This study assessed the quantity of Shea nut Assessed, collected and processed using improved Shea nut processing technologies in Niger State. The specific objectives of study were to; describe the socio economic characteristics of the Shea nut processors, determine the quantitie...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/24444
Aims: This study characterized biochemical compound variability that influence green bean quality in C. canephora as a basis for identifying heterogeneous genotypes for use in crop improvement because genetic erosion aided by climate change effects is gradually threatening the cu...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/23004
Aims: This study was conducted to identify cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) cultivars with high yield potential and resistance to scab disease caused by Sphaceloma sp. in Uganda. 100 cowpea genotypes were evaluated at two locations (Kabanyolo and Serere) in Uganda between April and Jul...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/25138
The impact of climate change and global warming on food and feed crops production is reported in Jordan; a country where dry areas constitute about 90% of its land. The remaining arable areas (under rain fed or irrigated farming system) are decreasing due to urbanization, land fr...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/24292
Soil fertility depletion is a widespread degradation problem in achieving global food security, but different attempts are available for maize production systems to alleviate the problems. Nitrogen use efficiency is required to meet increasing demands to produce sufficient food f...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/23136
Aims: To examine the genetic diversity and relatedness among pepper accessions using agro-morphological markers. Study Design: Augmented design with single rows of each genotype. Place and Duration of Study: Research field, CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Nyankpala-...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/25186
The paper investigated the level of technical efficiency and its determinants in sweetpotato production in South-East agro-ecological zone of Nigeria. A multistage random sampling technique was used in the selection of states and respondents. Two states, Abia and Enugu were rando...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/22057
Sarvjeet Singh, Pooja Grover, Jagmeet Kaur, Jasdeep Kaur, Inderjit Singh, Pritpal Singh, O. P. Choudhary, Anupama Hingane, C. V. Sameer Kumar & K. B. Saxena·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2016
Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) genotypes acquired from diverse sources, were screened for water logging and salinity tolerance under laboratory and field conditions. Analysis of variance revealed significant differences among the genotypes for various traits. Based on se...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/24071
An experiment on maize crop with preceding legumes and nitrogen levels were carried out at the Research Farm of Agronomy, the University of Agriculture, Peshawar during 2011-2012 using summer legumes-maize cropping pattern. The summer legumes were sown in the summer gap (60-65day...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/22538
A field experiment was established at the Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources to evaluate the effects of organic fertilizer on yield and yield attributes of tomato from October 2014 to March 2015. The experiment was laid out in a randomised complete block des...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/24630