A field experiment was conducted at south farm, of Vanavarayar Institute of Agriculture, Manakkadavu, Pollachi, Tamil Nadu. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Block Design with nine treatments and three replications. Acid lime (Citrus aurantifolia swingle) is an importan...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/27766
The present experiment was conducted to evaluate intake, digestibility and growth performances of local growing bulls fed Moringa plant fodder or Australian Sweet Jumbo alone keeping Maize silage as control and to scaling up the available roughages. Eighteen BLRI Cattle Breed-1(B...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/29284
Twenty four Pongamia pinnata genotypes were screened out at the Department of Seed Science and Technology, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad during 2014 and 2015 to elucidate the relationship between seed physical and physiolo...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/27983
Two field experiments were carried out at Research Station, El-Sharkia Governorate, ARC, Egypt during 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 seasons to investigate the effect of relay intercropping cotton with some winter crops as compared with sequential solid plantings of these crops on the p...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/27523
Aims: To determine the occurrence of Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in faecal samples from representative food-producing bovine animals in Trinidad and Tobago. Study Design: This was a prospective cross sectional observational laboratory based study. Place and Dura...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/28207
A field experiment was conducted at Experimental Station of CSIR-IIIM, Srinagar, J&K, India during kharif 2013 and 2014. The experiment was laid in a randomized block design with 4 weed management practices viz., W0= No weeding, W1 = Hand weeding 20 and 50 days after sowing,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajea/2016/28113
Aims: To evaluate the performance of eight potato varieties and identify the best variety under litchi based Agroforestry system. Study Design: The treatments were laid out with two factors RCBD following three replications. Place and Duration of Study: Study was carried out at A...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/28695
The objectives of this research were to study the phenotypic diversity of sweet potato germplasm collections using 16 agro-morphological traits. A field experiment was done with 123 cultivated varieties of sweet potato. The varieties were grown at the research farm of Hubei Acade...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/28260
Acidified soils are a constraint to crop production due to imbalance in availability of essential plant nutrients. Liming is known to increase soil pH, however, efficient use is critical to ensure cost effective use. Therefore, determination of efficient lime application method i...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/28153
Aims: To study the growth and yield of lentil as influenced by organic (Rhizobium and phosphate solubilizing bacteria) and inorganic fertilizers (four levels of phosphorus viz., 0, 20, 40 & 60 kg P205/ha and recommended dose of nitrogen and potassium) Study Design: Randomized...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/27689