There are genotypic differences in drought tolerance (DT) among quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) cultivars, and most of the known mechanisms of drought tolerance are encountered in this species. The objectives of the present investigation were to identify the most drought tolerant qui...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/37216
The present study investigates the potential of sugarcane bagasse pith, an agro waste as an effective adsorbent for the removal of methyl red. Physicochemical parameters like concentration of dye, amount of adsorbent, temperature, pH and contact time were optimized to develop fas...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/37246
The study was conducted to evaluate the feed intake, weight gain and apparent nutrient digestibility of goats fed browse mixtures (Balanites aegyptiaca and Ziziphus mauritiana) as supplement to urea treated maize stover. Four nondescript goats weighing 19.33 to 20.23 Kg were used...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/37054
This study was to determine whether the phytochemical CT-containing peanut skin would have effects on animal performance and drug-resistant Haemonchus contortus control in meat goats or not. Twenty two Kiko-crossbreed intact male goats (Capra hircus) were randomly assigned to thr...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/36993
The study examined the acute toxicity of Tephrosia vogelii ethanolic extract on early life stages of farmed Clarias gariepinus. 160 fingerlings were divided into four groups using a completely randomized design (CRD) in a factorial layout and were exposed to 25, 50 and 100 mg/L o...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/37278
An experiment was conducted at the Experimental Field Laboratory of the Department of Environmental Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during the period for 19th March, 2015 to 5th August, 2015 to investigate the effects of different organic and inorganic mul...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/36272
A study to investigate the effects of phosphorus (P) from Minjingu Phosphate Rock (MPR), Minjingu mazao and Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) fertilizers under irrigated rice (Oryza sativa L.) production was conducted in two sites of Lekitatu village, Meru district, Arusha region, Tan...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/37202
In this study, emphasis is placed on comparing the variance components for one way model in cotton by ten methods: analysis of variance (ANOVA), Quasi-maximum-likelihood method (QML), Maximum-likelihood method (ML), Full maximum likelihood Procedure (FML), Restricted maximum-like...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/36955
Studying genotypic variation in quinoa germplasm is a prerequisite to start a breeding program aiming at improving its productivity under water stress conditions. The objectives of this investigation were: (i) to evaluate the effects of drought stress on morphological, physiolog...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/36655
Urban agriculture practices are on the rise among the Southern Africa populations bringing with it positive and negative impacts. Nevertheless, the impacts of urban agriculture over Southern Africa cannot be equated to an individual country due to varying characteristics of each...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/36720