current study aimed to test the direct rooting response of rose and cotoneaster explants collected in winter and spring and grown on different culture media including WPM, B5 and MS supplemented with different concentrations of IBA and NAA. The experiments were arranged accor...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/8542