This study investigated cucumber (Cucumis sativus) marketing channels, constraints and improvement strategies in Nigeria. Using multistage sampling, 300 producers and marketers completed a structured questionnaire. Respondents were 54% female and largely smallholders operating mi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2025/v43i122875
The study investigated the scavenging potentials of Artocarpus heterophyllus seed extract on DPPH, hydroxyl radical, superoxide anion radical, inhibition of nitric oxide formation, inhibition of non-enzymatic lipid peroxidation and reduction of ferric ion compared to various stan...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrb/2025/v15i6461
Introduction: In developing countries, patients tend to present late to healthcare facilities and this makes early diagnosis impossible. The experience among patients with haematologic malignancies in our part of the world is not different. The objective of this survey was to ide...
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Research Article10.9734/ibrr/2025/v16i4373
The development of medical treatments for ulcers has significantly decreased the need for surgery in the last century. Surgical treatment for gastric ulcers is reserved for complications like severe bleeding, perforation, or obstruction. The success of the therapeutic treatment o...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrs/2025/v8i2338
The objective of this study was to assess the bacteriological quality of cattle carcasses slaughtered in the Mpila slaughter areas. A total of 30 samples were collected and subjected to microbiological analyses to quantify the total aerobic mesophilic flora (TAMF) and identify to...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2025/v35i121687
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are significant in uplifting the lives of the rural small landholder farmers because of the challenges it has overcome in adopting the traditional agriculture. ICT contributes to the increase of the demand of novel approaches....
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2025/v31i123843
Robert O. Ombori, P. Okinda Owuor, Bowa O. Kwach, David M. Kamau, Wilson Dufitumukiza & Solomon W. Msomba·Asian Soil Research Journal·2025
Eastern Africa tea grows in high rainfall areas where nutrients depletion through leaching, surface run-off in addition to removal with crop can be high. Nutrients replenishment through fertilizer applications is therefore necessary. The recommended fertilizer application rates a...
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Research Article10.9734/asrj/2025/v9i4210
Conventional method of fertilizer application leads to loss of plant nutrient through leaching, run-off, volatilisation, denitrification etc. These in turn affect the health of environment directly or indirectly. Fertilizer application through controlled release formulation offer...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2025/v31i123844
Integrated nutrient management (INM) aims to synchronize nutrient supply with crop demand through combined use of organic, inorganic, and biological sources. A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the influence of INM on growth, yield, quality, and soil health of cucumber (...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i4625
Pear is an important temperate fruit crop in the Kashmir Valley, where climatic variability poses serious challenges to horticultural productivity. This study investigated the relationship between pear yield and weekly weather variables, maximum and minimum temperature, rainfall,...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2025/v31i123845
Food poisoning and other human health effects can arise from the consumption of pork, which despite being a valuable source of high quality protein and essential nutrients may harbor pathogenic bacteria if improperly handled. This study was carried out to evaluate and determine t...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2025/v19i12475
Soil moisture and nutrients are crucial for agricultural productivity, especially in arid and semiarid regions where they limit crop growth. To address the present problem a two-year field experiment (2017–19) evaluated the combined effects of drip irrigation (75% and 100% ETc) a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i4626
A comprehensive field experiment, comprising three replications, was executed at the All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on safflower, situated at the Agricultural Research Station in Annigeri, UAS, Dharwad, during the Rabi season of 2021-22 &2022-23, and was aimed...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2025/v31i123846
Background: This study investigates the prevalence, and antibiotic resistance profiles of Escherichia coli isolated from fish, shrimps, crab, and water collected from the Malokun Sea, Ilaje, Ondo State, Nigeria. The aim was to assess contamination levels and antibiotic resistance...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2025/v19i12476
An experiment was conducted in the laboratory of the College of Agriculture/ University of Kufa on 15/10/2025. The aim dragon fruit (Hylocereus spp.) seeds to investigate the effects of different concentrations and durations of gibberellic acid (GA3) soaking, and their interactiv...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2025/v11i4627