The experiment was conducted at the Plant Breeding Research Field, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh during the period of November, 2018 to March, 2019. The experiment was conducted at randomiz...
J. O. Agbolade, T. P. Olakunle, E. O. Obiremi, T. Busari, J. A. Idowu, A. I. Isiaka & A. D. Aasa-Sadique·Asian Journal of Research in Botany·2020
Twelve (12) accessions of six (6) species of the minor legumes obtained from National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB) Ibadan, Oyo-state, Nigeria; cultivated and nurtured at the teaching and research farm of the Federal University Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State, N...
Wild plants have many benefits for humans, animals, birds, and most of the creatures on earth. Because all organisms live in one environment, insects attack plants from time to time and the plant defends itself by mechanical or chemical methods by forming chemicals that kill inse...
Aim: Toxicity of grass weeds on crop growth through root exudates occurs naturally but no such study was conducted on the seed germination and seedling growth of some important vegetables of Bangladesh. Therefore, the aim of the research was to evaluate the effects of some grass...
Heavy metals are metalloids of environmental concern, especially in urban and peri-urban small scale farming systems. Plants are contaminated with heavy metals through different pathways, including uptake from soil and from the atmosphere. These pathways need to be distinguished...
The experiment was conducted during October 2018 to May 2019 at BRAC Agricultural Research and Development Centre, Gazipur, Bangladesh to evaluate the variability of chilligenotypes. The experimental field belongs to medium high land with sandy loam soil in texture. The experimen...
Barks of Pterocarpus indicus were extracted with the organic solvents viz., methanol and acetone and yielded the extract of 35.5 mg/g in methanol and 27 mg/g in acetone. Among the phyto constituents, the terpenoids content was found to be maximum with 1.78 mg/g and the steroids w...
Kanij Fatima, Khaleda Khatun, Tahmina Mostarin, Md. Ehsanul Haq, Shovan Krishna Das, Md. Monir Hossain, Md. Abdus Samad, Sharmin Sultana Rima & Md. Bayazid Bostami·Asian Journal of Research in Botany·2020
An experiment was conducted in the Horticulture farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, on garden pea, during the period of November, 2018 to January, 2019. The experiment was outlined in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. T...
This research was conducted to evaluate the processing as well as the nutritional quality of potato genotypes which was comprised of 30 potato genotypes obtained from Breeder Seed Production Centre (BSPC), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI). The experiment was RCBD...
This study examined the changes in selected physical [Sand, Silt and Clay] and chemical [pH, N, P, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, Org. C] compositions of different soil samples, and their possible effect(s) on the early growth and responsse of Irvingia wombolu seedling, following applicati...
Aim: To study thermogenesis induced by aspirin, salicylic acid and 2,6-dhdroxybenzoic acid in the appendix of the Sauromatum guttatm and Arum italicum inflorescences. Study Design: Determination of tissue temperature in the presence of the three thermogenic inducers and mitochond...
The present study investigates how Potassium chloride (KCl) affects and alters the biochemical and morphological characters of Triticum aestivum L variety (Ghanimat). The experiment was arranged in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) under the natural light condition. Potassi...
Shikha Akter, Fariha Afia Bonni, Md. Ehsanul Haq, Nurjahan Shithi, Nahida Sultana, Muslima Jahan Runia, Ayesha Siddika & Mst. Badrun Nahar·Asian Journal of Research in Botany·2020
An experiment was conducted at agronomy field, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207 during the period from November 2017 to May 2018 to evaluate the growth, yield and grain quality of traditional aromatic rice cultivars in Boro season. The...
U. Abubakar, J. O. Adisa, U. Mohammed, R. I. Tsamiya, M. O. Mohammed, A. T. Muhammad, I. Mohammed, A. Umar, S. D. Abubakar, S. M. Sani, Okorie . & S. A. Fasogbon·Asian Journal of Research in Botany·2020
Introduction: Khaya senegalensis is a genus of seven species of trees in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native to tropical Africa and Madagascar. Mahogany in English, Aganwo in Yoruba, Madachi in Hausa and Ono in Igbo. All species become big trees 30–35 m tall, rarely 45 m, w...
The present study was conducted during two successive seasons of 2018 and 2019 at Faqus city, El-Sharkia governorate, Egypt. To study the effect of different pollen grain sources (locations) collected from full development males grown in five different governorates locations (El-...