In the present study, the influence of soil properties on pre-emergence herbicide effectiveness was estimated in bioassays. Dose-response experiments were carried out to estimate the relationship between soil organic matter content and herbicide efficacy. Two weed species (Alopec...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/17341
Field conservation of vegetative propagated crops poses a major problem to curators of germplasm, especially in developing countries. An alternative method to ensure security of germplasm is the use of tissue culture techniques in media formulated for slow growth. However, tissue...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/17564
Aside from increasing the yield of crops, it is well known that application of fertilizers, especially Nitrogen, to soil has many other positive and negative effects. One of such effects include increasing or decreasing disease expression and/or severity. Information about the ef...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13208
Phytoremediation has been found to be cost effective in removing heavy metals (HM) from polluted soils. Enhanced phytoextraction with the use of chelating agents for solubility of metal in soils and their uptake in the aerial parts of plants had also been employed. Phytoextractio...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/17379
Aims: To evaluate the effects of soil K levels (deficit to excess) on nutrient uptake parameters (concentration, uptake, influx, transport and use efficiency ratios) of macro and micro nutrients in different cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) genotypes. Methodology: Seedlings of three ca...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/17368
Aims: To determine the level of acid or aluminium tolerance provenances in Leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala) a favourite agroforestry tree in Kenya. Study Design: The set up was a 2-factor (provenance-aluminium) experiment in a completely randomized design with three (3) replicati...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/14704
There is a need to improve the existing germplasm of yellow pitaya (Selenicereus megalanthus), particularly for fruit quality and traits. The genetic transformation requires organogenesis and shoot regeneration protocols. Therefore, the in vitro culture of the plant was successfu...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/16725
Soil texture can modify the content and dynamic of soil phosphorus (P). The objective of this work was to study the P form contents associated to physical fractionation of SOM in soils with different texture. Soil samples (0-0.15 m) were obtained from 27 sites with different text...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/16939
Objective: To determine the effect of age on prevalence of malaria infection and oxidative stress in children. Study Design: One hundred and seventy children within the age range 0-5 years were recruited into this study from Specialist hospital, Ikare, Ondo state, Nigeria. The ch...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/16204
Aim: To determine the level of knowledge on leptospirosis among college students in Chennai, India before and after the health education program. Study Design: Interventional study Place and Duration of the Study: Seven Arts and Science colleges in Chennai, India between January...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/16547
Background: Buruli ulcer (BU) is neglected skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. The lack of early diagnosis and treatment causes severe disability. In Central and in West Africa, BU is endemic and its control is difficult because the most cases occur in rural regions. T...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/16321
Aims: To estimate the prevalence of psychosomatic symptomsamong traumatized Palestinian adolescents in Gaza Strip. Methods: The study sample consisted of 380 adolescents randomly selected from secondary schools in Gaza Strip, of whom 171 were boys and 209 were girls between 15-18...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/14670
Helen Kuokuo Kimbi, Godlove B. Wepnje, Judith Anchang-Kimbi, Calvin Tonga, Bate Ayukenchengamba, Conica Njabi, Larissa Kouodjip Nono, Hervé Nyabeyeu Nyabeyeu & Leopold Gustave Lehman·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2015
Aim: This study was aimed at assessing the use of the CyScope® fluorescence microscope to determine the prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis (US) and malaria in Kotto Barombi. Experimental Design: The study was a cross-sectional survey. Place and Duration of Study: The study was...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/17109
Private universities have become key partners in the provision of higher education in Africa. A remarkable feature of tertiary education in Ghana at the end of the 20th Century was the exponential increase and intense participation of the private sector in the establishment and d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/17104
Aims: The aim of the study was to assess providers’ perception of quality of care and constraints to delivery of quality maternal health services in urban and rural primary health centers of Enugu state, Nigeria. Study Design: This was a qualitative descriptive study. Methodology...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/16380