Faizah Salvana Abd Rahman, Razean Haireen Mohd Razali, Noor Ismawaty Nordin, Mohd Effendi Mohd Nor, Mazidah Mat, Ahmad Firdaus Maznan, Fatin Nurliyana Ahmad, Noor Safuraa Samsudin & Muhammad Faidhi Towhid·Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science·2025
Due to its wide application in human food production and industrial uses sweet potato has a high economic value. The proper fertilization of the sweet potato is quite important and includes both inorganic and organic fertilisers. Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) is gaining popul...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2025/v10i2357
Amna Bibi, Saniya Jamal, Maria Sajjad, Irfan Pervaiz, Muhammad Khalil, Shahid Iqbal, Ayisha Hafeez, Abeera Shaeer, Iqra Shaheen & Sanaullah·Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science·2025
Background: Global agricultural production is seriously threatened by water scarcity and drought-induced oxidative stress, especially for crops that are sensitive to water, like wheat. Materials and Methods: The goal of this study is to determine whether applying zinc oxide nanop...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2025/v10i2356
Aims: The escalating medicinal demand for Passiflora foetida has led to extensive harvesting from natural habitats, resulting in genetic erosion and posing a significant threat to its survival. This study aimed to develop and evaluate effective propagation methods through seed an...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2025/v10i2355
João Manoel da Silva, Viviane Araújo Dalbon, Aglair Cardoso Alves, Clara Beatriz Ataíde, Tania Marta Carvalho dos Santos, Maria Eduarda Lino Costa & Yamina Coentro Montaldo·Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science·2025
The use of bioinputs in agriculture emerges as a promising strategy to promote more sustainable agricultural systems, aligned with the principles of agroecology and low environmental impact farming. Bioinputs include biofertilizers, inoculants, biopesticides, biosurfactants, and...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2025/v10i2354
Makela, V.M., Tembo, L., Siyunda, C.A., Mbuma, W.N., Alamu, O.E., Batieno, B.J., Senthilraja, N., Oladipo, M.S., Tembo, G. & Chimbila, J.W.·Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science·2025
Cowpea yields in the sub-Sahara African region are low primarily due to low available soil health, poor varieties and farming management. The present study aims to assess the performance of mutant genotypes of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L) under hydroponic conditions, specifically...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2025/v10i2353
Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a crop well known for its spicy and medicinal rhizome Fungi rots can cause spoilage and subsequent reduction in quality of dried ginger during storage. Rot fungi identification and management are crucial for sustainable cultivation of ginger and st...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2025/v10i2352
Two field experiments laid out in a randomized complete block design were carried out in 2019 and 2020 planting seasons at Umuahia, south eastern Nigeria to assess the effect of orange-fleshed sweetpotato variety and pro-vitamin A maize spatial arrangement on the productivity and...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2025/v10i2351
The study evaluated the influence of biochar on heavy metal accumulation in the pods of groundnut cultivated in heavy metal-contaminated soils in Amagu, Abakiliki Ebonyi State. The soil samples were collected from farmlands adjacent to the mining sites located in Amagu, in Abakal...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2025/v10i2350
Bashar, M. K. I., Islam, Z., Jahangir, M. M. R., Islam, M. T., Zulfiqar, M., Kumar, A., Hasan, S. M. K. & Rahman, M. E.·Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science·2025
Bangladesh is considered an overpopulated country due to its high population density and limited land area. It is urgently needed to increase average rice production in Bangladesh to feed the large population of this country. Soil fertility deterioration has become a major constr...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2025/v10i2349
Heavy metal contamination from indiscriminate waste disposal poses significant environmental and health risks. This study assessed the levels, distribution, and effects of heavy metals on the growth and metal uptake of Amaranthus hybridus and Zea mays grown in an undesignated dum...
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