The application of homobrassinolide on the growth, mineral content and vitamin content of Curcuma longa L. (turmeric) rhizome grown in Nizamabad, Telangana State, India was studied. Homobrassinolide application as foliar spray to turmeric on the 20th, 40th and 60th day from sowin...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2022/v9i230140
This study was carried out at Nkoemvone Agricultural Research Station in southern Cameroon, to help cocoa farmers monitor their cocoa nurseries during periods of drought or in areas where water resources are scarce and difficult to access. The objective of this work was to find t...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2022/v9i230139
Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) caused by "Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum″ (Xcm) is a disease that devastates bananas production. The Xcm kills banana plants quickly, spreads rapidly and causes loss of upto 100%. The BXW disease spread on banana occurs mainly through insect...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2022/v9i230137
The experiment was carried out at the Horticulture Garden, Department of Horticulture, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan, during the cropping season March 2017 to May 2017. To estimate germination percentage, vegetative growth and flowering performance of Cockscomb...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2022/v9i230138
Brinjal, being a long duration vegetable crop, requires appropriate supply of proper nutrition for sustainable and quality yield. Besides, adverse climatic and inadequate cultivable land add a problem for commercial or even subsistence farming with eggplant especially in the ecol...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2022/v9i130136
Aims: To establish an ethnobotanical data on the various species of herbs and spices in selected areas of North Cotabato. Study Design: The study was carried out using observational and descriptive survey type of research Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted from...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2022/v9i130135
Due to the long duration of cassava roots maturity, drought and disease problems, intercropping grain and legumes in cassava should be developed. To intercrop component crops, it is important to reduce cassavas’ canopy through the evaluation of the pruning effect on root yields....
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2022/v9i130134
In July 2020 and 2021, a pot experiment was carried out in a greenhouse of National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt to evaluate the effect of Beta-Carotene (0,150, 200 and 250 ppm) spraying on growth and chemical constituents of Acalypha plants. The present study shows a cons...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2022/v9i130133
Plant diseases accounts for huge losses in agriculture. To ensure food security and sustainability, an agricultural yield must be improved to meet the growing world population. Due to growing awareness of the effect of pesticides and herbicides on human health and the environment...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2022/v9i130132
Garlic Allium sativum L. belongs to the family Alliaceae. Garlic has many nutritional and medicinal uses. There are several solvents for extraction of bio actives i.e. Acetone, Ethanol...etc. The present study is aimed to compare the four solvents (acetone, ethanol, hexane and me...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2021/v8i430149
Low production and productivity of potato in Ethiopia is associated with poor soil fertility and limitation of high yielding crop variety. Matching high yielding cultivar with optimum fertilization of balanced nutrients is of paramount important to boost tuber yield of potato. He...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2021/v8i430130
The ethnobotanical study carried out on the fruits of chilli (Capsicum annuum L.), type "Ahalimancou" in the localities of Aniassué, Affalikro, Sankadiokro and the town of Abengourou located in the east of the Côte d’Ivoire had for main objective to assess the levels of knowledge...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2021/v8i430131
Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is an important food crop in southern Nigeria with high genetic variability. However, this variability is not characterized. Fifty sorghum accessions collected from different states in southern Nigeria were evaluated for eleven agronomic char...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2021/v8i430128
An experiment was conducted in order to identify the productive genotype of turmeric for the plains of Nepal. In 2017 and 2018, seven promising turmeric genotypes (CI 0207, CI 0205, CI 9102, CI 1312, CI 0503, CI 0507, and CI 0201) were compared with KKH-1 in a Randomized Complete...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2021/v8i430126
Spirulina is a nature’s present as extremely good meals to mankind. It is a photosynthetic filamentous microalga which has emerged as a amazing meals complement because of its wealthy micro- and macronutrient contents. The frame of Spirulina is smooth and with vulnerable mobileul...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2021/v8i430125