Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) is an important commercial cucurbit of family Cucurbitaceae. For rational improvement of yield and its components in Bitter gourd, the understanding of nature and magnitude of variation in the available material and association of characters...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45984
The present study was designed to evaluate the distribution and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and the degradation potentials of bacteria associated with the Iko River estuarial epipelic sediment using standard analytical and microbiological techniques. The re...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2019/42891
As we know that rice crop is prone to stress throughout the crop growth period due to the onslaught from different pests such as insects, nematodes, diseases, weeds and rats. Among the insect pests, rice stem borer, leaf folder and gundhi bug are the major one which causes maximu...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45873
Plants are usually subjected to one or more biotic stresses either alone or together which reduces agricultural output significantly, leading to huge losses. To cope with the various stimuli generated by diverse environmental stresses, plants have evolved with a complex mechanism...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45903
This paper presents the torque ripple minimization in switched reluctance motor (SRM) for water pumping. The model predictive control (MPC), one of the rugged control, is used to minimize this torque ripple. According to the receding horizon, the MPC predicted the behavior of the...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2019/44861
Aims: The objective was to investigate the modifications induced by grain refiners on microstructural and mechanical behaviour of Cu-Al-Be shape memory alloy. Study Design: The experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design. Place and Duration of Study: the experimen...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2019/46341
Aim: To determine the combined effect of brown rice, soybean, yellow corn, and pineapple pomace on physicochemical and proximate quality of their flour blends. Study Design: Design Expert mixture model Place and Duration of Study: Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology, T...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2019/40852
Widening the intertrack space is one of the basic elements of shaping the geometric layout of the railway track. It significantly influences the obtained speed of trains. The solutions applied so far do not provide favorable kinematic conditions due to the occurring distribution...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2019/46393
Transition-metal chlorides are known to suffer from dissolution in organic solvents. However, our previous investigation revealed that in the Li/CuCl2 battery, the dissolution of CuCl2 cathode materials could be suppressed by using LiPF6/methyl difluoroacetate (MFA; CHF2COOCH3) e...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2019/46501
Aims: This work is aimed at developing an empirical model for predicting condensed water discharge rate in an air conditional system, most especially in Nigerian offices. Study Design: Quantitative study. Relevant data on condensate discharge rate was collected. Place and Durat...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2019/46188