Aims: Plants need an appropriate amount of nutrients such as copper for growth and development. However, excess of copper may interrupt plant development and cause stress that led to biochemical compounds being synthesized. The influence of a high copper sulfate concentration on...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2023/v9i4249
For beverage products, some analytical tests are conducted prior to packaging and distribution. However, physicochemical properties may affect product quality adversely in a number of ways. Liquids with high dissolved solids may impact inferior palatability and may induce an unfa...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2023/v9i4248
Riazul Islam Riad, Tahmina Mostarin, Khaleda Khatun, Khairun Nahar, Sumona Hoque, Jarin Jannat Nira, Md. Abuzar Sohag, Md. Nuruddin Mollah & Most. Mahmuda Akter·Asian Journal of Research in Agriculture and Forestry·2023
In order to determine the effects of various types of manure and clove size on the development and productivity of garlic, an experiment was carried out at the Horticulture farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, between November 2021 and April 2022. The experiment...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2023/v9i4247
The present study determined the effect of foliar application rate of salicylic acid on growth and fruit yield of cucumber varieties with the aim of evaluating the effect of foliar application rate of salicylic acid on growth and fruit yield of cucumber varieties. The study was c...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2023/v9i4246
The Philippines is starting to have strong gains in the chocolate confectionery with the steady increase in demand for local chocolates. A study was conducted to determine the promotional media preference and strategies for creating awareness of the local chocolate developed by t...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2023/v9i4245
Aims: This study reports the distribution of Tylototriton verrucosus in different habitats and its conservation challenges in the locality. Study Design: Opportunistic collection and measurements in diverse habitats (forest, stream, paddy fields, and roads) were gathered in the p...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2023/v9i4244
During the period of 2020-21, a research study was carried out at the Plant Protective Culture Unit within the semi-controlled environmental settings of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute. The aim of the study was to mitigate the negative impacts of salinity stress on...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2023/v9i4243
Red mud or bauxite residue is a highly alkaline toxic by-product that is generated during the production of aluminum by Bayer’s process. Around 1.5 tons of bauxite residues are produced for generating 1 ton of alumina. The toxicity of bauxite residue is a major catastrophe due to...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2023/v9i4242
Simple sequence repeat (SSR) fingerprinting was chosen because of its high polymorphism, which enables precise analysis of genetic diversity, for the assessment of genetic variety among several sugarcane varieties. This method focuses on certain areas of the sugarcane genome and...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2023/v9i4240
The study examined the contribution of sustainable cocoa certification programme to poverty reduction in Nigeria. A multistage sampling procedure was used to select 360 cocoa farmers (certified and non-certified farmers) from 3 major cocoa-producing states in the country. The Alk...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2023/v9i4241
The significance of sustainable cocoa production has been widely studied using various methods and models, however, the farmers’ viewpoints on cocoa certification programme remained largely unexplored. This study attempts to examine the perceptions of farmers on certification pro...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2023/v9i4239
This study was undertaken to assess the comparative financial analysis of four crops based cropping pattern (FCP) with existing cropping pattern (ECP) in 35 upazilas of 25 districts under 7 divisions during the year of 2018-19 and 2019-20. Tabular technique and statistical analys...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2023/v9i4238
This systematic review is an effort to examine the trajectory of cropped area in Bangladesh using secondary data. This qualitative and descriptive analysis was conducted using numerous government's Statistical Yearbooks. The study revealed that single cropped area was shrinking,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2023/v9i4236
Most landcover (LC) studies employ physical characteristics involving spectral reflectance. This study employs the concept of energy and entropy for LC classification. Satellite imageries from Landsat-8, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) and the Thermal Infra-Red Sensor (TIRS) ca...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2023/v9i4237
Changes in lifecycle forms of tree species seriously affect their production leading to global warming which has a lot of influence on peoples’ economic status through the provision of ecosystem services. It is important to study the lifecycle changes occurring in tree species an...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2023/v9i4235