The experiment was conducted using the stem and root bark extract of Azadirachta indica and the root bark extract of Vernonia amygdalina at 10% concentration. The pepper fruits were dipped in each extract for five minutes and air dried after which 1mm agar plugs of Colletotrichum...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAHR/2018/40392
Nursery and field experiments were conducted in 2012 and 2013 at the experimental site of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi in the Southern Guinea Savannah of Nigeria (7o 45’N, 8o 35’ E) to evaluate the field reactions of twenty eight pepper lines and accessions to a...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/36784
This study investigated the antifungal effects of three concentrations of the stem bark extract of neem (Azadiratcha indica A. Juss) and bitter leaf (Vernonia amygdalina Del.) on Aspergillus flavus causal agent of rot in tomato fruits. Five, ten and fifteen percent concentration...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/34640
Leaf spots disease of groundnut caused by Cercospora pathogens is one of the major economic production constraints militating against groundnut production in Nigeria. Field experiments were conducted during the 2011 and 2012 rainy seasons at the Teaching and Research Farm of the...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRCS/2018/45080