Aim: To use host plant tolerant maize (Zea mays L.) to control Striga hermonthica in northern Côte d’Ivoire and to test the infectivity of seeds of S. hermonthica populations on maize. Study Design: Two-way factorial experiment on a randomized complete block design with three rep...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/7269
Aims: This experiment was carried out to assess the effect of dietary inclusion of rice husk supplemented with commercial enzyme on performance, nutrient retention and gastro-intestinal tract characteristics of chicken broilers. The experimental design was a 2×4 factorial combina...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/7254
A study was conducted in May-August 2005 to assess the conveyance losses, seepage losses, maintenance status and impact of water losses and maintenance on the agricultural yield in case of irrigation channels. In this regard, a case study was conducted on three watercourses, at U...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/6352
Aims: This study was conducted to assess the importance of rice to household food and income security. Study Design: This was a cross sectional survey. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in Puti-Puti sub-county, Pallisa district, eastern Uganda during the period...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/6701
Aims: The study was conducted to assess the variability in reactions of groundnut varieties to groundnut rosette virus isolates from Uganda (Please correct the yellow highlighted sentence). Study Design: The experimental design was randomized complete block design arranged as a s...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/7190
Aims: Excess manure accumulated in livestock areas has been a concern in Japan where a great amount of nutrients such as nitrogen (N) has been imported from abroad contained in various agricultural commodities especially feeds for livestock animals. Aims of the present study is t...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/7117
A field experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of different irrigation intervals on growth parameters and yield of bell pepper (Capsicum annuum) in Minna, a semi-arid zone city, north central Nigeria. The experiment was conducted using Randomized Complete Block Design...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/7788
Aims: to evaluate the effects of high level methionine or lysine supplementation on the performance and carcass characteristics of broilers fed low crude protein diets. Study Design: The experiment employed a complete randomized design; all data generated were subjected to ana...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/6265
The Useful Agricultural Area Management Mode in the region of Sidi Bel Abbes reveals prima facie an underutilization of the region’s agricultural potential cause of low rainfall level and particularly random distribution often results in a situation of cruel water stress througho...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/3460
The determinants of demand for fish in Rivers State were isolated in this study. Structured questionnaire was used in eliciting information from the respondents. Cross sectional data were randomly collected from 210 respondents from the three senatorial zones. Multiple regression...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/6428