Aims: The main objectives of the study were to establish the current production practices, constraints, and identity of the different landraces of Livingstone potato (Plectranthus esculentus) that are grown in Zimbabwe as well as the potential for improvement of the indigenous tr...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/19612
Aim: This study was designed to evaluate the chemical composition, In vitro gas production, fermentation characteristics, methane produced and estimated metabolisable energy, organic matter digestibility and short chain fatty acids of untreated cassava peels and white rot fungi (...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/17263
This study was carried out with the aim of finding the pattern of distribution and composition of herbaceous plant with respect to different types of land use in the Nigerian Northern Guinea Savannah. Data on plant species was collected using quadrat. Soil sample was collected us...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/16680
Aims: The aim of this work is to identify and evaluate the impacts related to the traced of high voltage on the flora of Agboville in order to put forward measures of attenuation or correctives. Study Design: The vegetations were delimited into small squares plots or pieces. Thes...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/16154
Pastoralism is the most traditional of ruminant livestock production systems in which extensive movement of the animals in search of pastures and water is its salient feature. Whereas the system is adapted to exploit the dry, arid climatic zone, it often overlaps into wetter, agr...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/19208
Desertification is a serious socio-economic and environmental disaster that affecting many parts of the world. From eco-geographical view desertification could be defined as decrease in land surface phenology (LSP) caused by biotic and a biotic factors. These factors caused sever...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/17323
Dumpsites are gradually turning into farm land with the belief that they must have accumulated necessary nutrient element required for plant growth and thus making some farmers to use refuse dumpsite material for composting not minding the type of waste that are involved and what...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/17855
According to the importance of medicinal plants and the necessity of comprehensive understanding them for exploitaion; some ecological aspects of Gentiana olivieri plant that is from Gentianaceae family were reviewed. This study was done in 5 counties that were as the habitat of...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/18524
Aims: The need to periodically monitor the mangroves of heavy metals pollution should not be overemphasized given the high premium placed on this ecosystem. The present study was aimed at evaluating mangrove sediments and tissues for heavy metals accumulation in the different tid...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/15801
Although screening large numbers of wheat genotypes for salinity tolerance under controlled elevated salinity levels in the greenhouse is useful, the final screening in the field at different locations, where soils are naturally affected with salt and other uncontrolled factors i...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/18920