Hybridization was carried out on two varieties of cucumber namely: Darina cultivar and Local Slicing variety to raise F1 to investigate the effect of hybridization on the growth and yield of the cucumber as shown in parental plants compared with the F1 hybrid. This was done using...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRCS/2018/40122
Studies have shown that significant differences exist in the morphological, Phytochemical and nutrient characteristics among okra varieties. The aim of Plant breeders is to substitute the undesirable qualities of plants with desirable ones so that it results in higher yield of cr...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOB/2017/36782
Proximate, phytochemical and antimicrobial studies of leaf, fruit and root of Solanum macrocarpon L. were evaluated using standard methods. Protein, fat, ash, fibre and moisture as well as bioactive compounds (alkaloid, flavonoid, saponin and tannin) were present in the plant par...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/27922
Anatomical, Proximate, Vitamin and Mineral studies were carried out on the various parts (root, stem, leaf and petiole) of Celosia argentea L. using standard techniques. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used for the statistical analysis. Anatomical result revealed similar feature...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/28300
Proximate, vitamin, mineral and anatomical studies were carried out on various parts (Leaf, stem, root and petiole) of Vitex chrysocarpa using standard techniques. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was employed in data analysis. The proximate study indicated that the various parts con...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/28301
Celosia argentea is a tasteful vegetable with high nutritional and medicinal values. But the increasing rate of urbanization and population has resulted to low productivity coupled with high demand which outweighs supply. Adequate production is yet to be achieved due to decline i...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/27923
Gomphrena celosioides is an ornamental plant with highly medicinal values. Available information on its anatomical studies is scanty while proximate composition and vitamins investigations are lacking. This study therefore focused on proximate composition, vitamin and anatomical...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/25546
Anatomical, proximate, vitamin and mineral studies were carried out on the leaf, petiole, stem and root of Piper guineense using standard techniques. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was employed for data analysis. Anatomical result revealed similar features in their epidermis and co...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/25385
The present study was carried out to evaluate the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of ethanolic leaf and seed extracts of Soybean (Glycine max (L) Merr.). Antioxidant activity of the leaf and seed extracts was determined by reducing power capacity of flavonoid, phenol, ly...
Anatomical studies were carried out on various parts of Zanthoxylum macrophylla to determine its taxonomical data with regards to anatomical characters. Anatomical study of the transverse sections of the parts (leaf, stem, petiole and root) was carried out using microtomy while l...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOB/2017/36104