The response of cocoyam (Colocasia esuclenta (L.) Schott) and soil chemical properties to different manure sources were studied under field conditions in 2014 and 2015 cropping season at Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu, Ebonyi State, a derived savanna zone of Southeastern...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/25739
J. C. Nwite, B. A. Essien, C. I. Keke, C. A. Igwe & T. Wakatsuki·Advances in Research·2015
The development of agriculture in inland valleys of Southeastern Nigeria could not be realized merely due to inability of the farmers to develop these potential and abundant inland valleys for such water loving crops like rice using appropriate water management systems. In an att...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/20792
Nigeria is relatively blessed with rain and high potential of inland valleys. The major constraints in the utilization of these inland valleys for sustainable rice based cropping include, poor soil properties maintenance, inadequate weed and water control. In an attempt to replic...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8879
The research was conducted at the Research and Teaching Farm of the Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu, Southeastern Nigeria, to investigate the effect of manure sources on soil chemical properties, growth and yield of two sweet potato varieties in Ishiagu. A Split-plot in a...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/20818