Phytophthora, the ‘plant destroyer’, is a cosmopolitan genus of Oomycete obligate plant pathogens with about 60 described species, attacking several plants in both the temperate and the tropical regions of the world. Cocoa had been one of the major sources of income and foreign e...
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Field trials were conducted at the Teaching and Research farm of Landmark University Omu-Aran during the cropping seasons of 2013 and 2014 to test the best time of Pendimethalin application in comparison with hoe weeding on weed management and performance of cowpea (Vigna unguicu...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/19988
Studies were carried out to evaluate the effect of organic and inorganic fertilizers on the growth and yield performance of maize (Zea mays L.) at the experimental site of Plant science Department, Faculty of science, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti (7°40′ N, 5°15′ E) and the T...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/16806
Studies on the effects of fresh shoot biomass of Tithonia diversifolia on the germination, growth performance and yield of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) were carried out at the experimental site of the Department of plant science of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti in the 201...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/4361
Pot experiments were conducted to assess the effects of organic and inorganic fertilizers on the growth of Solanum nigrum L. The experiment was carried out at the experimental site of the Department of Plant Science, Ekiti State University Ado- Ekiti Nigeria (7°40’N and 5°15'E)....
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/21739
Organic (poultry manure) and inorganic (Urea) fertilizers were comparatively studied with the aim of improving the performance of sweet pepper, Capsicum annum (called ‘Tatase’ in Nigeria) in two ecological zones of Nigeria (Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state and Omu-Aran, Kwara State). Poult...
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