Aim: To evaluate the influence of tillage practice on growth and yield performance of three cowpea varieties. Study Design: The treatments were laid out in a randomized complete block design with a factorial arrangement and replicated three times. Place and Duration of Study: Stu...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/26894
Soil degradation and nutrient depletion have become serious threat to agricultural productivity in Nigeria. Substantial improvement in the systems is required to support the ever-increasing rural and urban population. During the 2013 and 2014 cropping season, field experiments we...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/25308
The objective of the study was to evaluate and compare the effect of phytogenic additives on haematological indices and serum metabolites of broiler chickens fed diet containing Zysygium aromaticum, Xylopia aethiopica and Morinda lucida. One hundred and eighty, 1- day- old hubbar...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/27745
Soil management for crop production is a major concern for sustainability agricultural. Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) of the soil is needed to quantify the amount of amendments. The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System (...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/26813
The present study was carried out to compare the efficacy of a nematicide of new generation for the control of the false root-knot nematode; Nacobbus aberrans, in cucumber crop (Cucumis sativus L.) under field conditions. The experiment was set up under a randomized complete bloc...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/28611
Megagreen® is activated calcite of a worldwide granularity. It is an ecological foil fertilizer with a strong impact on plant resistance, it improves the fertility and health of plants resulting in an improvement of yield and plant quality. The experiment was carried out to exami...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/26902
The genetic variability and inter-relationships between yield and associated traits in some taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) genotypes were investigated in two years across two locations. The experiment was laid out as randomized complete block design with three replication...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/27053
Despite the rigorous vaccination programs, outbreaks of Newcastle disease (ND) are often reported in vaccinated as in unvaccinated flocks. This study evaluated antibody (Ab) response following vaccination against Newcastle disease in three Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Lagos S...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/27456
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