The cost of acquiring real time, high resolution spatial datasets required for effective management of plantation has been a major challenge to farm management in developing country like Nigeria. But recent commercialization of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has gradually made a...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/26948
Aims: To evaluate drought-tolerant (DT) maize varieties for water use efficiency at the seedling and grain filling stages and determine the relationship between water use efficiency and grain yield of the DT maize varieties since information about the water use efficiency of thes...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/25857
The use of high plant density (PD) along with tolerant genotypes to high PD would overcome the negative impacts of competition stresses and lead to maximizing maize yield of grain (GYPH), protein (PYPH), oil (OYPH) and starch (SYPH) from the unit land area (ha). The main objectiv...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2016/26730
Introduction: Phyllanthus niruri is a highly valued plant, commonly distributed in many countries of the tropics and subtropics. It has a wide range of uses as traditional medicine in many countries. However, this study was designed to evaluate the analgesic activity of the metha...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/26826
The uses of medicinal plants for treatment of various infections in traditional communities have been an age-long practice. This provides the rationale to study medicinal plant extracts as a possible source of alternative therapy against infections. The current study was undertak...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/26481
Aims: To examine the effect of fermentation on the microbial, proximate and mineral composition of mung bean. Study Design: Mung bean seed were obtained from local farmers in Ondo State, Nigeria. Unfermented sample was used as positive control. The study was carried out in the re...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/25298
Aims: We analyzed thermotolerant bacterial isolates of thermophiles from various regions in South East coasts of India. Study Design: A total of forty three (9.6%) thermotolerant bacterial isolates of thermophiles were secluded out of 444 isolates obtained from water samples from...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/25675
Aims: To determine and identify the organoleptic and horticultural characteristics of elite plantains cultivars that can be explored and exploited for value addition in plantain for increased income and food security in the rain forest ecology of Nigeria. Study Design: The study...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/26420
Aims: The present study was aimed to determine the genetic relatedness and diversity among accessions of Desmodium spp using RAPD markers. Study Design: In order to achieve the aim authentic samples of Desmodium dichotomum (Willd.) DC., Desmodium laxiflorum DC., Desmodium scorpiu...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/26713
Oxygen is an important parameter to be monitored during the process of composting. The efficiency of aerobic composting process is mainly dependent on the amount of oxygen that is provided to windrows by proper turning. This study was designed with the main objective to monitor t...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/26762
Aims: Early childhood is most crucial for establishing eating habits; therefore, controlling the preferences of young children is critical. This study investigated the relationship between mothers’ and fathers’ food preferences in their childhood and their children’s present food...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2016/24085
The paper points out that throughout economic history the international economy faced numerous crises due to various events (war, epidemics, physical catastrophes etc). However in spite of various crises the international economy has been able to grow and transform from feudal to...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/25083
Aims: To determine if the 600 bp PCR amplicon of D1/D2 domain region of 26S rRNA genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae can be used for pre-selection and identification of S. cerevisiae. Study Design: In vitro analytical study. Place and Duration of Study: University of Nottingham, Un...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/26373
In this paper, the energy dependence of saturation thickness for Sn target has been investigated at different gamma rays photon energies of 122, 511 and 662 keV using backscattering technique. The back scattered photon spectra for different thicknesses (0.2 – 2.13 cm) of tin (50S...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/26514
Aims: To evaluate the pathogenicity of Bacillus spp isolated from Sudan against the greater wax wax moth Galleria mellonella L. measured as mortality percentages and reduction in the amount of food consumption. Study Design: This study is a laboratory experiment in a completely r...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/24818