The excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has been a threat to agricultural production, soil and health. Present research was conducted mainly to focus the adverse impacts of pesticide use on human health and to describe the current status of pesticide use in Jaspu...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i230476
Phosphorus fertilizer application plays a major role in nodulation and grain yield production of cowpea. However, phosphorus is a major limiting nutrient in soils in Ghana. Selection of cowpea varieties that produce good biomass and grain yield under low soil phosphorus or those...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i230475
Micropropagation techniques represent one of the technologies, which allows the large-scale production of banana and the culture medium composition is one of the major factors affecting in vitro propagation of plants. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i230474
Background: The selection procedure of commercial sugarcane varieties introduced in Ivory Coast involves two different stages. Four varieties pre-selected at the first stage regarding a previous trial were due to be tested at the advanced stage. Aims: The study aimed to determine...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i230473
Rodrigo Garcia Silva Nascimento, Ana Paula Pereira do Nascimento, Fabiana dos Anjos Barbosa, João Henrique Constantino Sales Silva & Alex da Silva Barbosa·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2020
In the semiarid region of northeastern Brazil, we find several cacti that are very important for the regional fauna and flora, including the “facheiro” (Pilosocereus catingicola (Gürke) Byles & Rowley subsp. salvadorensis (Werderm.) Zappi, a species that belongs to this botan...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i230471
A pot experiment was conducted at the net house of the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during the period of November, 2017 to March, 2018 to optimize different levels of Zn and B for better growth and yield attributes of tomato...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i230472
Woody plants species composition, richness, dominance and diversity in west bank forest of International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) was undertaken to understand the status of the forest. The analysis of tree species composition, richness and diversity in the forest...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i230470
The effect of ethanolic extract of Spirulina platensis (EESP) on reproductive function of female guinea pigs exposed to oxidative stress induced by lead acetate was explored. 60 mature female guinea pigs were used. They were divided into 6 groups of 10 guinea pigs each. For 3 mon...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i230468
L. N. Navangi, S. M. Githiri, E. M. Ateka, E. Kanju, T. L. Munga, S. Tumwegamire, R. M. Otsyula, P. O. Kwena, V. W. Woyengo, J. Malinga & L. O. Okitoi·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2020
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is constrained by the two biotic constraints namely, cassava mosaic disease (CMD) and cassava brown streak disease (CBSD). The aim of this study was to evaluate elite cassava genotypes for variation in agro...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i230469
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the row hoe model CHOPSTAR®, the mechanical control of weeds in between the rows of soybean implanted in organic direct sowing system, associated with the camera-guided system. Two experiments were carried, being that in the firs...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i230467
This study describes the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) that enter into association with castor bean growth wild in Subsaharan Africa. Three sites of castor bean stands were selected in each of the three Subdivisions (Ngaoundere I, Ngaoundere II and Nyambaka) of...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i230466
The vegetative propagation by cuttings can be an advantageous alternative to the production of Himatanthus sucuuba seedlings because it allows the obtention of a large number of plants genetically identical to the matrix plant in a shorter time and space. However, such a techniqu...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i230462
Aims: To investigate the effect of inoculation and co-inoculation of Pseudomonas spp. and Azospirillum brasilense on the morphophysiological characters of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under drought stress conditions. Study Design: A randomized complete block design was used in a...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i230461
The objective of this work was to determine the dual coefficient of culture (Kc) of maize in monoculture and intercropping systems, as well as to evaluate the influence of intercropping on evapotranspiration and productive characteristics of maize second season. The experiment wa...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i130460
Aims: To investigate the correlation between fruit morphology and off-flavor characteristics which are naturally present in papaya. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Food Science and Technology (Sensory Laboratory and Food Analysis Services Laboratory), Centre for Tropic...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i130458