Asclepias syriaca, commonly called common milkweed is a species of a flowering plant. It has a long history of folklore uses, but has not been explored for commercial purpose. Traditionally the hot water extract is used to treat typhoid fever, among other medicinal uses. Despite...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2022/v7i130130
Mst. Marium Tania, Khaleda Khatun, Tahmina Mostarin, Md. Abdus Samad, Sufia Akter, Kakon Malo, Umme Habiba & Sarmin Akter·Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science·2022
The experiment was conducted in the Horticultural Farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh to investigate the effect of nitrobenzene concentrations with application methods on growth and yield of cucumber. The experiment consisted of two factors viz. i) co...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2022/v7i130129
Rao Saad Rehman, Mujahid Ali, Syed Ali Zafar, Mubashar Hussain, Asad Pasha, Muhammad Saqib Naveed, Muhammad Ahmad & Muhammad Waseem·Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science·2022
Abiotic stress is one of the major environmental stresses that decrease crop growth and yield even in irrigated soils worldwide. An important plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) plays a vital role in addressing various stresses, such as thermal or heat stress, high salinity level,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2022/v7i130128
Shaila Shermin Tania, Md. Moklasur Rahaman, Farjana Rauf, Mehera Afroj Suborna, Muhammad Humayun Kabir, Md. Anamul Hoque & Mohammad Saidur Rhaman·Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science·2021
Aim: Salinity is a major barrier to successful crop production. Seed priming and exogenous application of different signaling molecules can efficiently confer salinity tolerance. Wheat is a major cereal crop in the world and salinity drastically reduces the wheat seedling growth...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2021/v6i430127
Over the years, new technologies have been tested and introduced to control Striga in maize producing areas but adoption has remained low. The study done in 2013, determined the demographic and socioeconomic factors that influenced the adoption of Striga control technologies in K...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2021/v6i430126
Perennial and tree crops are interwoven with environmental challenges in multiple ways, as anthropogenic global changes are a fundamental component in a variety of pressures that have negative consequences for farming. Climate controls have a wide range of detrimental effects on...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2021/v6i430125
Mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) is a pulse crop with multiple uses and it was introduced recently in the study area. However, its productivity is limited by inadequate plant population and NPS fertilizer rate in the study area. Hence, this study was carried out to determine optimum...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2021/v6i430124
Muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) is cultivated for the nutritional and medicinal values. Information on nutrient requirements which is important components of improved cultural practices for production. A field experiment was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm of Ekiti State...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2021/v6i430123
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the most important staple food in the world including Asia and Pacific. Millions of people around the world depend on rice due to the high calories and economic returns it provides. More than 100 species of insects including 20 economic pests are capable...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2021/v6i430122
Aims: The study was aimed at; profile the socio economic characteristics of the farmers in the study area, ascertaining types of cocoa rehabilitation techniques prevalent in the study area and ascertaining farmers’ knowledge of cocoa rehabilitation. Place and Duration of the Stud...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2021/v6i430121
Thirty nine (39) popcorn landraces alongside three (3) check varieties were evaluated for variability and relationships based on 15 agromorphological traits in Kabwe, Zambia during 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons. A randomized complete block design was used with three replications in...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2021/v6i330120
Agroforestry trees have been reported to improve soil fertility through nitrogen fixation, coupled with leaves and twig decomposition. High human population pressure in Vihiga County has led to reduced land area under farming. This has resulted into increased demand for food and...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2021/v6i330119
Aims: Maize (Zea mays L.) is a major staple food for millions of people in Côte d’Ivoire. Due to its high productivity and low cost of calorie it is preferred crop for food security of the country. Thus, this study was conducted to assess nutritive quality of maize produced and s...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2021/v6i330118
One of the basic agronomic practices to improve the yield of chickpea are ideal sowing date and high yielding varieties. Thus, a field experiment was conducted to assess the effect of different sowing dates on yield and yield components of chickpea varieties in the main cropping...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2021/v6i330117
Brou Kouassi Guy, Doga Dabé, Diarrassouba Nafan, Oro Zokou Franck, N’goran Yao Claude François, Kouassi Koffi II Nazaire & Dogbo Denezon Odette·Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science·2021
As in all cashew producing areas, anthracnose causes enormous production losses in cashew agroforestry farms in Côte d'Ivoire. To overcome this problem, the use of anthracnose-resilient production plant material in cashew forest agrosystems is becoming a necessity for sustainable...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2021/v6i330116