Okra, an economically important vegetable crop with numerous benefits to human, is often attacked by large number of insect species. These insect species cause direct damage to okra plants and also serve as vectors of diseases resulting in economic loss. Control of these insect p...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaar/2019/v11i430060
Aim: Information on the influence of water availability during different seasons of rainfed or irrigated agriculture as it relates to insect pest population build-up in crops could assist in the development of integrated pest management. A study was therefore conducted to investi...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2019/v41i530415
Plantain orchards are usually abandoned after two or three production cycles due to yield decline as accentuated by the non-adoption of management practices. This study was conducted to identify the causes of loss in perennial productivity that necessitate orchard abandonment. In...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/10886
Aims: To evaluate conidia yield of entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae Net 275.86DC on different tropical cereal substrates and evaluate its virulence against the bruchid weevil, Callosobruchus maculatus in vitro. Methodology: The fungus was cultured on Sabouraud Dext...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/34610
The depletion of soil nutrients and organic matter as accentuated by the non-adoption of appropriate soil management practices is one cause of the yield decline that compels farmers to abandon plantain orchards after two to three production cycles. Information on soil manageme...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/22910
The appropriate time to apply water-soluble phosphate fertilizer sources for the production of cowpea (IT84E-2246-4) was evaluated in an Oxic Paleustalf at the Teaching and Research Farm, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti. Cowpea growth and yield were significantly improved by si...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/10345