A field study was conducted in the ‘haor’ areas of Sunamgonj district, Bangladesh, aimed to investigate the present irrigation practices to identify the related problems for ‘Boro’ rice cultivation. The primary field data were collected by interviewing 120 farmers (landless, smal...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2021/v8i330115
Aims: The study aimed to determine the effect of cow manure on the growth and yield of peanut plants Study Design: The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design (RBD) with five treatments including the control replicated three (3) times. Place and Duration of Study: th...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2021/v8i230114
Variation present in vegetables provides plentiful of opportunity for development of breeding lines and hybrids. Germplasm development depends on incorporation of approaches such as MAGIC population, use of wild relatives, genetic transformation for transferring resistance gene a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2021/v8i230113
To enhance growth and productivity of roselle plant, two field experiments were done during the two consecutive summer season of 2019 and 2020 at Experimental Farm (Ghazala Farm), Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Egypt. This study included different pinching time treat...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2021/v8i230112
Aims: To assess the suitability of short duration high yielding rapeseed-mustard variety(s) cultivation in the haor (wetland) areas. Study Design: Randomized complete block (RCB). Place and Duration of Study: Farmers’ field of Lalakhal, Jaintapur Upazila of Sylhet, Bangladesh dur...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2021/v8i230111
The effects of pesticides on human health are of great concern worldwide despite their usefulness in agriculture. The aim of the study was to evaluate pesticide residues on tomatoes grown and consumed in Kirinyaga County in order to determine whether the levels fall within recomm...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2021/v8i230110
Aims: To evaluate the effects of combining slow release fertilizer (SRF) with conventional N fertilizer on the levels of soil nitrogen (N), leaf N, and yield of bell pepper plants. Study Design: The design was a randomized complete block with a factorial arrangement. There were...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2021/v8i130109
Correlation between grain yield and contributing characters in 100 biparental progenies (BIPs) developed from a barley cross RD-2035 x RD-2552 and corresponding F3 progenies were compared. The correlation coefficients in BIPs were found generally of higher magnitude than F3 proge...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2021/v8i130108
In Nepal, there is lacking of proper nitrogen management regarding postharvest quality of cauliflower in the Terai region of Nepal. In order to address these problems, a field experiment was conducted in a split-plot design to determine the appropriate dose of nitrogen and combin...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2021/v8i130107
An experiment was conducted to identify suitable production management techniques for tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) cultivation during late winter-pre monsoon season in plains of Nepal. For this, organic mulches (rice straw, dried grass, and rice husk) were compared with SN (s...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2021/v8i130106