The aim of this work was to evaluate the impact of the wastewater from artisanal mining on the pollution contaminated sites in the Betare-Oya locality in East Cameroon. Water samples were collected from the Mbal stream exposed to artisanal mining on the upstream and downstream, a...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43351
Experiment was conducted during Kharif -2015 at ARS, Mugad, UAS, Dharwad (Karnataka), to study Impact of application of ZnSO4 on Morphological, Biophysical traits and seed zinc content of rice genotypes raised in pots. Factorial randomized block design consist of 20 genotypes wi...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43412
The mechanical properties of two varieties of unripe plantain fruits (Fingers), namely, Dwarf hybrid and local, were evaluated in this study. Six mechanical parameters (bio-yield force, bio-yield energy, maximum compressive force, rupture...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43938
A GGE Biplot provides an efficient graphical procedure for identification of favourable genotypes and mega-environment analysis. It displays the Genotype main effect (G) and genotype-by-environment (GE) interaction in two dimensions. It also possesses an extra property in the eva...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43488
The present study was undertaken to address the issues of plant-waste utilization to the benefit of mankind. The ultimate aim of plant-waste management is to make its best utilization through useful product development. The study focused on the chemical extraction of china-rose ...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/41399
Aims: To increase the area of maize (Zea mays L.) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) Walp. intercropping system and also to create the awareness about the integrated nutrient management practices in intercropping system of farmers of this region. Study Design: Split –plot design...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/41623
R. A. Olaoye, O. D. Afolayan, O. I. Mustapha & H. G. Adeleke·Advances in Research·2018
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of banana peel activated carbon as an adsorbent in the removal of cyanide and selected metals from fresh cassava wastewater collected from the discharge pit. Fresh banana peels were dried, adequately prepared and trea...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43070
Marker assisted plant breeding achieved various plant breeding objectives in a cost effective and time consuming manner through molecular marker techniques or statistical and bioinformatics tools. Molecular markers indicate the differences in the nucleotide sequence of different...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/42922
This paper investigates the value relevance of accounting information (book value and earnings) on the market price of shares before and after the adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Nigeria. It also examines whether the relevance of accounting i...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/42794
Besides species richness, the hierarchical structuration of species abundances is the second major characteristic that numerically specifies a community of species. However, while the meaning of species richness is simple and straightforward, the hierarchical structuration of abu...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43421