Asian Journal of Advances in Agricultural Research

Effects of Different Inclusion Levels of Moringa oleifera Leaf Meal (MLM) on the Fecundity and Gonadosomatic Index (GSI) of the African Catfish Heterobranchus longifilis

Opeh Patience Bassey, Eyo Victor Oscar & Udo Paul Jimmy · Asian Journal of Advances in Agricultural Research · 2018

Effects of Different Inclusion Levels of Moringa oleifera Leaf Meal (MLM) on the Fecundity and Gonadosomatic Index (GSI) of the African Catfish Heterobranchus longifilis This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of varying inclusion levels of Moringa oleifera leaf meal (MLM...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJAAR/2018/39847

Length-weight Relationship, Condition Factor and Length Frequency Distribution of the Tongue Sole Cynoglossus senegalensis from Akpa Yafe River, Bakassi, Cross River State, Nigeria

Akanse Nsikak Nse & Eyo . · Asian Journal of Advances in Agricultural Research · 2018

The length-weight parameters, condition factor and length frequency distribution of the tongue sole, Cynoglossus senegalensis (Kaup, 1858) from Akpa Yafe River, Nigeria, were estimated. A total of 292 freshly caught samples were collected between November 2014 and October 2015 fr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJAAR/2018/39241

The Effect of Diet with Different Inclusion Levels of Tigernut (Cyperus esculentus Lativum) on the Growth Performance of Clarias gariepinus Fingerlings

Opeh, Patience Bassey, Inyang-Etoh Aniema Paul & Edet Theresa Arit · Asian Journal of Advances in Agricultural Research · 2018

The growth performance of the African catfish, Clarias gariepinus fed with different inclusion levels of processed tiger nut was studied for 168 days (24 weeks). A total of 144 catfish fingerlings with 0.66±0.12 g mean weight and 3.45±0.24 cm mean total length were collected from...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJAAR/2018/39844

Comparative Study on the Condition Factor, Hematological and Serum Biochemical Parameters of Wild and Hatchery Collected Broodfish of the African Catfish Heterobranchus longifilis (Valenciennes 1840)

Eyo Victor Oscar & Akanse Nsikak Nse · Asian Journal of Advances in Agricultural Research · 2018

Comparative Study on the Condition Factor, Hematological and Serum Biochemical Parameters of Wild and Hatchery Collected Broodfish of the African Catfish Heterobranchus longifilis (Valenciennes 1840) This study was conducted to investigate the condition factor, hematological and...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJAAR/2018/39238

Natural Abundance of the Larval Ectoparasitoid Diglyphus isaea Walker (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) on the Tomato Leaf Miner Liriomyza bryonia. (Diptera: Agromyzidae) On Some Summer Host Plants in Ojilate Region, Libya

Alansary R. Elkhouly, Elmabrouk A. AL Hireereeq, M. M. Elkesh & A. Shafsha · Asian Journal of Advances in Agricultural Research · 2018

Natural abundance of the larval ectoparasitoid Diglyphus isaea walker was estimated on three summer host plants [tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum), Bell peppers (Capsicum annuum), eggplants (Solanum melongena)] in Ojilate region. The parasitoid recorded low abundance in April on al...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJAAR/2018/39948

Performance of Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) under Five Levels of Nitrogen Fertilizer in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Mohammed D. Toungos & Rilwan Yahya · Asian Journal of Advances in Agricultural Research · 2018

The research on the performance of cubanelle, variety of Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) in Zaria, Kaduna State of Nigeria was conducted in 2015 and 2016 in on station and on farm trials at Irrigation research station (IRS) farm village. The location is the Sudan savannah ecolo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJAAR/2018/39646

Heavy Metal Uptake Pattern and Potential Human Health Risk through Consumption of Tomato Grown in Industrial Contaminated Soils

R. Haque, H. M. Zakir, M. I. J. Aysha, Supti Mallick & M. R. Shahinur · Asian Journal of Advances in Agricultural Research · 2018

Heavy Metal Uptake Pattern and Potential Human Health Risk through Consumption of Tomato Grown in Industrial Contaminated Soils An experiment was conducted in pots to study heavy metal uptake pattern and to assess health risk for adult male and female through consumption of tomat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJAAR/2018/40169

Performance Evaluation of Elite Gladiolus Cultivars under Agro Climatic Conditions of Rawalpindi

Salman Mushtaq, Ishfaq Ahmad Hafiz, Muhammad Arif & Adeel Anwar · Asian Journal of Advances in Agricultural Research · 2018

Performance Evaluation of Elite Gladiolus Cultivars under Agro Climatic Conditions of Rawalpindi Cut flower production is a fast growing sub-sector of horticultural industry in Pakistan. Among the numerous flowering crops available for exploitation on commercial scale, gladiolus...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJAAR/2018/39494

Limiting Factors Affecting Agroforestry Adoption in Butta Sub-county, Manafwa District, Uganda

S. Kabiru, S. Hassan, R. Hadi, U. A. Umar, I. Musab & M. Bello · Asian Journal of Advances in Agricultural Research · 2018

Limiting Factors Affecting Agroforestry Adoption in Butta Sub-county, Manafwa District, Uganda Background: Agroforestry, now considered as a sustainable agricultural system, is being widely promoted all over the world especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Although agroforestry is kno...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJAAR/2018/39547

Production and Improvement of Fino and Pan Breads Made from Different Extractions of Wheat Flour

Masoud Abdel-Azem Kamel, Mohamed Hassan Hosny Aly & Amer Ramadan El-Tawel · Asian Journal of Advances in Agricultural Research · 2018

Production and Improvement of Fino and Pan Breads Made from Different Extractions of Wheat Flour Hemicellulase (Hm) and lecithin (Le) were utilized to production of high quality fino and pan breads by using different mixtures of wheat flours 82% extraction rate (WF82) and wheat f...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJAAR/2018/38981