A study was conducted to evaluate the insecticidal activity of five locally available plants, namely: Azadirachta indica (Neem), Cymbopogon citratus (Lemon grass), Lantana camara (Lantana), Occimum gratissimum (Scent leaf) and Tagetes erecta (African marigold) on cowpea weevil, C...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2022/v7i130132
Hassan Nuur Ismaan, M. H. Mayow, Husni Abdirahim Muse, Yusuf Hasan, Hassan Mohamed H. Omar (Miirkey) & Omar H. Husien (Akiila)·Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science·2022
Aims: SARTEC conducted an experimental study with the objective of determining the effects of various nitrogen rates on sunflower growth and yield in the Afgoi district, Lower Shabelle region. Materials and Methods: The study was carried out at the SARTEC experimental farm in Afg...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2022/v7i130131
Asclepias syriaca, commonly called common milkweed is a species of a flowering plant. It has a long history of folklore uses, but has not been explored for commercial purpose. Traditionally the hot water extract is used to treat typhoid fever, among other medicinal uses. Despite...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2022/v7i130130
Mst. Marium Tania, Khaleda Khatun, Tahmina Mostarin, Md. Abdus Samad, Sufia Akter, Kakon Malo, Umme Habiba & Sarmin Akter·Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science·2022
The experiment was conducted in the Horticultural Farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh to investigate the effect of nitrobenzene concentrations with application methods on growth and yield of cucumber. The experiment consisted of two factors viz. i) co...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2022/v7i130129
Rao Saad Rehman, Mujahid Ali, Syed Ali Zafar, Mubashar Hussain, Asad Pasha, Muhammad Saqib Naveed, Muhammad Ahmad & Muhammad Waseem·Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science·2022
Abiotic stress is one of the major environmental stresses that decrease crop growth and yield even in irrigated soils worldwide. An important plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) plays a vital role in addressing various stresses, such as thermal or heat stress, high salinity level,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2022/v7i130128
Shaila Shermin Tania, Md. Moklasur Rahaman, Farjana Rauf, Mehera Afroj Suborna, Muhammad Humayun Kabir, Md. Anamul Hoque & Mohammad Saidur Rhaman·Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science·2021
Aim: Salinity is a major barrier to successful crop production. Seed priming and exogenous application of different signaling molecules can efficiently confer salinity tolerance. Wheat is a major cereal crop in the world and salinity drastically reduces the wheat seedling growth...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2021/v6i430127
Over the years, new technologies have been tested and introduced to control Striga in maize producing areas but adoption has remained low. The study done in 2013, determined the demographic and socioeconomic factors that influenced the adoption of Striga control technologies in K...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2021/v6i430126
Perennial and tree crops are interwoven with environmental challenges in multiple ways, as anthropogenic global changes are a fundamental component in a variety of pressures that have negative consequences for farming. Climate controls have a wide range of detrimental effects on...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2021/v6i430125
Mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) is a pulse crop with multiple uses and it was introduced recently in the study area. However, its productivity is limited by inadequate plant population and NPS fertilizer rate in the study area. Hence, this study was carried out to determine optimum...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2021/v6i430124
Muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) is cultivated for the nutritional and medicinal values. Information on nutrient requirements which is important components of improved cultural practices for production. A field experiment was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm of Ekiti State...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2021/v6i430123