The aim of this work to identify chemical components of Garcinia mangostana leaves and test the antibacterial effect on Pseudomonas syringe pv. tomato and Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae using bioautographic procedure. Phytochemical screening of methanolic extract showed that the l...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/31398
Ten farmers were randomly selected in the humid forest zone of Cameroon to form the main focus group of 50 people. A total of 178 farmers were individually interviewed. A Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) was conducted in fives villages in the Bimodal Humid forest zone (BHFZ) o...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/31206
Aim: To assess the effect of different levels of compost on plant growth and yield of radish. Study Design: The pot experiment was carried out using a randomised complete block design with four treatments and five replicates. Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was conduc...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/30993
Precise estimation of crop water requirement is essential for efficient water management of crops. Reference evapotranspiration plays a vital role in determining the water requirements of crops as well as planning of irrigation. The present study has been undertaken to determine...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/30940
Field trials were conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm of the Department of Crop Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka during early planting season (April - November) and late planting season (July – December) in 2013 to determine the impact of fungicides and fungicide sp...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/25061
Annual forages are an increasingly important feed source for ruminants in the western region of the U.S. However, little information is available on the grazing value and forage quality of many cultivars. The objectives of this project were to evaluate sheep grazing preference an...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/31318
Despite many publications on cyanide elimination in cassava by soaking in water, it still remains our preoccupation because the techniques elaborations of cyanide removal depend on a good uptake of phenomena. The traditional methods of cassava processing (steeping, peeling, dryin...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/30493
This paper sought to analyse tomato farmers’ perceptions of climate variability in the Offinso North District, Ghana. A cross-section of 378 tomato farmers were interviewed to examine what they perceive climate variability to be and the factors that influence their perception of...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/30689
The present research work was carried out to study the yield of chickpea as affected by boron application. Five varieties of chickpea namely BARI Chola-5, BARI Chola-6, BARI Chola-7, BARI Chola-8 and BARI Chola-9 and four levels of boron (0, 1, 2, 3 kg B ha-1) were used in this e...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/8944
The main objective of this study was to investigate the major determinate factors of improved highland forages types in the study area and data were collected through survey by developing structured questionnaires for the total sampled households including household heads, member...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/18966
Aims: This research aimed at selecting indigenous Bambara groundnut varieties with high nutritional value and inherent resistance to insect attack for cultivation in sudano-sahelian (SS) and sudano-guinean (SG) zones of Cameroon. Study Design: The susceptibility of varieties to i...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/30778
To achieve high productivity in soybeans, a balanced fertilization and careful management is necessary during the period in which the plant requires larger amounts of nitrogen is essential. This study evaluated the effect of foliar nitrogen fertilization using ammonium sulfate at...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/30258
Accurate and non-destructive methods to determine individual leaf areas and dry mass of plants are very important. Since they stand as key parameters linked to plant production and are used in functional–structural plant models to simulate plant growth. This paper describes an in...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/29798
The research was conducted at Namong Senior High Technical School in the Offinso Municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana to determine bulking and yield of cassava following application of organic and inorganic fertilizer. The experimental design for the research was a 2 x 6 f...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/29013
Climate variability which is characterized by rising temperature and rainfall variability is significantly impacting crop yield and livelihoods of farmers. The study analyzed the nexus between climate variability and tomato production in the Offinso North District of Ghana using...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/30688