Richard Isa Bwala

Influence of Variety and Sowing Date on Incidence of Cercospora Leaf Spots Disease of Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) in Makurdi, Benue State of Nigeria

Richard Isa Bwala, Chigoziri Ekhuemelo & Dauda Zacharia · Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science · 2019

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJRCS/2018/45080

Effect of Plant Extracts on the Postharvest Quality and Management of Pepper Anthracnose Incited by Colletotrichum capsici (Synd) Butler and Bisby on Pepper (Capsicum frutescens L.) Fruits

Chigoziri Ekhuemelo, Richard Isa Bwala & Daniel Terfa · Asian Journal of Agricultural and Horticultural Research · 2018

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJAHR/2018/40392