Zinc is plant micronutrient which is involved in many physiological functions its inadequate supply will reduce crop yields. Zinc deficiency is the most wide spread micronutrient deficiency problem, almost all crops and calcareous, sandy soils, peat soils, and soils with high pho...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/2746
The effect of NPK fertilizer on pumpkin fruit development was studied for two cropping seasons in 2010 at the Teaching and Research Farm, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria in 2010. The experiment was a randomized complete block design. The plants were treated with six...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/2102
Aim: The study assessed the influence of a sequence of anticipated hazard elements (impact, compression, vibration) and shipment conditions on marketable quality under varying temperatures and ripeness stages. Study Design: The vibration test simulates a truck operating at highwa...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/2618
To study the effect of nitrogen rate and plant density at different levels on yield, yield components and quality traits of safflower (cv. Giza 1) an experiment was conducted as split plot design in randomized complete block design arrangement with three replications, during the...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/2886
Objective: The study was conducted to estimate the pattern of field environment genetic variation for twenty genotypes of Madhuca indica Gmel distributed over different sites/locations of district Allahabad and adjoining areas of Uttar Pradesh, India. Study Design: Study under Ra...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/2823
Aims: The present study on management practices, productive performance and profitability of indigenous chickens evaluated the existing indigenous rearing practices with the objectives to pave the way for improvement of this variety into sustainable income in favour of the small-...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/2846
Aims: Growth and foliar yield responses of waterleaf (Talinum triangulare Jacq) to complementary application of organic and inorganic fertilizers were studied in a Ultisol. Study Design: The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design with three replicates. Plac...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/2599
Weed management in lowland rice production is a major constraint leading to low yields. Studies were conducted during the wet cropping seasons of 2009 and 2010 at Rokupr Agricultural Research Centre (RARC) in the lowland ecology to assess the competitiveness of different rice var...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/2791
To better understand the genome by environment (G x E) interactions that need to be accommodated in order to better predict hybrid performance for a high breeding value vegetative parthenocarpy trait sensu stricto. An analysis of the possible environmental signals contributing to...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/1714
Cocoa (Theobroma cacao Linn.) is single most important agricultural export crop and major source of foreign exchange to Ghana. This study examines the socioeconomic factors affecting adoption of CODAPEC and Cocoa High-Tech Technology packages introduced by Ghana government into c...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/1969
Aims: The study examined the determinants of access and demand for credit among poultry farmers in Ikot Ekpene area of Akwa Ibom State in Southern Nigeria. Study Design: A multi-stage random sampling technique was employed to select 90 poultry farmers. Structured questionnaires a...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/2810
Aims: Precision farming becomes more and more an accepted way of crop production and helps to achieve a sustainable environmental friendly agriculture. Furthermore, growing interest in automated data acquisition and information processing is going to form another milestone toward...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/2326
Optimum and qualitative production of vegetables in the depleted soils during the dry season are best achieved through irrigation. Two experiments were concurrently conducted in 2010 to determine the effect of irrigated poultry manure on the vegetative growth and nutritional qual...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/2513
In Ethiopia, food insecurity has always been a burning problem. The gap between demand for and supply of food can be minimized through protecting and managing soil fertility and thereby increasing productivity of crops. This study was conducted in major maize growing areas of sou...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/2299
The effects of the fluorescent pseudomonad isolate CW2 on hyphae of Pythium ultimum (Trow) and Rhizoctonia solani (Kühn) and root colonization were studied in gnotobiotic systems under scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Results of SEM revealed that the frequency of bacterial col...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/2811