Keshavulu Kunusoth, Krishnasamy Vadivel, Raman Meenakshi Sundaram, Razia Sultana, Passoupathy Rajendrakumar, Sheshumadhav Maganti, Lella V. Subbarao & Sebastian Reyes Chin-Wo·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2015
Assessment of genetic variability of the crop varieties is essential to assure selection of genetically divergent lines useful for the future breeding programmes. Thus, genetic diversity assessment of 24 elite Indian rice varieties was performed based on 24 agro-morphological tra...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14863
Aims: To evaluate the effects of various treatment combinations of water contaminated with faecal sludge on the growth and microbiological characteristics of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) cultivated around the river Avo'o discharged zone. ...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14517
Nine male grower West African Dwarf (WAD) goats with an average weight of 9.30 kg, aged between 5-7 months were used in a completely randomized design to assess the growth performance and blood profile of WAD goats fed shea butter (Vitellaria paradoxa) leaves and supplemented wit...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/11314
Edward Mare Muya, Violet Kirigua, Victor Wasike, Leonard Simiyu Nafuma, Esther Macharia, Elias Gitonga Thuranira, Peter Onyango Owenga, Haron Goro, Benard Kariuki Waruru, Alla Lusi Chek, Jeremiah Kimigo & Peter Mbindio Maingi·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2015
Aims: To study the impact of land degradation on soil quality Study Design: Comparative analysis of soil quality indicators in year 2002 and 2013 in Mosiro Irrigation Scheme. Methodology: Changes in soil indicators determined in 2002 and 2013 were analyzed using ANOVA at 95% conf...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/10659
Three years field studies were conducted at teaching and research farm of faculty of Agriculture, Bayero University Kano to evaluate the effect of various tillage practices on weed control and yield of groundnut. The study consisted of nine (9) treatments comprising of two (2) ze...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14540
Aim: The study was conducted to analyze the factors that influence access to credit by Agribusiness operators in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Study Design: The study used a multi-stage sampling technique to select 151 SME operators engaged in the agribusi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/12477
Aims: This experiment aimed to determine whether the soil application of organic fertilizers can help the establishment of cacao and whether shade alters its response to fertilizers. Study Design: The 1.6 ha experiment was conducted over a period of one crop year (between April 2...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/15206
Phosphorus is most limiting mineral in the diet of fish and must be supplied in the right quality and quantity to prevent its deficiency or toxicity in fish. A 70 day feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the utilization of Dicalcium phosphate and different bone meals as phosph...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/9118
There is gender division of women in farm labour in Niger State. The gender division of women in farm labour assigns women more works in the processing of groundnut as Agricultural food products and yet, women have no access to improved methods of groundnut processing and depend...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/10957
Aims: To outline the necessary steps in the evaluation of solar panel systems in agriculture. Study Design: Using the outline proposed, GaAs and Si solar panels were evaluated under central Texas weather conditions. Place and Duration of Study: Bioenergy Testing Laboratory (BETA...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14692