Gonou Aline Tokpa, Jean Tia Gonnety & Kouakou Martin Dje·Advances in Research·2018
Aims: This study evaluates the biochemical characteristics and nutritional profile of stem bark extracts of the red variety of Byttneria catalpifolia, an edible wild plant used as a stem vegetable in the western part of Côte d’Ivoire. Study Design: Dried bark powder and mucilage...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43580
Bhattacharjee Suchiradipta, Atanu Sarkar, S. M. Feroze & Loukham Devarani·Advances in Research·2018
As fall out of transforming land use pattern coupled with the factors like resettlement, exposure to alien environment and effort to adjust with the new socio-agro-economic order, based upon their capability and resource endowment status, the tribal youth of North East Indian sta...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/44136
Puntius sarana sarana (Hamilton, 1822) is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Puntius genus of the minnow family. This species is commonly called as Sarputi or Olive barb. The species has both ornamental and food value. The species is found abundantly in the north-eastern...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43189
The experiment was conducted in the experimental field of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka during the period from October 2015 to March 2016 aiming to develop an IPM package based on effective insecticides and bio-pesticides against tomato fruit b...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43600
The aim of this work was to evaluate the impact of the wastewater from artisanal mining on the pollution contaminated sites in the Betare-Oya locality in East Cameroon. Water samples were collected from the Mbal stream exposed to artisanal mining on the upstream and downstream, a...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43351
Experiment was conducted during Kharif -2015 at ARS, Mugad, UAS, Dharwad (Karnataka), to study Impact of application of ZnSO4 on Morphological, Biophysical traits and seed zinc content of rice genotypes raised in pots. Factorial randomized block design consist of 20 genotypes wi...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43412
The mechanical properties of two varieties of unripe plantain fruits (Fingers), namely, Dwarf hybrid and local, were evaluated in this study. Six mechanical parameters (bio-yield force, bio-yield energy, maximum compressive force, rupture...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43938
A GGE Biplot provides an efficient graphical procedure for identification of favourable genotypes and mega-environment analysis. It displays the Genotype main effect (G) and genotype-by-environment (GE) interaction in two dimensions. It also possesses an extra property in the eva...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43488
The present study was undertaken to address the issues of plant-waste utilization to the benefit of mankind. The ultimate aim of plant-waste management is to make its best utilization through useful product development. The study focused on the chemical extraction of china-rose ...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/41399
R. A. Olaoye, O. D. Afolayan, O. I. Mustapha & H. G. Adeleke·Advances in Research·2018
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of banana peel activated carbon as an adsorbent in the removal of cyanide and selected metals from fresh cassava wastewater collected from the discharge pit. Fresh banana peels were dried, adequately prepared and trea...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43070
Aims: To increase the area of maize (Zea mays L.) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) Walp. intercropping system and also to create the awareness about the integrated nutrient management practices in intercropping system of farmers of this region. Study Design: Split –plot design...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/41623
Marker assisted plant breeding achieved various plant breeding objectives in a cost effective and time consuming manner through molecular marker techniques or statistical and bioinformatics tools. Molecular markers indicate the differences in the nucleotide sequence of different...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/42922
This paper investigates the value relevance of accounting information (book value and earnings) on the market price of shares before and after the adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Nigeria. It also examines whether the relevance of accounting i...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/42794
Besides species richness, the hierarchical structuration of species abundances is the second major characteristic that numerically specifies a community of species. However, while the meaning of species richness is simple and straightforward, the hierarchical structuration of abu...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/43421
P. N. Asongo-Ver, S. A. Onadeko, A. O. Jayeola & O. A. Lawal-Adebowale·Advances in Research·2018
This study was conducted to examine the effects of six (6) demographic factors on environmental attitude and ecological behaviour of the host communities of two (2) protected areas (PAs). This study examines age, gender, marital status, level of education, income and religion to...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/41687