The ginger (Zingiber officinale) rhizome is harvested manually by different types of spade, fork or bullock drawn plow. These methods consume more time, cause drudgery, losses and low field capacity. Therefore a tractor drawn digger was evaluated for ginger crop. The performance...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2021/v43i230644
Aim: To determine the growth characteristics of five sweet potato varieties on different soil types as well as how they each relates to tuber yield. This investigation will help guide farmers from resource-limited areas to select varieties that grow well in austere soils to produ...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2021/v43i230645
The effect of 50 and 100 mmol NaCl concentrations on seed germination, the content of green pigments in seedlings, and on the activity of photosystem 2 in seedlings of maize varieties Zagatala 420, Zagatala 514, Zagatala 68 and Gurur and hybrid Gurur x Zagatala 68 was studied. Pl...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2021/v43i230643
A field experiment was conducted at Rivers Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (RIART), Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria with the objective of evaluating the influence of seedbed types and vine harvesting time on shoot and tuber yields of sweet potato a...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2021/v43i230640
Gustavo da Cunha Ramos, Paulo Henrique Vieira dos Santos, Bruna Ferrari Schendenffeldt, Andreia Cristina Silva Hirata & Patricia Andrea Monquero·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2021
Aims: This study aimed to evaluate the control of Eleusine indica Gaertn. and Digitaria insularis (L.) Fedde through the combination of soil cover with green manure straw and herbicides applied in pre-emergence. Study Design: Each weed species was evaluated in different experimen...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2021/v43i230641
The present investigation was carried out in premises of Biotechnology cum Tissue Culture Centre, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar during 2015-16 and 2016-17. The objective of the study was to standardize suitable integrated nutrient management (INM) p...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2021/v43i230639
World’s calories supply from maize accounts for 20% but global postharvest grain loss caused by insect pests was estimated to be 10%. Control is mostly by synthetic insecticides with consequences such as insect resurgence and resistance and negative effect on non- target organism...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2021/v43i130638
Agriculture plays a vital role in Indian economy, contributes 13% of gross domestic product and provides employment opportunities to more than 50% of work force. In India 60% of land area are arable leads to second largest country in terms of total arable land area. The technolo...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2021/v43i130637
Anderson Mathias Holtz, Ana Beatriz Mamedes Piffer, Filipe Garcia Holtz, José Romário de Carvalho, Ronilda Lana Aguiar, Fernanda Pereira Andrade, Dirceu Pratissoli & Vergilio Borghi Neto·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2021
Maconellicoccus hirsutus (pink hibiscus mealybug) is a polyphagous pest species reported in about 350 species of host plants worldwide. The chemical control method is still the most used for the control of agricultural pests. In view of this, we aim to evaluate the potential of t...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2021/v43i130636
Multiple sequence analysis is one of the most widely used model in estimating similarity among genotypes. In a bid to access useful information for the utilization of bush mango genetic resources, nucleotide sequences of eight bush mango (Irvingia gabonensis) cultivars were sourc...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2021/v43i130635